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100+ Indoor Activities to Survive Quarantine

March 22, 2020

Are you tired of constantly hearing your kiddos say those two most dreaded words, "I'm bored"? Here are some simple ideas to take those words out of their vocabulary and to help you keep your sanity while you are quarantined at home! 


Crafts

1. Make Paper Airplanes

2. Salt Painting

3. Make Suncatchers

4. Make Salt Dough

5. Make Sponge Stamps

6. Make a Cereal Box Aquarium

7. Make Scratch Art

8. Make Your Own Bookmarks

9. Make Pet Rocks

10. Make Recycled Crayons

11. Make Paper Boats

12. Finger Paint

13. Make Friendship Bracelets

14. Make a Bird Feeder

15. Make Paper Bag Puppets

16. Make Handprint Art

17. Make a Scrapbook

18. Decorate T-shirts

19. Make a Thankful Jar

20. Paint Leaves

21. Make a Time Capsule

22. Make Button Art

23. Paint with Watercolors

24. Color in a Coloring Book

25. Make Shadow Art

26. Build a Cardboard Castle

27. Make Tissue Box Monsters

28. Make a Toilet Paper Roll Butterfly

29. Stamp with Celery

30. Make Chalk Ice

31. Make Puffy Sidewalk Paint

32. Draw a Self Portait

33. Use Rubber Stamps

34. Do Scrape Painting

35. Paint a Recycled Jar

36. Make Superhero Costumes


Activities

37. Make Playdough

38. Make Slime

39. Make Play Mud

40. Make Rainbow Rice

41. Make Fake Snow

42. Make a Sensory Bin

43. Make Sensory Bag

44. Build a Fort

45. Have a Pillow Fight

46. Write a Story

47. Make Ice Cream in a Bag

48. Make Gummy Bears

49. Make Fruit Roll Ups

50. Have a Movie Day

51. Put on a Fashion Show

52. Bake Cupcakes or Muffins

53. Do Yoga

54. Build an Obstacle Course

55. Make Dinner Together

56. Play with Magnetic Tiles

57. Build Something with Legos

58. Use Dot Markers

59. Build a House of Cards

60. Put on a Puppet Show

61. Make a Treasure Hunt

62. Indoor Bowling

63. Learn to Draw

64. Put on a Play

65. Make Indoor Hopscotch

66. Do a Family Chore Together

67.Have a Dance Party

68. Have a Tea Party

69. Play with Water in a Bin

70. Setup a Play Store

71. Make a Sock Toss Game

72. Make Perler Bead Art

73. Write in a Journal


Games

74. Play Would You Rather

75. Play I Spy

76. Play Simon Says

77. Play Board Games

78. Play Hide and Seek

79. Indoor Scavenger Hunt

80. Play Bingo

81. Play Card Games

82. Do a Puzzle

83. Play Charades

84. Build Your Own Game

85. Play Freeze Dance

86. Play Hot Potato

87. Play Marbles

88. Keep the Balloon Up

89. Play Dominoes

90. Play Hangman

91. Play Tic-Tac-Toe


Educational

92. Read Books

93. Do a Science Project

94. Learn Origami

95. Learn About a New Animal

96. Learn a New Card Game

97. Learn to Sew

98. Learn to Knit

99. Do Brain Teasers

100. Learn a New Language

101. Learn About a Country