Menu of Offline At-home Activities for Kids
Menu of Offline At-home Activities for Kids
Indoor Fun
Go thru closets make lists of games- pull out those forgotten Christmas presents to start your menu of offline at-home activities for kids.
Gather stuffed and plastic animals and make a zoo
Play hot lava
Organize a movie theater
Gather Legos, play-doh, and other construction items to build an indoor city
Write letters
Try out meditation apps
Charades
Make how-to videos
Put on a play or puppet show
Balloon volleyball
Water bottle bowling
Twister- if you don’t have the game you can make it with a little imagination
Dance party with freeze dance variation when music is stopped
Use TV viewing to build social skills- pause and ask questions like what do you think they are feeling, thinking, what will they do next? Point out clues in posture, facial expression, eye gaze.
Make a fort
Puzzle
Bubble bath
Car races
Kitchen fun
Make gak or slime
Make a cake and play with food coloring in the cake and frosting
String cereal to practice math
Cook together or assign rotating meal cooking duty
Bake to teach measurement
Arts & Crafts
Make paintings and drawings for an end-of-week art show
Create comic books
Gather up glue, glitter, popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, tape, paper, scissors, whatever you have, and make animals or cars or buildings
Make jewelry
Make a collage or vision board
Paper airplanes see which flies farthest
Science Projects
Put an egg in vinegar and see how long it takes to dissolve
Dissect fruits and vegetables, identify their parts, then serve for lunch
Make a solar oven out of a pizza box. Saran wrap, and foil. Make a contest of who can guess how long it takes to get hot.
Make bubbles and bubble wands- 3 cups water, mix in half cup corn syrup, then one cup dish soap
Nature walk- see how many plants, animals, insects can be found and identified
Backyard fun
Water fun
Obstacle course-rocks to hop on, string to walk on like tight rope, create under, around, over,etc.
Heavy work activities
Sprinkler water hose squirt gun
Garden
Bird watching
Scavenger hunt
Make a sundial to track the sun’s movements
Pitch a tent and play camp
Hopscotch
Freeze tag
Related topics:
Activity Schedules– structure your children’s day to help them feel secure and keep them out of trouble
Games– fun games I use in social skills groups to teach play and social skills
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Links- Add more to your Menu of Offline At-home Activities for Kids. Gameskidsplay.net has the rules for all those old-time outdoor games like ghost in the graveyard.
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