30 FUN Activities to do at Homewith your Kids 1. Ice Painting Supplies: Ice, Paint, Ice tray. How To: Add water to the ice tray and a few drops of paint. Place in Freezer. Once the water freezes use the ice cubes as crayons.
16. Camping In S: Bed Sheets, Chairs, Pillows, Blankets. HT: Use your imagination and let the kids create a fun setting for a Camp Night In.
2. Baking Soda Fun Volcano S: Baking Soda, Vinegar, Food coloring, Plastic bag to cover surface. HT: Cover your work surface with plastic bag, pour Vinegar and Food coloring into a glass or container , start adding Baking Soda spoons and you will see the Volcano in action.
17. Spider Web Challenge or Laser Maze S: Yarn or string, Chairs. HT: Create a Spider Web with String and chairs. Infinite ways for kids to spend trying to cross from one side to the other without touching the strings or to get to the other side using all the wholes. They can create their own rules.
3. Sensory Bin S: Bin, Water, Plastic toys, Food coloring. HT: Fill up a bin with Water and Food coloring, add the plastic toys. Kids can reach for various toys in the water and identify objects by saying what they feel. 4. Toy Car Wash S: Toy Cars, Water, Soap, Sponge. Time to keep things clean, set up a fun Car wash setting and let the fun begin. 5. Make & Paint with Puffy Paint S: White Glue, Food coloring, Paint. HT: Add a few drops of Food coloring to the White Glue, use the mix as paint, paint will puff when it dries. 6. Bubble Print S: Water, Dishwasher Soap, Food Coloring, Straw, Paper. HT: In a container mix Water, Dishwasher soap, and Food coloring. With a straw make the kids blow inside the container to create bubbles, tap the paper on top of the bubbles and you will see the print of the bubbles on the paper. 7. Shadow Puppet Show S: Paper Silhouettes, Flash Light, Wall. HT: Create fun Silhouettes with paper or card stock. Point a Flash light to the Silhouettes and the reflection will be on the wall. Get ready to create fun stories. Works better in a dark room or at night. 8. Costume Runway S: Costumes, Hallway or empty area. HT: Pull out your costume box and let the imagination fly. A fun way for the whole family to be silly and have fun 9. Create a Maze S: Objects like pencils, markers, sticks and Toy cars. HT: Use objects, markers, sticks to create a maze on the floor or a table. Use the cars to go through the maze. 10. Shaving Cream Drawing S: Shaving Cream, Food Coloring, Baking Tray, Bath tub or Shower. HT: Add a few drops of Food coloring to Shaving Cream. Use as paint. Bath tub or Shower walls are fantastic for Mural Art, (recom-mended, since it's easy to wash off). 11. Salt Painting S: White Glue, Salt, Food coloring or Water Colors, Construction paper. HT: On construction paper make designs with the White glue, Sprinkle salt on top of design. Let it dry and add color with the Water colors or Food coloring. 12. Make Discovery Bottles S: Empty Bottle w/cap, Rice, Small toys or beads. HT: In and empty clear bottle add some small toys or beads, letter beads, etc. Fill up the bottle with rice, mix and close. Play find the toys or the letter of the Alphabet by shaking or moving around the bottle. 13. Cardboard box Sculptures S: Cardboard boxes, Glue, Paint, Markers. HT: No rules for creativity, just let the kids build what they want. 14. Family Tree S: Poster Board, Family Pictures, Markers, Pencil, Glue. HT: It’s a good time to talk about the Family, maybe Family members that are not at home. 15. Paper Plain Race S: Paper. HT: Make Paper Airplanes and choose a great landing track to see which one gets the furthest or the most smooth landing.
18. Domino Effect Track S: Domino pieces or any object that can stand by itself. HT: With Domino pieces or other objects create a fun track making them stand close to each other. Simply touch the 1st one and see the fun motions they will create falling into each other. 19. Picnic in the Living Room S: Table Clothes, Dinnerware, Snacks. HT: A simple and different way to have Snack time at home. 20. Bake and Decorate a Cake S: Cake mix, Frosting, Sprinkles. HT: Cake mixes are the best to follow and fun to mix for kids. After cake is baked, Decorate with frosting and Sprinkles. 21. Making Slime S: Glue, Baking Soda, Lens Solution, Food coloring, Zip-lock bag. HT: https://www.officedepot.com/fm/files/od/tiles/2017/make_slime/withelmersglue.pdf?cm_sp=office_supplies-_-makeslime_ pdfmake-slime-recipe_-_22. Disco/Dance Party S: Music, Flashlight. HT: Not much to explain just turn on the music and the light and be ready to have fun. 23. Magazine Collage S: Magazine, Glue, Paper. HT: Kids can spend hours collecting images from magazines and create their own master pieces. Give them a theme or make them spell words. You will be surprised how creative they can get. 24. Ping Pong Catch S: Plastic Cups, Cotton Balls. HT: Play Ping Pong over a table but use cups as rackets and cotton balls as balls. You also can play catch. 25. Scavenger Hunt S: Object to hide and find. HT: Choose and object, hide it around the house and make them look for it with clues. This maybe is a good opportunity to find things that went missing long ago. 26. Frozen Scavenger Hunt S: Pre freeze toys, Bucket, Water. HT: Fill up a Bucket that will fit inside the freezer with water, add some toys, maybe animals toys etc. Freeze. After, take out of the freezer and make the kids collect the toys by melting the ice. 27. Marble/Pom Pom Roll S: Marbles or Pom Poms, Toilet Paper rolls, Tape. HT: Use the Toilet Paper rolls to create a maze on the wall. Use the tape to attach to the wall. Once done, the goal is to make the Marble or Pom Poms rolls from beginning to end without falling out of the maze. 28. Window Art S: Dishwasher soap, Craft Paint. HT: Mix a few drops of paint with Dishwasher soap. Use as paint on windows. Easy to wash off and will clean the windows at the same time. 29. Bubble Wrap Printing S: Bubble Wrap, Craft Paint, Paper. HT: Cut out shapes, letters, numbers out of Bubble Wrap. Using the bubbles side spread some paint, flip over the shape and stamp over the craft-paper to create a fun pattern. This project can also be done with leaves, fabrics or anything that has texture. 30. Paper Boat Race S: Paper Boats, Tub with water. HT: Make fun and unique boats out of paper. Fill up the tub and make them race from one and end to another, or test which one floats better. What about if you had some passengers on the boat. (toys)