If you are stuck inside due to inclement weather, especially for several days, your children might be feeling a little bit of cabin fever. These days, video games and TV seem to fill up a great deal of our indoor time, but there are many other fun ways to pass the hours. To combat the boredom of having to stay indoors, consider some of the following activities that children are sure to enjoy.
When the weather is gloomy, that doesn't mean you can't enjoy a sunny day activity. Consider planning an indoor picnic with your kids to bring a little bit of cheer to a rainy day. Grab an old blanket and a picnic basket and fill it up with treats. Select a cozy corner of the family room and spread out the blanket and maybe some pillows. You could even turn this into a tea party and invite some Teddy bears or other stuffed animals to join in.
When in doubt, planning an afternoon with arts and crafts is almost always a winner. There are tons of art options to consider, including purchasing and downloading a fantastic art mural from a website like ArtProjectsForKids.org. This site includes dozens of works from famous painters in mural form. All you do is print out the pages of the mural and each page has a portion of the painting printed on it. Children color in each page and then when all pages are complete, organize in the correct order and you have created a copy of a painting by an artist such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Cezanne or Vincent Van Gogh.
There are many simple art projects for kids, from simply giving them some paper and paints and letting them create anything they wish to opening up packages of clay and letting them create animals, flowers and imaginary creatures. You can make Play-Do using household ingredients, and the kids can help with this and then play with the dough. Other cool art projects include creating something out of papier-mch, such as a big bowl or even a mask or a favorite animal. This is a project that could take up some time over the course of a few days. On the first day, you build and paper the creation and then after it dries, you can paint over it any way you like.
A scavenger hunt can be a great way to spend an hour of your rainy day. Make a list of fun items to find and be sure to include a few things that are subjective, such as "something smaller than a quarter," or "something squishy." You can even complete an ABC scavenger hunt, where kids find something to match each letter of the alphabet. You can do a make and find scavenger hunt. This type of hunt would have them find something, complete an activity with that item and then find another item and follow that an activity and so on.
Another fun rainy day activity is teaching your children to cook or bake. Even toddlers can stir and help add ingredients and even knead their own small loaf of bread. Older children can accomplish many other tasks, and everyone enjoys cooking food that they prepared themselves. You can also make interesting recipes such as homemade butter; all you need is heavy cream and a jar with a tight-fitting lid. Have your kids take turns shaking it up until most of the cream forms a solid chunk of butter. Then chill it and serve it up later with some homemade bread you prepared during your rainy day.
When the weather is gloomy, that doesn't mean you can't enjoy a sunny day activity. Consider planning an indoor picnic with your kids to bring a little bit of cheer to a rainy day. Grab an old blanket and a picnic basket and fill it up with treats. Select a cozy corner of the family room and spread out the blanket and maybe some pillows. You could even turn this into a tea party and invite some Teddy bears or other stuffed animals to join in.
When in doubt, planning an afternoon with arts and crafts is almost always a winner. There are tons of art options to consider, including purchasing and downloading a fantastic art mural from a website like ArtProjectsForKids.org. This site includes dozens of works from famous painters in mural form. All you do is print out the pages of the mural and each page has a portion of the painting printed on it. Children color in each page and then when all pages are complete, organize in the correct order and you have created a copy of a painting by an artist such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Cezanne or Vincent Van Gogh.
There are many simple art projects for kids, from simply giving them some paper and paints and letting them create anything they wish to opening up packages of clay and letting them create animals, flowers and imaginary creatures. You can make Play-Do using household ingredients, and the kids can help with this and then play with the dough. Other cool art projects include creating something out of papier-mch, such as a big bowl or even a mask or a favorite animal. This is a project that could take up some time over the course of a few days. On the first day, you build and paper the creation and then after it dries, you can paint over it any way you like.
A scavenger hunt can be a great way to spend an hour of your rainy day. Make a list of fun items to find and be sure to include a few things that are subjective, such as "something smaller than a quarter," or "something squishy." You can even complete an ABC scavenger hunt, where kids find something to match each letter of the alphabet. You can do a make and find scavenger hunt. This type of hunt would have them find something, complete an activity with that item and then find another item and follow that an activity and so on.
Another fun rainy day activity is teaching your children to cook or bake. Even toddlers can stir and help add ingredients and even knead their own small loaf of bread. Older children can accomplish many other tasks, and everyone enjoys cooking food that they prepared themselves. You can also make interesting recipes such as homemade butter; all you need is heavy cream and a jar with a tight-fitting lid. Have your kids take turns shaking it up until most of the cream forms a solid chunk of butter. Then chill it and serve it up later with some homemade bread you prepared during your rainy day.
About the Author:
Kate Halfey loves writing about art projects. To get more information regarding fun art projects for kids or to find art projects like watercolor art projects for kids, please visit the ArtProjectsForKids.org site today.
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