Stuck at home due to weather? Maybe your monthly budget doesn’t allow for a trip to the zoo. No matter the reason, there is always plenty of fun to be had right at home. In our continued pursuit to resource you as a mom, we’ve compiled some tools for you to use at your leisure.
- Use this list of educational resources/apps
- Print off coloring sheets
- Find Cosmic Kids Yoga on Youtube
- Do a stuffed animal scavenger hunt throughout the house
- Play flashlight tag
- Build a pillow fort
- Use tape to create a race track
- Have a dance party
- Play hide and seek
- Create an obstacle course
- Go for a nature walk
- Find a new family series to enjoy
- Listen to a new audiobook
- Have a movie night
- Make slime
- Set up a pretend restaurant
- Help your kids make a stop motion movie on the iPad
- Take a popsicle bath {literally, hand them a popsicle in the tub + call it fun!}
- Have your kids count the money in their piggy banks
- Paint their nails
- Build a Lego castle
- Have thirty minutes of quiet reading time
- Have your kids write letters to their friends and mail them
- Facetime family and friends
- Cook a new meal together
- Trace letters and numbers on a cookie sheet with shaving cream
- Act out a skit
- Have a fashion show
- Have your kids create an animal hospital with their stuffed animals
- Play a board game
- Start a puzzle
- Teach them a new life skill
- Play “I Spy”
- Learn a new card game
- Make a bird feeder
- Eat a meal on the floor and call it a “picnic”
- Blow bubbles
- Play Charades
- Create a bowling lane at home
- Start building your summer bucket list
- Set 3 goals with your kids for the rest of 2020
- Create a time capsule
- Find a new musical artist and listen to their albums
- Have your kids sort their toys by color, size, shape, etc.
- Make masks
- Play paper football
- Create a favorite family recipe book
- Paint a mural and hang it up in your living room
- Have each person in your family choose a movie and snack and call it a “family film festival”
- Camp out in your living room
Here’s a free printable scavenger hunt! Have fun!