200 Fun Things To Do With Kids
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Looking for something to do with your kids while we’re all stuck at home? Then this is the list for you! This is our list of 200 fun things to do with kids.
Screen Time
- Minecraft
- Bubble popping app
- Ride a virtual ride on YouTube
- PBS app
- Watch Cartoons
- Snapchat filters
- Have a movie night
- ABC mouse
- Watch zoo cameras
- Video games
- Kid-friendly app game
- Watch an educational film or show
- Watch your favorite shows from when you were a kid with your kid
- Play paint on your computer
- Educational games online
- Learn about something that interests you
- Let your kids pick out a fun background photo (Maybe take one together)
- Watch favorite YouTubers
- Do a free trial of Time4Learning
- Do a free trial of a streaming service such as Amazon Prime, Netflix, or Hulu
Arts & Crafts
- Make a recycled robot
- Learn to sew
- Stickers
- Paint in a zip-lock bag taped to the window
- Milk art
- Clay
- Follow an online art tutorial
- Follow a Bob Ross painting tutorial
- Craft kit
- Paint rocks
- Finger paint
- Pour painting
- Make slime
- Draw
- Color with crayons
- Beaded bracelet or necklace
- Friendship bracelets
- Make holiday decorations (Easter is coming soon)
- Dye Easter eggs
- Watercolor
- Make a comic strip
- Make a puppet
- Play-doh
- Build a model
- Color with markers
- Origami
- Tea art
- Color Wonder
- Crochet
- Loom bracelets
Creative
- Gelli Baff
- Play with water in a tub or bowl
- Freeze small toys into ice and let kids get them out with warm water and paint brushes
- WikkiStix
- Glow sticks
- Paper airplanes
- Make music
- Puppet show
- Puzzles
- Improv skits
- Blow bubbles
- Keep the balloon from hitting the ground
- Bathtub painting with shaving cream mixed with food coloring
- Bubble bath
- Scavenger hunts
- Make a video
- Photoshoot
- Play in the bathtub with bath toys
- A balloon and a fan
- Stop-motion movie
Game Time
- Tic Tac Toe
- Guess Who?
- Hangman
- Bingo
- Memory
- Pop the Pig
- Play charades
- Jenga
- Solitaire
- Monopoly
- Dominoes
- Scrabble
- Old maid
- Go fish
- Uno
- Game of Life
- Don’t Break the Ice
- Trouble
- Clue
- Sorry
- Rummy
- Poker
- Battleship
- Chutes and Ladders
- Candyland
- Mazes
- Connect 4
- Yahtzee
- Crazy 8’s
- Skipbo
Pretend Play
- Play restaurant
- Play with pots and pans
- Cars
- Play hairdresser
- Dolls
- Play tent
- Kitchen/Cooking
- House
- Play Grocery Store
- Play Doctor/Vet
Dress Up
- Play dress-up with things you can find around the house
- Temporary tattoos
- Face Paint
- Paint finger and toenails
- Dress-up a doll
- Get out the old Halloween costumes
- Play make-believe make-up
- Clean out old make-up & let your kids play with it
- Fashion Show
- Mom or Dad’s closet
Learn Something New/Educational
- Learn to tie a shoe
- Read a book
- Learn to braid
- Science Experiments
- Online printables
- Write a story
- Practice handwriting
- Kid’s Podcast or Ted talk
- Listen to an audiobook
- Read a book together
Active
- Rice shaky eggs (Rice in a plastic egg. Wrap a piece of tape around it so it doesn’t pop open. Shake to music!)
- The floor is lava
- Tag
- Tape or streamer laser beams
- Red light, green light
- Hide and seek
- Dance party
- Kids Yoga
- Play ball
- Easter egg hunt
- Ballet class on YouTube
- Kid’s exercise class
- Simon Says
- Race
- Duck, Duck, Goose (for big families)
- Jump on a Trampoline
- Play Wii Sports
- Ride a bike (In the yard, driveway, or indoors if small children)
- Roller skates/Skateboard (In the driveway/patio or indoors)
- Hopscotch
Cooking
- Bake muffins
- Make Kool-Aid popsicle
- Bake cupcakes or a cake and decorate them
- Make a cute food
- Cook a meal together
- Make Cookies
- Pancake art
- Make smoothies
- Make ice cream
- Teach a family recipe
- How to cook an egg
- Make a pie
- Make sushi
- Milkshakes/Root beer floats
- Make something from scratch
- Make pasta
- Waffles
- Make Jello
- Pudding Painting
- Make salsa or Guacamole
Outdoors
- Sidewalk chalk
- Ride a bike
- Squirt guns
- Silly string
- Play in the yard
- Collect sticks or leaves in the yard
- Outdoor scavenger hunt
- Baby pool
- Water play
- Jump Rope
Connect
- Facetime a family member or friend
- Call a family member or friend
- Set up an Email if your kids don’t have one
- Email Friends and family
- Make cards for grandparents (During isolation you could send pictures of the cards)
- Send pictures to family and friends
- Send a video to family and/or friends
- Have a virtual party
- Play an online game with friends or family
- Set up a group chat
Build
- Build a fort
- Kinetic sand
- Build something with the Jenga blocks
- Build a house of cards
- Legos
- Blocks
- Magnatiles
- A recycled city
- Build with dominos
- Build something out of sticks
We really hope that this list will help you to find some things to keep your kids busy while they are stuck at home during the current isolation/quarantine.
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This is such a great list. I don’t have any children, but I’m sure those that do will definitely appreciate all these ideas!
Thank you! Just trying to do our part to make social distancing a little easier.
Useful suggestions these days! Stay safe.
You too!
This is a wonderful resource for those with little kids! Thank you for sharing these great ideas. My son is older and I haven’t thought about some of these things for a number of years (he used to love Wikki Stix! haha) Nice little trip down memory lane.
That’s quite an extensive list, which I’m sure a lot of people could make use of if suck in self-isolation or on lockdown
Wow, this is such a comprehensive list! And I love that so many of them can be done indoors as well as outside. My daughter adores Minecraft but she’ll never say no to a good bubble blowing session either! Thank you for posting this 🙂
My kids love Minecraft too! It’s such a versatile game.
That’s a very good list of activities. Love it.