10 Fun Things for Kids to Do Inside on Rainy Days
There are many fun and creative ways to keep kids busy, active, and happy when the monsoon rains keep them inside. Here are some fun things to do on a rainy day:
1. Crafts and Arts
- Paper crafts: Use colored papers and leaves to make bookmarks, greeting cards, or collages.
- Traditional art: Try making your masks or doing tribal-inspired art like Warli painting.
- Crafts with a rain theme: Make rain sticks, design paper umbrellas, or paint landscapes of the monsoon season.
2. Treasure Hunt Inside
- Put familiar things around the house and give kids clues or riddles to help them find them. Add more learning and fun by making it themed with colours, story characters, or kitchen items.
- Some benefits are that it improves observation skills and encourages people to work together.
3. Puppet Shows and Storytelling
- Host interactive story sessions where children act out characters or use homemade sock or paper puppets.
- Get kids to come up with their own stories or put on a small play.
4. Make your obstacle course
- Use chairs, pillows, hula hoops, and soft toys to make an obstacle course. Add tasks like crawling under tables or hopping over cushions to make it more difficult.
- Good for getting rid of energy and improving coordination.
5. Puzzles and Board Games
- Unfold classic board games, card games, or puzzles that are appropriate for the child's age to help them learn how to work together and solve problems.
- Chess, Scrabble, Snakes and Ladders, and memory games are all games that people like to play.
6. Building forts and camping inside
- Make an indoor tent or fort out of blankets and pillows. For more fun, tell stories, play games inside, or even have a tea party.
7. Musical games and dance parties
- Play happy music and let the kids dance or play musical chairs and freeze dance for fun with the whole group.
Children can also stay active by playing movement games like "Simon Says" and "Four Corners".
8. Time to cook or be a mini MasterChef
- Get kids involved in the kitchen by having them help with easy, safe recipes like mixing bhel puri, rolling dough, or decorating cupcakes.
- Cooking helps with fine motor skills and teaches kids how to eat well.
9. Activities for learning
- Set up a scavenger hunt where people have to find things with different shapes, numbers, or colours.
- Try a simple science experiment, like growing beans in a jar or making a volcano out of baking soda.
10. Corners for Creativity
- Make a reading nook with your favourite books or magazines.
- Encourage them to write in a journal, make "rainy day" diaries, or design cards for friends and family.
These fun things not only keep kids from getting bored, but they also get them thinking outside the box, get them to work together, and keep their spirits high on rainy days.
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