Play "Hide the SnowBalls"
Grab those cotton balls from your nail polish stash and hide them all around a room (or the whole house!). then send your kids on a "snowball hunt."
Print Off Color Sheets
Our favorite site is coloring-book.info - tons of awesome coloring sheets with all their favorite characters!
Build With Marshmallows
Get out the marshmallows, big & little, and some toothpicks and let the kids build...challenge them to build the tallest, biggest, structure they can.
Take a Colorful Bath
My kids love this simple idea. Add a few drops of food coloring to a bath. Let them play. It is that easy and will help burn some time off the clock. Supervise as is appropriate for their age.
Break Out the Bubbles
Use bubbles in your kitchen and then clean up the floor together when you are done!
A great, homemade bubble recipe is: 3 c water 1 c dishwashing liquid (Joy works best!) and 1/2 c corn syrup
Challenge...Accepted!
How many times can you run up and down the hallway in a minute? Go jump in the living room 20 times, then run back in give me a high five. Can you do a wall-sit longer than mom? You get the idea...help them burn off some energy and BOTH of your days will be happier!
Raid the Recycling Bin
See what you can make out of cardboard, clean containers (you know, the ones without the sharp edges), and other "found" objects.
Make Your Own "Parachute"
Drag out a tablecloth or sheet and make your own parachute. Give your stuffed animals a ride, toss cotton balls on it, or be really brave and use marshmallows!
Make Playdough
Bay far my favorite playdough recipe is this one...
2 c. water – heated to boiling in
microwave
4 t. cream of tartar* 1 c. salt
4 T. oil (baby, vegetable, or canola)
2-3 c. flour
Mix together in metal dish with metal
spoon until well blended. Turn onto
floured surface to finish mixing. Store
in an airtight container. Will last for
months.
Optional add ins:
Swap out ½ flour, swap in cocoa
powder – will smell and look like chocolate.
Add in spices like cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice. Add food coloring. Mix will a packet of Kool Aid, grape works
especially well. Add in extract like
vanilla, peppermint, orange, etc.
(*Note: If you do not have cream of tartar, you can try lemon juice, use 8t. of this)
Get out golf tees, birthday candles, kitchen gadgets, small cars, muffin pans, and play with the play dough!
Baking Soda & Vinegar
Check out my previous post with the fun we had with this...It just never gets old!!!
Mix these activities in with a little cleaning and a little Netflix and your day will be a great one!
Here are a few other links with some more great ideas!
What is your favorite sanity saver on a day when you are stuck indoors?
