These sixty-five indoor rainy dayactivities for kids provide hours of independent play ideas.
Just yesterday the sun was shining and the kids were fully occupied –running around the backyard, climbing trees, splashing through sprinklers, and drawing with chalk.
But today the clouds moved in and there’s nothing but solid rain predicted all day long.
So now what?
It’s easy to keep most kids entertained outside with so many things to do, see and explore. But inside can be a different story with cramped quarters and little space to move.
Not to fear…the sixty-five indoor activities for kids listed below are the perfect remedy to a snowy or rainy day. They generally use common materials found in most family homes and kids ages 6+ should be able to do the majority of these activities independently with little or no help from you.
65 Indoor Activities Kids Can Do Independently on Rainy Days
Click on the links below to see suggestions, resources, and ideas for each activity.
- Create anindoor obstacle course
- Plan anindoor scavenger hunt
- Write letters to family or friends
- Design cards for your friends
- Make your ownplay dough
- Make play dough sculptures
- Make slime
- Make anecklace out of beads or pasta
- Write in ajournal
- Choreograph a dance
- Plan and perform a play
- Play acard game
- Play aboard game
- Have paper airplane races
- Makeshadow puppets
- Line updominosand watch them fall
- Play with shaving cream and food coloring
- Create a sculpture from recycled materials
- Play string games (Cats in the Cradle)
- Build a fort with couch cushions
- Create a design withpopsicle sticksand glue
- Bake a snack
- Make ice cream
- Make popsicles
- Cook a meal
- Leave friendly notes or gifts in neighbor’s mailboxes
- Do a blind taste test of different foods or drinks
- Solve acrossword puzzle
- Make aneruption with baking soda and vinegar
- Create and bury a time capsule
- Paint rocks
- Put apuzzletogether
- Play 20 questions
- Create something from a large box
- Design your own board game and play it
- Build withblocks
- Create an art gallery featuring your artwork
- Read a book
- Read a magazine
- Create a secret code
- Play withLegos
- Make acollage
- Sew something with fabric
- Create a giant paper airplane
- Play dress up
- Do a random act of kindness to a family member
- Turn on music and have a dance party
- Stack cups and knock them down
- Play family
- Tell or write a story
- Makesock puppets
- Write a poem
- Take photos
- Record a video
- Play farm
- Paint with sponges
- Build a structure with playingcards
- Use craft supplies to create animals
- Draw a picture of a person
- Cut out paper snowflakes
- Play school
- Put on a puppet show
- Play zoo
- Make something withpipe cleaners
- Make bookmarks
