Games To Play When Bored At Home
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Hide things around the house for your children to find.
Another entertaining game to play at home when you are bored. While it is not an inside game, it is authorized for social distancing. Draw positive notes all around the area with sidewalk chalk. So innocent and inspiring. While it may not appear to be a game to play while bored, it is an enjoyable pastime that can help kids develop their. Fun games to play at home can be quick, such as a few games of tic-tac-toe, or take a great amount of time, like a 1000 word puzzle. For rainy or hot summer days, our games provide enjoyment and many, such as the puzzles and word games, are also educational and build thinking skills.
Build a pillow or blanket fort and do fun activities inside them.
Use a chair, an elastic band and a paper clip to launch paper airplanes.
Use cardboard and tape to design a course to race your marbles through.
Use a tennis ball and some empty water or soda bottles to make a bowling lane.
Make targets along the floor for the kids to try and throw the beanbags into.
This classic experiment never ceases to ignite amazement in a child.
Let your kids feel like archaeologists for the day.
Use pillows and a couple of Dad's t-shirts to turn your kids into sumo wrestlers.
Condensed milk and food dye means very colorful toast.
Marshmallows and pretzel sticks can be used make some pretty tasty houses.
What better activity on a rainy day than cozying up to a fire and making s'mores.
This will likely smell a lot better than the kind you get at the store.
Use paper plates and balloons to turn your living room into a badminton court.
Create festive flags and be creative with indoor obstacles.
Let the kids draw a playful scene on what might otherwise be a dreary day.
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In order to keep them entertained for a couple hours with this, give them clues in envelopes, a la 'The Amazing Race,' and hide a lot of things in places with varying degrees of difficulty for being found. You can even have a grand prize for the child who finds everything first.
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Once built, you can set up a picnic, a coloring book station, movie viewing, reading area - whatever your children desire.
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First, tape a paper clip bent in the shape of a hook to the front of a paper airplane. Then wrap an elastic band around the legs of an upside-down chair to create your paper-craft launch pad. Hook the plane to the elastic, draw back and fire! Make sure there is a lot of space, because this launcher can really make them fly. For more in-depth instructions and pictures, check this out.
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An excellent idea if you happen to have a lot of cardboard lying around, have the kids make a course that runs over and around all sorts of stairs, furniture and/or pets.
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This can be a very fun way to teach kids about addition and keeping score while keeping them entertained.
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Painter's tape is preferable, as it is easy to remove and doesn't leave marks. Make assorted shapes along the ground, and then everyone can try to land bean bags in the targets. Assign point values to each one if competition = fun amongst your children.
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Using a clear, round bottle or jar, have the kids fill it with water and dish soap. Then let them shake it to make a tornado.
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Fill a 12' tall tub (at least) with dry rice and bury some dinosaur toys or anything else that might be neat to dig up. Then, using their fingers or small spoons, let your kids dig to reveal the treasures below.
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Let's face it, children have a lot of energy. And sometimes the best way to get them to expel that energy is by letting them rough house a little bit. This is a safe way to do so.
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A rainbow has never looked so delicious. You can make the dyes yourself, then give the children their paint brushes and let them paint toast to their hearts' content.
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Should you happen to have little ones who enjoy dolls - and a long-lasting rainstorm - you can make a dollhouse out of a shoebox. If you're feeling ambitious, use papier-mâché to stack and connect multiple boxes to create a doll mansion.
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Much like your old TinkerToy® set, have your kids stick pretzel sticks into the ends of marshmallows and use them to build magnificent (and delicious!) structures.
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The chocolate, the marshmallow, the graham cracker; the perfect solution on a rainy day. Check out some unique s'more recipes here!
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With some salt, flour, oil and of course the main ingredient, your kids will be making beautiful shapes and molds. You can find the recipe details here.
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Using your art supplies, like cotton balls and construction paper, your kids can make an artful representation of the reason they're inside in the first place.
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Perfect for the sports-minded kids in your house, tape popsicle sticks to a paper plate and use a balloon as the birdie.
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Write the 'sight' word on a piece of paper, and crumple it up. Use known and unknown words for all the 'snowballs.' Crumple the pieces of paper up, and have the kids throw them at each other. When one gets hit by a snowball, they must uncrumple the paper and read the word to stay in the game.
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Using tin cans for the holes and cardboard for the club (should a putter not be present) you can help the kids design their own miniature golf course in the house.
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Using easily washable paint, let your kids create whimsical scenes on the windows as they laugh at the weather outside. Make sure you dry off any condensation first. Later on, you can make a fun window-cleaning activity out of it too.
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Arrange your furniture in such a way that the kids can leap from one to the other, so as not to be burned by the floor which is now lava.
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