Some days it is either too hot for outdoor activities or just plain raining and you just don’t fancy playing out in the rain. So here are some fab, fun and screen free indoor activities to keep the kids occupied.
You know what it is like, you are hoping to get outside and let the kids blow off some energy, but it is either too hot, too cold or too wet! Well I have a great selection of indoor activities for you and the kids all from my archives!
100 Indoor activities for rainy days
- Great indoor exercises for kids
- Make a button bracelet
- Make a rainbow windsock
- Have a family cleaning session
- Make a bored jar
- Do a word search
- Make some fruity frozen yogurt bites
- Bake some M & M Cookies
- Make a coffee filter stained glass earth
- Make a pizza together
- Do some Paddington activities (including printables)
- Make some picture tile coasters
- Make a paper rose
- Make carrot cake
- Make a sensory bin
- Make cake case flowers
- Do some junk modeling
- Make a bunch of homemade paper flowers
- Make a lamb or sheep
- Make banana muffins
- Do some art recycling
- Have pancakes
- Bake apple muffins
- Make salt dough jewelry
- Make fingerprint ornaments
- Make thank you cards
- Read a book
- Make pinwheel poppies
- Make melted wax flowers
- Make cardboard tube prints
- Salt painting
- Make scratch paper
- Make wooden spoon puppets
- Make a rocket that works
- Tell jokes to each other
- Decorate shoes with fabric pens
- Create a scrapbook as a family
- Dye some shoelaces
- Make a family gratitude journal
- Have a movie special
- Make ice lollies
- Make shoe moustaches
- Make chocolate pots
- Make a paperweight for Daddy
- Do some art for art’s sake
- Make personalised mugs
- Make some magic
- Play board games
- Make post it note pinwheels
- Make a rain catcher
- Have a family colouring in night
- Make a pinwheel flower
- Make a black sack windsock
- Colour in on fabric
- Explore how smell and taste work together
- Make a paper plate clock
- Make a bird feeder
- Bake some cup cakes
- Make some shape sticks
- Make a wig from newspaper
- Leave secret messages
- Make some apple prints
- Make a dreamcatcher
- Make window art with post it notes
- Read some comics
- Shrink some crisp packets
- Make your own comic
- Make coke floats
- Make personalised notebooks
- Make rocky road
- Customise some clothes
- Make stone bugs
- Make a pinecone owl
- Make some birthday cards
- Have an indoor treasure hunt
- Make some art like Kandinsky
- Make fridge bottom curry
- Have a spa day at home
- Make your own books
- Make memory stones
- Do some embroidery
- Make washi tape magnets
- Make patchwork plant pots
- Homemade coasters
- Have a go at decoupage
- Do some bubble wrap painting
- Make some gingerbread
- Make child safe sparklers
- Do some face painting
- Dye fabric with sharpies
- Make egg carton boats
- Oat and raisin cookies
- Try blow painting or marble painting
- Make a volcano from baking soda and vinegar
- Make caterpillar bookmarks
- Make scented playdough
- Fingerprint some mugs
- Make tea cup candles
- Make some shrinky dinks
- Wax relief painting
If you have had enough of staying indoors, then why not get outside no matter what the weather!
A TO Z OF RAINY DAY ACTIVITIES
We’re taking part in a series organised by Something to Offer with A to Z of Rainy Day Activities – pop over and check out all of the great ideas shared through the alphabet. Tomorrow is over to Something to Offer with her Jacks Activity.
I love this round up – will definitely be back to try some new activities and crafts
What some fantastic sounding activities love the idea of a round up as well 🙂
Lots of great ideas – thanks for sharing x
Some fab ideas, I definitely want to come round to yours to do most of these things x
Loving this list- definitely one to bookmark as I know we’ll be needing it often (although I’ll be optimistic and hope not over the summer holidays 🙂 ).
Cooking is a bit of a default rainy day activity in our house, but I love the caterpillar bookmarks too, very cute!
What a great selection of activities. Perfect for those long summer holidays.
oh i am so excited to see family cleaning on that list .. although the kids aren’t fond i love them!
What a great rainy day list this would be greta for rainy lunchtimes at school
Love these alternatives to screen times – it’s easy to revert to tablets on rainy days but there are so many more imaginative options, I love these. Thank you!
So many ideas! I’m going to have to make a bored jar and put all your suggestions into it.
we always seem to do the same old thing so bookmarking this page
…and 100 we need in this country! lol
Oh, wow, saved this in my Favourites for summer in Greece when it gets too hot outside and we find ourselves in need of entertainment!xx
Such a fantastic list, there is so much to do on it and some lovely ideas.