It is not easy to overcome cabin fever, and when weather causes us to get packed inside home we need a lot of indoor activities to keep our kids entertained. Most of the time kids become cranky and irritated when they are not involved in games and toys which are fun and intellectual too. There are ample activities for kids at home, which have the power to keep your little one involved and stimulated. Here are the best indoor activities for kids, to help you utilize your time confined indoors, in a conducive way.
Best Indoor Activities for Kids include:
1- Waste paper construction:
This is probably the most interesting pick for creative kids. Children who love to cut, paste and build, would have a wonderful time. Just get some used toilet paper leftover cardboard roll, shipping boxes, colored papers, glue and some scissors. Make castles, car, doll house, home or anything that keeps your child involved. Be sure to add fun additions with small toys and animals. And color the structure to b exhibited at home for days.
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2- Marshmallow 3D or tinker toy:
Marshmallow happens to be a wonderful STEM based learning activity for the kids. They help in building up great imagination and also kids learn a few basics of dimensions and spatial arrangement too. Just a few tooth picks (for big kids) or Straight pretzels (for little ones) and a bag of marshmallow to begin with their 3D construction assignments. Let them create by skewering the shapes they wish. Add some more colors by giving paintbrush and water colors to brighten up their marshmallows.
3- Threading the beads:
This is a lovely indoor activity for the kids who enjoy playing with beads. Add shapes, colors, alphabets and numbers. Ask them to make a necklace with their name, or a hairband with their arrangements. Alternatively you can proceed in a elastic thread to let them wear it too. Make friendship bands for all their best friends by beading their names in.
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4- Family tree or family scrap book:
Give them some picture prints of family and extended family and make them to arrange or paste in a scrap book. Add some of their own lovely pictures from when they were little, and ask them to collage it with awesome arrangement and decorate it too
5- Tea party of the dolls:
If you have a little princess who loves to doll up and enjoy with her doll house, this is an interesting activity. Just add some snacks, water and cookies, make some nesquick or just milk and have her throw a tea party for all her favorite dolls. This can be an elaborate activity with arranging, preparing, presenting, eating and cleaning up. Almost 2 hours for your household fun time.
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6- Family board games:
A fun filled and enriching idea which strengthens the family bond in addition to some awesome time for the little one. There are ample age appropriate board games like monopoly, chutes and ladders, jenga, bounce off, qwirkle, scrabble, candy land and many more. Just have the little one take part in as many games possible. As they not only help in involving them, but add further to their language, analytical and developmental skills.
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7- Indoor obstacle course:
For all little runners who cant sit at a place, this is a lovely activity. Just set up an obstacle course with chairs, cushions, pillows, boxes and more. This can be made even more fun with musical additions. Ask them to cross the obstacle before the music shuts. And set the music for limited no of minutes.
8- Bake some cookies:
Baking cookies from scratch is very entertaining for all children. They just adore being able to knead the dough, set the oven, shape the cookies and wait for them to bake. Even more fun is the decoration part. Add sprinkles, m and m, choco chips and more whipped cream, and wait for the wonderful and creative ways they would decorate
9- Have some wonderful indoor games:
Bowling, magnetic dartboard, Nerf foam gun, Indoor golf and many more, these are sure delights for everyday activities too. Have their time divided between these and you have a full day plan set up already
10- Coloring and art worksheets:
These are handy and quick, for changing their mood, acting as filler between two activities and most important they are useful for those quick 10-15 minutes involvement when you have to do your stuff. Keep the books or prints ready and have them stock a range of colors and markers to choose from
11- Make your own puzzle:
Draw some designs on a cardboard and cut them to make your own puzzle, this is creative and intellectual for little minds. Involve more and more difficulty levels when they start accomplishing basic ones.
12- Cleaning day:
As much fun as it sounds, i have loved this kind of activity with my little one. Though the cleaning may not progress in most conventional ways, but it certainly is a day long activity. Just have a room or an area marked for cleaning, have the kids take out stuff, wipe clean the shelves or storage bins and arrange the stuff back. Add more fun with, arranging the toys and games as well, kids love it
13- Treasure hunt:
If you have a lovely space with some good stock, treasure hunt can be fun and thrilling. Just sneak a few items and have the kids explore step by step reaching levels in the form of notes showing hints for reaching the treasure.
14- Simon says:
This one is great for indoor or outdoor even standing at a line in a movie we have enjoyed this game to keep our little one involved. Just remember to bring new formats with lovely and exciting activities by simon
15- Making stuff toys with socks:
Make wonderful bunnies, minions, teddy or your loved character with socks and rice. Just put some rice in socks and stitch it, now make shapes put items for ears, eyes, nose and dress. This can be more exciting with lovely beads and colored bands.
16- clay moulding or with play dough
This is exciting and interesting for kids of all ages. Have the moulds and other accessories too, and make an elaborate meal or bake a pizza or sandwich. These are some lovely and creative concepts your little one loves and improves sensory, motor and intellectual skills
The above compilation on Best Indoor Activities for Kids is based on experiences and learnings over time. There are ample ways you can keep your child enriched and involved even while staying indoors. Add more fun and be creative when you plan these for your child, they would surely enrich them
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By Minu Manisha
