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

1. Minecraft
2. Bubble popping app
3. Ride a virtual ride on YouTube
4. PBS app
5. Watch Cartoons
6. Snapchat filters
7. Have a movie night
8. ABC mouse
9. Watch zoo cameras
10. Video games
11. Kid-friendly app game
12. Watch an educational film or show
13. Watch your favorite shows from when you were a kid with your kid
14. Play paint on your computer
15. Educational games online
16. Learn about something that interests you
17. Let your kids pick out a fun background photo (Maybe take one together)
18. Watch favorite YouTubers
19. Do a free trial of Time4Learning
20. Do a free trial of a streaming service such as Amazon Prime, Netflix, or Hulu

Arts & Crafts

1. Make a recycled robot
2. Learn to sew
3. Stickers
4. Paint in a zip-lock bag taped to the window
5. Milk art
6. Clay
7. Follow an online art tutorial
8. Follow a Bob Ross painting tutorial
9. Craft kit
10. Paint rocks
11. Finger paint
12. Pour painting
13. Make slime
14. Draw
15. Color with crayons
16. Beaded bracelet or necklace
17. Friendship bracelets
18. Make holiday decorations (Easter is coming soon)
19. Dye Easter eggs
20. Watercolor
21. Make a comic strip
22. Make a puppet
23. Play-doh
24. Build a model
25. Color with markers
26. Origami
27. Tea art
28. Color Wonder
29. Crochet
30. Loom bracelets

Creative

1. Gelli Baff
2. Play with water in a tub or bowl
3. Freeze small toys into ice and let kids get them out with warm water and paint brushes
4. WikkiStix
5. Glow sticks
6. Paper airplanes
7. Make music
8. Puppet show
9. Puzzles
10. Improv skits
11. Blow bubbles
12. Keep the balloon from hitting the ground
13. Bathtub painting with shaving cream mixed with food coloring
14. Bubble bath
15. Scavenger hunts
16. Make a video
17. Photoshoot
18. Play in the bathtub with bath toys
19. A balloon and a fan
20. Stop-motion movie

Game Time

1. Tic Tac Toe
2. Guess Who?
3. Hangman
4. Bingo
5. Memory
6. Pop the Pig
7. Play charades
8. Jenga
9. Solitaire
10. Monopoly
11. Dominoes
12. Scrabble
13. Old maid
14. Go fish
15. Uno
16. Game of Life
17. Don’t Break the Ice
18. Trouble
19. Clue
20. Sorry
21. Rummy
22. Poker
23. Battleship
24. Chutes and Ladders
25. Candyland
26. Mazes
27. Connect 4
28. Yahtzee
29. Crazy 8’s
30. Skipbo

Pretend Play

1. Play restaurant
2. Play with pots and pans
3. Cars
4. Play hairdresser
5. Dolls
6. Play tent
7. Kitchen/Cooking
8. House
9. Play Grocery Store
10. Play Doctor/Vet

Dress Up

1. Play dress-up with things you can find around the house
2. Temporary tattoos
3. Face Paint
4. Paint finger and toenails
5. Dress-up a doll
6. Get out the old Halloween costumes
7. Play make-believe make-up
8. Clean out old make-up & let your kids play with it
9. Fashion Show
10. Mom or Dad’s closet

Learn Something New/Educational

1. Learn to tie a shoe
2. Read a book
3. Learn to braid
4. Science Experiments
5. Online printables
6. Write a story
7. Practice handwriting
8. Kid’s Podcast or Ted talk
9. Listen to an audiobook
10. Read a book together

Active

1. Rice shaky eggs (Rice in a plastic egg. Wrap a piece of tape around it so it doesn’t pop open. Shake to music!)
2. The floor is lava
3. Tag
4. Tape or streamer laser beams
5. Red light, green light
6. Hide and seek
7. Dance party
8. Kids Yoga
9. Play ball
10. Easter egg hunt
11. Ballet class on YouTube
12. Kid’s exercise class
13. Simon Says
14. Race
15. Duck, Duck, Goose (for big families)
16. Jump on a Trampoline
17. Play Wii Sports
18. Ride a bike (In the yard, driveway, or indoors if small children)
19. Roller skates/Skateboard (In the driveway/patio or indoors)
20. Hopscotch

Cooking

1. Bake muffins
2. Make Kool-Aid popsicle
3. Bake cupcakes or a cake and decorate them
4. Make a cute food
5. Cook a meal together
6. Make Cookies
7. Pancake art
8. Make smoothies
9. Make ice cream
10. Teach a family recipe
11. How to cook an egg
12. Make a pie
13. Make sushi
14. Milkshakes/Root beer floats
15. Make something from scratch
16. Make pasta
17. Waffles
18. Make Jello
19. Pudding Painting
20. Make salsa or Guacamole

Outdoors

1. Sidewalk chalk
2. Ride a bike
3. Squirt guns
4. Silly string
5. Play in the yard
6. Collect sticks or leaves in the yard
7. Outdoor scavenger hunt
8. Baby pool
9. Water play
10. Jump Rope

Connect

1. Facetime a family member or friend
2. Call a family member or friend
3. Set up an Email if your kids don’t have one
4. Email Friends and family
5. Make cards for grandparents (During isolation you could send pictures of the cards)
6. Send pictures to family and friends
7. Send a video to family and/or friends
8. Have a virtual party
9. Play an online game with friends or family
10. Set up a group chat

Build

1. Build a fort
2. Kinetic sand
3. Build something with the Jenga blocks
4. Build a house of cards
5. Legos
6. Blocks
7. Magnatiles
8. A recycled city
9. Build with dominos
10. 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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