When it rains we find ourselves indoors a lot more. In our house, the garden is our extra room and when the rain comes we spend less time outdoors. However, there is plenty you can do inside the house to keep the family entertained. Below are 30 Rainy Day Activities you can do at Home which hopefully you will find useful. For more ideas why not take a look at our 30 fun things to do with your kids during lockdown blog post?
Indoor Activities
Write a letter to a friend or family member
Cooking – why not make some Coconut Crunch Cookies, Chocolate Rainbow Frozen Bananas or Oatmeal Pancakes?
Get creative with Play-Doh, click here to view Berkshire Mummies Play Dough Shapes blog post.
Build a bridge or tower with bricks
Make a den
Have an indoor picnic
Set up a tuff spot activity / small world activity
Play hide and seek
Do an indoor scavenger hunt
Read a book
Listen to a podcast
Watch a film
Complete a jigsaw
Junk Modelling – can you build a castle, make a monster, an animal, unicorn, dinosaur or rocket?
Make a puppet and put on a puppet show
Make up a show – write and learn lines, sing, dance, poetry etc
Draw and colour
Paint a picture
Write a miniature book
Create a flip book
Make a collage about your favourite things
Make salt dough decorations – here is how to make Salt Dough Rainbow and Salt Dough Christmas Decorations.
Play cards or a board game
Do some yoga
Get the children to play with a toy they haven’t played with for along-time
Potato Printing
Do a science experiment
Outdoor Activities in your garden
Jump in muddy puddles
Measure the rainfall by collecting it in a container
Dance in the rain
Hopefully you have found this blog post; 30 Rainy Day Activities you can do at Home useful and that is has given you some ideas of activities to do inside the house during lockdown. Here are some activities you could also in the garden, maybe when the sun is shining again very soon.
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*Disclaimer – Please make sure, if you do any of the above activities they are age appropriate for your child, using age appropriate equipment and supplies which you believe are safe for participants. Click here for the Berkshire Mummies disclaimer.*
