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| 30 Indoor Activities for Kids |
We’ve been enjoying a lot of indoor activities this week. It’s
been a wet and dreary start to the New Year over here and I have been busy
potty training Little Miss B (so far so good), so we have not wanted to venture
out too far. It’s also been very cold outside, so even the boys haven’t minded
being kept indoors too much. I think they are secretly looking forward to
getting back to school tomorrow though and quite frankly so am I. We’ll be on
the school run complete with rain jackets, hats and gloves and
a potty for a week or so! We might be minus a school tie though, as I have still not located
Liam’s, thankfully its PE tomorrow, so I have a bit of breathing space before
dashing off to buy a new one.
been a wet and dreary start to the New Year over here and I have been busy
potty training Little Miss B (so far so good), so we have not wanted to venture
out too far. It’s also been very cold outside, so even the boys haven’t minded
being kept indoors too much. I think they are secretly looking forward to
getting back to school tomorrow though and quite frankly so am I. We’ll be on
the school run complete with rain jackets, hats and gloves and
a potty for a week or so! We might be minus a school tie though, as I have still not located
Liam’s, thankfully its PE tomorrow, so I have a bit of breathing space before
dashing off to buy a new one.
We’ve been keeping oursleves busy indoors this week with a vareity of different activities including lots of imaginative play scenarios. The kids love to play shops and cafes and with the introduction of a new till and some felt food courtesy of Santa, they have been in their element with these types of games this week. Bella is able to join in much more with her brothers now as well during and it’s lovely to watch them all playing together (well until they start to fight over the same thing that is!). We’ve also spent a good bit of time colouring and drawing and filling in their Christmas sticker books. I don’t think my boys will ever tire of sticker books they love them and Bella is getting into them now as well. We’ve also been going through lots of photographs from last year to go into our “2014 Family Scrapbook”. It may seem old fashioned now, but I love to print out our photographs and flick back through them with the kids.
To give you even more ideas for keeping your little ones entertained this dreary January (or to cool off to for those in sunnier climes!) I have compiled a list of 30 indoor activities below from some of my favourite kid’s arts and crafts bloggers.
Indoor Games and Physical Activity
Party Games Limbo – In the Playroom
Trampoline Fun – B-inspired Mama
Flag Tape Obstacle Course – Frogs, Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
Top 5 Board Games using Household Items – Arts and Crackers
Plastic Bottle Number Bowling – Learn with Play at Home
How to Play Uno with Preschoolers – Stay at Home Educator
Do it yourself Balance Bench – Adventure in a Box
Bathtub Fishing – Artsy Momma
5 Best Classical Music Tracks for Marching – Let’s Play Music
Learning Fun
Learning with Ladybugs – A little bit of quiet
Sight Word Practice on the Stairs – Hands on as we Grow
Arts and crafts
Firework Art Trays – Mamas Happy Hive
Indoor Snow Painting – B-Inspired Mama
Simple Art Exploration – What we do all day
Make some Dinosaur Fuzzy Felt – Multicraftingmummy
Baa Baa Sheep Sponge Painting – Mulitcraftingmummy
Finger Print Painting – Multicraftingmummy
Boredom Busters
10 Indoor Boredom Busters – Sunny Day Family
9 Indoor activities to do with kids – Pint-sized Treasures
24 Fun Family Fitness Ideas – Every Star is Different
Indoor Play and Learning Activities for Winter – The Educators’ Spin on it
7 Ways to keep your toddler busy in winter Mommy’s Bundle
Sensory and Messy Play
Build some Snowdough Snowmen – Multicraftingmummy
Real Snow Sensory Bin – Messy Little Monster
How to make silly putty – Crystal and Co
Pretend Baking for Toddler using waterbeads – Multicraftingmummy
Home-made playdough Crystal and Co
No Vinegar Volcano Science – Preschool Powol Packs
Winter Shine Sensory Bin – Best Toys for Toddlers
How to make Snow Gel – My Little 3 and… Me
What other ideas do you have for Indoor Activities for kids to do?
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So many great activities for winter, love this round up! Thanks for sharing with us today on our Facebook share day!
Thank you!
Great Activity List, We often stay in the warm and make random things when it's a vile day outside, you can't beat getting all crafty and making a mess! 🙂 #MMWBH
Thanks. You can't beat making a mess to pass the time on a chilly day!
What a great resource to have on hand for the long winter days ahead! Thanks for sharing with me and my readers at our FB share day 🙂
Ws sure need it over here at the moment.
This is JUST what we need at this time of year – I shall certainly be making use of this list. Thank you for linking to #PoCoLo x
Glad to be of use to you Victoria. Hope they help you out on these chilly days.
Thanks for sharing my lsdybugs, Nicola – it's a great list, full of fun! Nikki
Whoopsy! I meant "ladybugs"!