100 Things To Do At Home With Kids
Are you going stir-crazy from being at home with the kids? Have no fear! Here are 100 fun things to do at home with kids.
Let’s chat about things to do at home with kids.
If you are looking to keep kids happy during a rainy day, on the weekend or school holidays, I have the best list of activities to keep your kids busy.
Not sure how to keep yourself busy at home? Have no fear!
Here are things to do at home with kids:
THINGS TO DO AT HOME WITH KIDS
1 – Create a family scrapbook
2 – Declutter your home
3 – Do a proper spring (or autumn) clean
4 – Catch up on all the shows you love but haven’t had the time to watch
5 – Mend clothes that need repairing
6 – Read a book
7 – Attend to the odd handyman jobs around your home
8 – Organize your paperwork
9 – Stage a family photoshoot
10 – Have a family-only dance party
THINGS TO DO AT HOME WITH KIDS
11 – Tend to your garden
12 – Bake cookies
13 – Teach your kids to cook
14 – Learn a new language
15 – Write a book about your life story
16 – Read a magazine
17 – Play board games
18 – Play card games
19 – Have a bubble bath
20 – Make home videos
THINGS TO DO AT HOME WITH KIDS
21 – Start a virtual bookclub
22 – Reconnect with loved ones around the world using Zoom
23 – Host a virtual Trivia Night
24 – Give yourself a manicure / pedicure
25 – Call a friend
26 – Write a thank you letter to everyone you love
27 – Call and ask your parents about their childhood
28 – Learn origami
29 – Paint
30 – Draw
THINGS TO DO AT HOME WITH KIDS
31 – Do crossword puzzles
32 – Build a blanket fort
33 – Pitch a tent in your living room
34 – Have an indoor picnic
35 – Introduce your kids to the classics (both movies and music)
36 – Do yoga
37 – Work out to YouTube exercise videos
38 – Watch Ted Talks
39 – Journal
40 – Write down your bucket list
THINGS TO DO AT HOME WITH KIDS
41 – Research your family tree
42 – Learn a Tik Tok dance
43 – Give yourself a facial
44 – Learn to play a musical instrument
45 – Organize your closet
46 – Jump rope
47 – Take a nap
48 – Meditate
49 – Write a letter to your future self
50 – Play with your pets
THINGS TO DO AT HOME WITH KIDS
51 – Listen to podcasts
52 – Make a vision board
53 – Clean out your email inbox
54 – Write down your goals
55 – Do some crafts
56 – Give adult coloring books a go
57 – Make some online photobooks
58 – Prepare for your tax return
59 – Change up your room decor
60 – Start a gratitude journal
61- Go through old photos and home videos with your kids
62 – Learn a new skill
63 – Create a time capsule
64 – Play name that tune
65 – Write a poem
66 – Stargaze at night
67 – Watch the sun rise
68 – Watch the sun set
69 – Memorise the capital cities around the world
70 – Do a scavenger hunt at home
TO DO AT HOME WITH KIDS
71 – Find all the things you have misplaced at home (come on, missing thumb drive, where are you?!?)
72 – Play charades
73 – Host a movie marathon
74 – Do a puzzle
75 – Listen to an audiobook
76 – Play balloon volleyball
77 – Start a podcast
78 – Start a YouTube channel
79 – Complete a DIY project
80 – Get your kids to teach you how to play a PS4 or Xbox game
THINGS TO DO AT HOME WITH KIDS
81 – Play Sudoku
82 – Learn CPR
83 – Take an online course
84 – Learn how to juggle
85 – Start a blog
86 – Create a comic strip
87 – Memorise the lyrics to your favorite songs
88 – Be grateful that you don’t have to iron any school uniforms
89 – Learn a magic trick
90 – Have a pillow fight
THINGS TO DO AT HOME WITH KIDS
91 – Go through your home library
92 – Stretch your muscles
93 – Watch a black and white movie
94 – Watch a movie with subtitles
95 – Learn to make jewellery
96 – Make some epic playlists
97 – Have a staring competition
98 – Stay in your PJs all day
99 – Host an impromptu fashion show
100 – Eat dinner by candlelight
THINGS TO DO AT HOME WITH KIDS
BONUS SUGGESTIONS
– Sleep in
– Stay up late
– Spend quality time with your kids
– Brainstorm business ideas for the future
– Have meaningful conversations
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Spending time at home with kids can sometimes feel painful but that doesn’t mean we have to complain about it every single minute of the day.
It’s all about your ATTITUDE, my friend.
Every single situation you face in life is impacted by the attitude you CHOOSE to have.
As Victor Frankl, the author of MAN’S SEARCH FOR MEANING, so wisely said back in 1946:
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
Remember time has a way of showing us what really matters.
Another point to keep in mind – the way we spend our time defines who we are.
So stay safe, please don’t begrudge the time you have now at home and instead use your time wisely.
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