Fun Activites

Make a blanket fort

Play shadow puppets

Journal

Measure the rain

Hunt for worms

Pull out any not-yet-used holiday gifts

Play "Jump the River" (Use 2 pieces of strings to make the river, jump, then widen the strings,jump, repeat!)

Make a timeline of important invents in your family

Read a good book

Research your Family Tree

Indoor campout

Start some indoor seed plantings

Indoor scavenger hunt

Build an outside fort

Learn Morse Code

Invent your own code

Build a house of cards

Memorize the state capitals

Learn some yoga poses

Mindfulness activities

Play balloon volleyball

Look at old photos and share their memories

Write old-fashioned letters and postcards

Make gratitude lists

Play charades

Invent a card game

Learn a few magic tricks

Using stuff from around your house, set up a bowling lane

Mark out a hopscotch field with masking/duct tape

Speak only in Pig Latin

Thumb wrestle

Learn about nautical flags and how to communicate with them

Learn the parts of a sailboat

Play dress up

Play the silent game

Have a staring contest

Learn some yo-yo tricks

Build the biggest LEGO/block tower in history

Have a tea party

Play Simon Says

Talk with an accent

Make a stuffed animal zoo

Learn American Sign Language for Kids

Invent a new sport

Do a puzzle

Invent your own nation

Memorize all the Presidents

Memorize all the states and capitals

Match up your socks, roll them up, and have a sock fight (with permission from an adult! )

Play dominoes

Learn how to play Solitaire

Make your own Bingo game

Learn how to tie cool knots

Make your own crossword puzzles

Make your own Sudoku

Read to the pets or Grandparents (via Facetime/Skype)

Play with older toys

Practice coding

Make a doll house with shoe boxes

Teach your old dog (or new puppy) new tricks

Make a new play space by cleaning part of your attic or basement

Sort your toys

Find, sort, and wrap all of the loose change around the house

Clean out your junk drawer(s) together and find family treasures

Alphabetize your spices

Tighten knobs/handles

Wash the windows

Alphabetize your books

Match your socks

Hang your favorite picture

Dust your baseboards

Clean out your closet and collect too-small clothes to donate

Find household stuff you no longer need and donate

Make a paradise for your pets! Clean out your fish tank / hamster cage / bird cage etc.

Get yourself some free "new" clothes: Sew rips / patch your jeans / sew on missing buttons

Clean out and vacuum your car

Sort all of the charger cords in your house

Change your smoke detector batteries

Plan your next birthday party (theme, place, cake, decorations)

Plan an any-occasion or no-occasion party

Plan for summer camp

Plan a stay-cation

Plan a bucket list

Plan a dream vacation

Plan a realistic vacation (where, when, how, what to pack, links to venues in the region)

Plan a month of educational theme days (themes like nature, sports, music, robots, or whatever)

Plan your day-by-day pandemic menu

Plan something to make each day

Plan your family's fire escape plan and have a fire drill

Plan a garden

Make puppets

Make a celebrations book

Make homemade musical instruments

Mix cornstarch and water

Make a game (tic-tac-toe, checkers, chess set)

Paint family portraits

Make flags from around the world out of scrap paper or invent one of your own

Make paper snowflakes

Learn some origami (check out the Japanese tradition of 1000 paper cranes)

Learn to knit; make a scarf

Make a paper chain and see how long you can get it

Make a tooth fairy pillow by hand

Monogram your socks

Make stationary with stamps

Create a family music playlist

Make paper dolls

Make pictures to give to nursing home residents or elderly neighbors (you can even mail them; everyone loves getting mail)

Make necklaces and bracelets using beads or even pasta

Build a model car, plane, boat or building

Make accessories for your pets (kerchiefs, capes, bows)

Make pet toys

Make tissue paper flowers

Sew buttons onto scrap fabric

Make paper beads

Paper mache a balloon

Write poems, limericks, and haiku

Write a song

Create your own “Dr. Seuss” book

Make and decorate paper crowns

Print out your photos and make a scrapbook

Learn Calligraphy

Learn how to write in cursive

Make your own playdough

Make a map to your favorite place

Make a comic strip or book

Make your own slime

Make an old-fashioned address book

Decorate a pair of plain white sneakers or old shirt

Make a simple bird feeder

Make a family time capsule to open at a later date

Paint your toenails or fingernails with wacky designs

Make your own piggy bank

Make a “selfie” background with an old tablecloth or sheet, and markers or paint

Create your own picture frame

Paint a rock

Make a pet rock

Silent Disco party

Dance Party

Puppet Shows

Turn a big box into a television set and put on shows (this can also double as a puppet stage)

Have a Joke-a-thon

Re-enact your favorite story or movie as a play

Memorize a poem or two and put on a show

Magic Shows

Read a story out loud and create your own illustrations

Ask an adult to record you reading/telling your favorite story and replay it after dinner

Put those music lessons to good use and have a concert ( Facetime some relatives so they can enjoy it!)

Write a rap song and perform it

Perform your favorite fairy tale in dance

Fill glasses with water and make music

Record a family podcast on your phone to send relatives

Record a pots and pans orchestra performance

Bike, scooter, or Ripstick in the driveway: You can set up an obstacle course or try new tricks.

Build a fairy house

Star gaze

Learn and find constellations

Climb a tree

Enjoy the classics: Play hopscotch, 4-square, Mother May I, or jump rope.

Get artsy with chalk, water soluble paint, or MUD

Measure the rain

Hunt for worms

Water the plants

Play flashlight tag

Walk the dog

Collect leaves and press them to make place mats

Create a nature journal and record what you see

Hang a bird feeder and count the birds

Listen to the birds and try to figure out what kind of bird it is by it's sound and song

Make a rock garden for your yard

Go on a bike ride

After a walk or bike ride, create a map of your neighborhood