If you are stuck indoors more and you might be pulling your hair trying to think of activities for kids. We put together some family fun when there’s no sun ideas to help your get through those gray days and manage the boredom factor.
Make personalized thank you cards. The holiday season is near and that means your little ones are bound to get a few gifts. Why not encourage expressing thanks in a fun way? Let them create personalized thank you cards. You can create them in the PurpleTrail design center and upload your child’s photo or let them pick the designs. The design center is so easy to use and the kids will have a blast putting together all the elements to make their very own personalized thank you cards. They’d be great to have on hand the whole year!
Fort Extravaganza. What kid doesn’t love to make forts? Gather some blankets and sheets and let the building begin. Utility clamps are excellent for holding blankets and sheets in place. Use dining room chairs, tables, couches, cardboard boxes. The more creative the better. A great way to get started is by using a fitted sheet and sticking it over top the backs of four straight backed chairs. If you space the chairs out enough, the sheet gets pulled tightly and makes an great roof for the fort. Bonus: put sleeping bags in the fort for an indoor camp out.
Scavenger Hunt. This also doubles as a little clean up exercise. You can create a list of things (the things that need to be picked up and few fun ones too.) and give each child a basket. Whoever gathers all the things first wins! And since they’ll already be in a basket they can put them back where they belong. End the hunt with yummy snack for all their hunting efforts.
Talent Show. For the kids who love to perform, have them put on a talent show. Create a stage complete with a curtain if possible. The fireplace hearth works very well for this. You can drape a sheet or blanket over a wooden dowl and prop it on the mantle. Let each child create an act and rehearse for a short time before putting on the show. The adults can join in too. Everyone will enjoy seeing the hidden talents of the family.
Indoor Picnic. Create a little bit of summer to last through the fall. Spread a picnic blanket out in the living room. Serve your favorite picnic fare and enjoy all the fun of outdoor picnic indoors. You can incorporate games too. A relay race or a three legged race are great games that can still be played indoors.
Enjoy these activities for kids! You can still have lots of family fun when there’s no sun!
