Doing things at home with your kids, family, friends, or significant others can be a lot of fun and can wind up to great bonding and a lot of laughs.
Explore below some ideas that can help pass the time in a very entertaining way.
Drawing:
- Draw half of a funny picture and pass the paper. Finish each others drawing
- Draw: Play "draw the same thing and laugh at the results"
- Draw a family picture but each family member is doing something funny like hand gliding
Play:
- Play indoor hide and seek.
- Play plastic Cup and paper ball basketball Family championship
- Play board games
- Play Pictionary
- Play with magnets on a cookie sheet
- Play dress up with mom and dad’s clothes
- Play “The Floor is Lava.”
- Play in a bubble bath
- Play with sidewalk chalk
- Play indoor volleyball or soccer with balloons
- Play marbles on the floor
- Play Jacks
- Play Tic-tac-toe
- Play 20 Questions
Misc:
- Make decorations, curate a playlist, and throw a family dance party
- Coloring books and crayons
- Try a new cookie or cake recipe
Bonus idea: Set up a camera or smartphone and film a cooking show!
- Make a family Show
- Family Movie Night
- Build a fort with cards
- Build a cushion fort
- Write a short story together
- Fill out an Add libs funny story
- Design and go on an indoor treasure hunt
- Go camping in the living room
- Kids read a story to parents or vice versa
- Plan a family garden
- Make ice cream in a bag. Recipe here
- Make slime. Instructions here
- Set up an in-home nail salon and try some nail art techniques. Ideas here
- Make friendship bracelets
- Teach your pet a new trick
- Have an indoor picnic. Easy with cold cuts
- Listen to an audiobook or podcast
- Try Cosmic Kids Yoga
- Make paper fidget spinners. Instructions here.
- Create your own bingo cards and have a bingo tournament
- Create a family tree.
- Let your kids write and direct a stop-motion movie. Learn how it works here
- Learn and play a new card game. Learn card games
- Teach yourself to juggle
- Practice origami, or the art of paper folding Ideas here.
- Make a maze on the floor with painter’s tape
- Have a pizza party. DIY Pizza Bagels recipe here
- Make paper airplanes and see whose plane flies the farthest
- Have a tea party
- Snuggle on the couch and read your favorite books
- Rearrange or redecorate your room
- Have a pillow fight
- Make an indoor obstacle course
- Have a family music night
- Put on a puppet show
- Make a scrapbook
- Do a puzzle
- Make a treasure bottle Instructions here.
- Decorate a T-shirt
- Make a time capsule! One day your kids can use it to tell their kids all about this craziness
- Have Legos? Build something cool and make a story out of it
- Have Jenga? Family Jenga is always fun!
Technology Oriented:
- Start a Youtube Channel with fun ideas and topics ( Together )
- Make some Funny Tik Tok videos ( Together )
- Play video games together
There is always something fun you can do. Spending time with family is always valuable.
