Many parents are experiencing having kids at home unexpectedly. You’re all pros, but you know it’s no easy task to keep kids entertained all day long. Here are 50 everyday and educational activities (that you likely already have everything you need in your house for) to keep your kids busy over the next few weeks!
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Build a fort!
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Utilize educational websites and reward your kids for good work.
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Have a family dance party.
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Call loved ones (aunts, uncles, grandparents, and childhood friends).
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Write letters and draw pictures for people in a local nursing home.
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Make and decorate cookies.
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If you have a pet, work together to teach it a trick!
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Get a poster board and draw out your family tree as far back as you remember.
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Use paint and make a fun maze on the floor.
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Play board games.
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Try some science experiments!
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Play “I spy with my little eye”.
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Help your kids write their own book, then use paper to illustrate it.
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Go through old photos or memory boxes.
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Make a scrapbook from memories or a recent trip.
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Write letters to your future self or make a time-capsule!
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Have an in-home spa/self care day with baths and meditation.
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Rearrange your living room or your kid’s bedrooms!
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Clean out your closet and your kids closest.
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Have a fashion show with funny clothes.
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Learn a magic trick!
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Work with your kids to learn a new skill like juggling.
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Make friendship bracelets or key chains.
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Have an indoor treasure hunt with prizes!
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Use your phone to make a cooking show and pretend you're on live TV.
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If you kids are old enough, ask them to teach you a Tik Tok dance!
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Look up tongue twisters and practice them.
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Play hide-n-seek.
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Play reverse hide-n-seek where one person hides and everyone seeks
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Mimic a school schedule with this free template!
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Make a box fort out of old boxes.
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Turn your living room into a fake campground and make s’mores!
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Write and shoot a movie, then have a watch party at night
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Do laundry and make a challenge of folding clothes and putting them away fast
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Try to learn sign language.
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Try to learn another language.
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Play hangman or tic-tac-toe.
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Do a puzzle.
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Color “Easter Eggs”
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Have a contest to see who can choreograph the best dance!
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Take any everyday chores and make them into a contest with prizes.
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If it’s nice, go for a walk around the neighborhood.
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Nothing wrong with a little screen time - watch a movie or TV show!
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Make a menu and help your kids serve dinner.
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Side-walk chalk if weather permits.
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Teach the kids useful skills like how to sew on buttons.
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Plant some herbs and have each kid be in charge of taking care of one!
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Bake homemade bread.
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Learn all the state capitals.
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