We enjoy an occasional day at home, but our default is go Go GO!!! Sometimes we are forced to say in due to weather or cancellations and when that happens I have to have a game plan in order to prevent the walls from closing in! Here is a list of a few- like a hundred- items that will hopefully give you ideas to keep your little ones busy on home days! Many of these are also linked on our Amazon Storefront in the kid stuff section.

1. Play school
2. Make paper airplanes
3. Yarn + tacs + cardboard
4. Hide and seek
5. Washable markers on a window
6. Scavenger hunt
7. Freeze dance
8. Puzzle
9. Match mismatched socks
10. Cut up magazines
11. Dollar tree crafts
12. Make your own game
13. Throw a ball into a hoop on the floor
14. Quiet as a mouse
15. Dance party
16. Play salon
17. Fun with balloons
18. Play ‘the floor is lava’ (*a favorite of my kids)
19. Dominoes
20. Write a book
21. Tea party
22. Make a birthday wish list
23. Look at old pictures
24. Tic-tac-toe
25. Board games
26. Read
27. Light +hands = puppets on a wall
28. Ask Alexa for games
29. Roll a ball back and forth
30. Tell stories
31. Watch old home movies
32. Make up a silly story and pass a baton to the next person to continue creating a silly story
33. Phone games with apps
34. Hot potato
35. Family friendly YouTube channels
36. Color
37. Ring around the Rosie
38. Play movie theater
39. Puzzles
40. Duck duck goose
41. Red rover red rover
42. Simon says
43. Make a cake
44. Puppet show- make puppets out of old socks
45. Build an epic fort
46. Playdough
47. Tell stories about when you were a kid
48. Draw on old T-Shirts
49. Cut up old shirts to make doll clothes
50. Karaoke
51. School at home sites on tablets
52. Dress up
53. Call a friend
54. Legos
55. Dry erase board + markers
56. Write a card
57. Interview a grandparent (*don’t forget to record this!)
58. Organize room
59. Play with blocks
60. Matching game
61. Stack cups to make a tower
62. Make a bowling game
63. Darts
64. Hop scotch
65. Choreograph a song
66. Hop scotch
67. Jump rope
68. Tug-a-war
69. Hand slap game- who is quicker?
70. Make a diorama
71. Play swords with empty paper towel or wrapping paper rolls
72. Glow sticks
73. Exercise
74. Learning workbook
75. Shred documents
76. Cardboard + markers
77. Construction paper + scissors
78. Make paper dolls
79. Plan a vacation
80. Streamers + tape
81. Play ‘I spy’
82. Water + toys in sink or bathtub
83. Collect toys to donate
84. Indoor picnic
85. Play tag
86. Photoshoot
87. Pretend you are a ______ (fill in the blank)
88. Paint fingernails and toenails
89. Fix the hair of all the dolls
90. Sweep things into a square on the floor
91. Stick on window decals
92. Conversation game
93. Kinetic sand
94. Obstacle course in living room
95. Magic eraser cleaning fun
96. Make a song
97. Create a play and put on a show
98. Horseback rides on a big sibling or parent
99. Tickle tummy game
100. Involve kids in cooking

I hope you found some ideas that will help you enjoy your days at home!

I am off to watch a puppet show! Take care, friends.

Until next time,