Non-Screen Activities

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  1. Build a fort or clubhouse

  2. Wash the car

  3. Go for a walk

  4. Go for a bike ride

  5. Rearrange your bedroom

  6. Make a sandcastle

  7. Create a collage

  8. Write a letter to someone you admire

  9. Put on a play

  10. Plant a herb garden

  11. Make homemade cards

  12. Bake a cake

  13. Have a tea party

  14. Make a time capsule

  15. Play hide-and-seek

  16. Put on a fashion show

  17. Create an art gallery and display your art

  18. Go bird watching

  19. Draw a picture

  20. Have a sleepover

  21. Send a postcard to yourself

  22. Walk the dog

  23. Fly a kite

  24. Go geocaching as a family

  25. Build a birdfeeder

  26. Make a cardboard box robot

  27. Make finger puppets

  28. Do a puzzle

  29. Do a bug hunt

  30. Paint a picture

  31. Go trampolining

  32. Read a book

  33. Make tin can stilts

  34. Write a letter

  35. Dress up

  36. Make Cake Pops

  37. Make a mud pie

  38. Go stargazing

  39. Collect leaves and make leaf prints

  40. Make an animal mask

  41. Play board games

  42. Have a picnic

  43. Go to a playground

  44. Finger paint

  45. Visit a nature reserve

  46. Learn about your village, city or town

  47. Make a fairy garden

  48. Do a DIY science experiment

  49. Organize a garage sale

  50. Create an obstacle course

  51. Plan a vacation

  52. Plant a butterfly garden

  53. Make paper aeroplanes

  54. Sing karaoke

  55. Build a mini-library of your favorite books

  56. Make a television show

  57. Make button jewelery

  58. Play restaurant

  59. Make a leaf angel

  60. Play tag

  61. Have a dance-off

  62. Take some photographs

  63. Go to the park

  64. Skim stones

  65. Have a wheelbarrow race

  66. Make breakfast or dinner for the family

  67. Create a scrapbook

  68. Run through sprinklers

  69. Make tie-dye shirts

  70. Make origami