I’ve got three kids at home with me, and they’re driving me crazy! Little Jimmy’s starting fights with Susie, Tommy is refusing to eat his vegetables, and I’m stuck in the middle.
With all of this extra time on our hands, it’s a struggle to keep them busy—and out of my hair. Fortunately for you, I have a few ideas about how to keep your little ones entertained for hours on end.
Whether its baking something sweet or going outside for a treasure hunt, these kid-friendly activities will get them moving and playing together so you can have some peace (or just get some work done).
Have A Baking Marathon
Have a baking marathon with your kids. Baking is not only fun, it’s also a great way to spend time with family and teach your children about healthy eating, math, and science.
Baking can be extremely fun and rewarding, especially when your little ones get to participate in it as well! You can make cookies or cakes, depending on what they like best. Your kids will love spending time with you while creating delicious treats together.
Bake cookies, brownies, or cupcakes together. You can use store-bought mixes or make them from scratch!
When your child is old enough to understand the process of baking:
Tell them how each ingredient plays an important role in the final product. For example, eggs help make the cake fluffy white flour and add structure.
Help them count how many eggs they need so that they know what proportion of egg whites should be whipped into stiff peaks (this will create airiness in the cake) versus yolks mixed into batter (this will create moistness).
A helpful hint is to add 1 tablespoonful of whole milk for every egg used as well as 2 tablespoonsful of flour for each cupcake mix used – this makes sure there are no lumps when mixing!
Go Camping In The Living Room
Camping indoors can be a great way to get kids interested in camping. The best part is, you don’t have to go anywhere!
It may sound strange but camping indoors is a lot of fun! All you need are some pillows and blankets, flashlights or lanterns, music playing softly in the background, and maybe even hot chocolate
if desired (you could use this as an excuse to have some marshmallows on hand). The best part? It won’t cost you anything other than what’s already around your house—and who doesn’t love saving money?
Make a tent out of blankets and sheets. Make sure that the kids are safe when they’re playing in it, and make sure there’s no fire nearby.
Have a campfire in the fireplace or on the floor inside your house (you can buy one at any store). Use real logs if possible; fake ones don’t burn well enough for this purpose! If not,
try using crumpled-up newspapers instead of paper towels because they’ll do a better job simulating flames than regular old paper towels would do without being too flammable themselves like toilet paper would be –
especially if you buy colored ones which might add some coloration effects to your fake fire while also making them look more realistic than white ones would since all white fires tend toward looking like fluorescent lights when viewed closely enough.
Play Outdoor Games Indoors
If it’s too cold outside for any kind of outdoor playtime activities then we recommend finding new ways to play games that don’t require being outside at all!
Some ideas include charades (with cards or not), hide-and-seek, kickball…anything! There are so many ways for kids’ imaginations to go wild when inside instead of out; plus there aren’t any bugs bothering them either
which means fewer messes made by little fingers covered in sticky residue after eating sweets all day long 😉 Just don’t forget about those pesky spiders lurking about though – those suckers bite hard!
- Play a few rounds of hiding and seek, tag, or freeze tag.
- Set up a scavenger hunt of household objects for kids to find indoors. You can play it like regular golf or volleyball with a mini version of the equipment you have at home (towels instead of clubs/balls).
- Create an obstacle course using boxes, pillows, chairs—whatever you can find!
Turn Cleanup Into A Game
Cleanup can be a fun activity in itself. You can make it competitive, educational, and even a team game!
Cleanup can be a game of skill. Have kids race to find the hidden items or remember where things are placed.
Cleanup can be a game of chance: Make it into a scavenger hunt by providing clues only when someone finds something (like It’s at the top of your sock drawer).
Be sure to add an incentive for finding everything—maybe whoever gets everything first gets rewarded with extra time playing outside or watching TV.
Cleanup can also be made into a game of strategy: Each person on your team has one minute to look around the house and identify what needs cleaning up before they are given an item from their list (e.g., dustpan and broom).
They must then return to their starting point before turning over their list—otherwise, they have failed!
Have A Treasure Hunt In The Backyard.
Treasure hunts are a fun way to get creative with your kids. Here’s how to make them engaging, educational, and safe.
Make it interactive. You can use a treasure map, or you can create one yourself. If you’re going the DIY route,
try drawing the map on a rock or piece of paper and hiding it in a place that’s easy for kids to access but difficult for adults (like hanging it from something). When they find the map, have them use their imaginations as they follow its directions!
Make it memorable. Use meaningful items as clues so that every step along the way brings you closer together as a family and builds excitement for what could be around each corner –
whether that means finding an old toy or solving math problems together along the way through woods where bears roam free (jk about bears). For example: “Go left at dad’s favorite tree; then look inside this box marked ‘Summer Vacation’ instead of just throwing away!”
Take An Online Course
There are a lot of great reasons for kids to take an online course.
Online courses can be convenient for busy parents and students, as they do not require regular attendance at school. They can also be less expensive than traditional courses
since there’s no need to rent space or hire teachers. They are more flexible than a traditional classroom environment since you can study whenever it’s convenient for you—and they’re often more fun too!
Make Slime
You can make slime from a variety of ingredients. There are several recipes available online, but the most common recipe uses glue, shaving cream, and water.
The consistency of the slime will vary depending on how much glue you use. Some people add conditioner to their slime to make it more stretchy; this also helps keep it from sticking to itself as much when you’re playing with it.
Slime is great for kids because it’s fun to play with and easy enough for little hands to manipulate easily.
Kids will love making different colors out of their slimes using food coloring or Kool-Aid packets, so be sure they have plenty of options available!
You can put your spin on things by adding glitter or googly eyes while they’re mixing up their slimes; just make sure that your child wears an apron while working with these materials so that no stains get left behind on clothing (a good excuse for having your child wear an apron in general!).
Once you’ve made some basic colors like blue/green/red/yellow etc., try mixing them along with some Kool-Aid packets from around mom’s house until something cool happens! You’ll be surprised at how simple yet effective this technique is;
one minute it tastes like raspberry-flavored watermelon juice but then suddenly – boom-bammo – turns purple!!!
Activities Will Keep Kids Busy And Engaged While They Are At Home.
Baking
This is a great way to get your kids to taste some new things, and you can make sure that they’re eating healthy by only giving them a small portion.
If you’re not sure what ingredients to use, try looking up some recipes online or watching cooking shows together.
Camping
This is a fun way for kids to spend time outdoors without having them run around and get distracted all day long! You’ll need sleeping bags, flashlights or lanterns (depending on how late it gets), blankets if needed,
and plenty of food from home so that it’s prepared when you arrive at the campgrounds near where you live.
Conclusion
Well, there you have it—seven fun activities that can minimize the boredom of being at home all day. If you’re looking for even more ideas to help break up the monotony, here are seven more: read a book together, play a board game,
do some baking and decorating, take an online course (or teach your kids how to do something—knitting was my favorite), play I spy with family members around the house, try outdoor games indoors (a favorite is tetherball), or create your scavenger hunt.
