Here are some great Game and Activity ideas you can do this weekend!
- Pull out any not-yet-used holiday gifts
- Play “jump the river”
- Make a timeline
- Read a good book
- Join Audible and listen to books together
- Research your Family Tree
- Have an indoor campout
- Start some indoor seed plantings
- Indoor Scavenger Hunt
- Build an outside fort
- Build a blanket fort or tent
- Hand-Clapping games like Miss Mary Mack, Double Double, and Tic-Tac-Toe
- Mad Libs
- Go on a Bearhunt
- Huckle Buckle Beanstalk
- Hide something sweet and create a Treasure Map for the kids to follow
- Learn Morse Code
- Invent your own code
- Build a house of cards
- Memorize the state capitals
- Learn some yoga poses
- Meditate with help from Headspace for Kids (free trial)
- Play balloon volleyball
- Look at old photos and share their memories
- Write old-fashioned letters and postcards
- Make gratitude lists
- Play charades
- Invent a card game
- Learn a few magic tricks
- Using stuff from around your house, set up a bowling lane
- Mark out a hopscotch field with masking/duct tape
- Speak only in Pig Latin
- Thumb wrestle
- Play MASH
- Play Hangman
- Plan a family vacation
- Learn about nautical flags and how to communicate with them
- Learn the parts of a sailboat
- Play dress up
- Teach your kids how to play black jack (it helps with math skills after all)
- Play the silent game
- Have a staring contest
- Learn some yo-yo tricks
- Build the biggest LEGO/block tower in history
- Make shadow puppets
- Have a tea party
- Have a doll or stuffed animal wedding
- Play Simon Says
- Talk with an accent
- Make a stuffed animal zoo
- Learn a little American Sign Language for kids
- Invent a new sport
- Polish the silver (raise your hand if you have your grandmas silverware or cute bud vases!)
- Do a puzzle
- Invent your own nation
- Memorize all the Presidents
- Memorize all the states and capitals
- Match up your socks, roll them up, and have a sock fight
- Play dominoes (extra credit for making your own)
- Teach your kids how to play Solitaire
- Make your own Bingo game
- Bust out the flashlights and go on a “ghost” hunt
- Learn how to tie cool knots
- Go on the Duolingo app and learn a new language for free
- Make your own crossword puzzles
- Make your own Sudoku
- Practice drilling holes in scrap wood
- Hammer nails into scrap wood
- Read to the pets or Grandparents (via Facetime/Skype)
- Play with their older toys
- Learn coding for Free through MIT
- Go on a Sunday Drive any day of the week
- Make a dollhouse with shoe boxes
- Empty furniture from the middle of a room and do somersaults across it (notice we did not say cartwheels!)
- Teach your old dog (or new puppy) new tricks
- Play the game Clue using real props, costumes, and rooms in your house
- Have a backyard camp fire (if your city or town allows it)
- Play Alligator
- DIY manis and pedis
