Indoor Activities for Children

Board Games, Paper and Pencil Games, Craft and other Rainy Day Fun

© Susan Whelan

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Having some indoor activities on hand keeps kids occupied on rainy days, and can greatly reduce time spent in front of the television or computer.

Extended periods of bad weather can stretch the patience of children and parents alike. There are a variety of indoor sporting activities available, but it is also possible to have fun together at home with a little planning and minimal expense. Some travel games can also be used to play at home.

Board Games and Card Games for Children

There is a wide variety of board games available suiting all sorts of ages, abilities and interests. Some older children will enjoy a long-term game such as Monopoly, Scrabble or chess or even a large jigsaw. Younger and more active children will be more likely to remain entertained with a several shorter games.

When playing with older and younger children together, allow the older child to keep score as an additional challenge for them.

Art and Craft Activities

Many children enjoy being creative and can be simply entertained by paper, glue, stickers and a variety of pencils, textas, crayons and pens. Gel pens and glitter glue don’t result in too much mess and can be used to decorate pictures. Keep a plastic, felt-backed table cloth handy to put over the dining room table or get some large place mats or messy mats to make clean-up easier.

Oil pastel crayons give bright colours and watercolour pencils allow older children to ‘paint’ without the risk of spillages. Cheap scrapbooking paper can provide hours of entertainment for infants/primary school-aged children who enjoy cutting and pasting. Keep a small supply of old magazines for children to cut pictures from.

Paper and Pencil Games

Active Games

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