Sometimes your child will get restless when the weather is bad and she has to be indoors. When that happens, you’ll want to find some kind of fun indoor activities that she can do that will help her get her energy out.
I have a list of suggestions for indoor activities that you can use on those bad weather days. Some of them call for equipment whereas others just need a bit of space. I hope they help your child get her wiggles out on the next rainy day.
Fun Indoor Activities Your Child Can Do
- Scavenger Hunt
- A game of catch with a foam ball
- Paper airplane race
- Simple gymnastics like forward rolls and backward rolls on a soft mat
- Chinese jumprope
- Make an indoor obstacle course
- Play marching band
- Indoor hopscotch
- Jump rope
- Simon Says
- Red Light, Green Light
- Bounce on an exercise ball
- Charades
- Hide and Seek
- Mother, May I
- Ring Around the Rosie
- Table tennis
- Balloon games
- Indoor relay race
- Indoor Basketball
- Follow the Leader
- Juggle
- Bean bag toss
- Indoor bowling
- Hula hoop
- Ballet, tap, or any other formal dance
- Move like any animal you can think of, i.e. hop like a bunny, slither like a snake, etc.
- Play children’s songs with motions like the Hokey Pokey or other songs your child can dance to
- Build something together like a fort or house
- Play tow truck (Your child can pull a box or chair laying on its side)
You may want to bookmark or pin this list of fun indoor activities so that you can find it again the next time the weather turns sour.
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