Indoor Activities For Kids

For many parts of the country, it is too hot to go outside right now. Parents and caregivers alike are looking at the clock thinking what now? It’s only 9 am! You don’t have to turn on the TV ( though I am not going to judge you if you do). However, for many preschools, daycares, and summer camps screen time is never an option. I decided to round up 45 of our favorite indoor activities for kids. These aren’t lessons; if you are looking for lesson plans, I have a bunch here. These are fun indoor summer activities that you don’t need a screen for, and you don’t have to be outside to do.

Hopefully, these indoor activities for kids help keep those screens off and more importantly your sanity.

Stay cool and remember even if you aren’t in the middle of a heatwave you can have fun inside with these activities this summer.

Indoor Scavenger Hunts

Indoor Bug Hunt
Spy Game Scavenger Hunt  (pictured above)
Rainy Day Puzzle Hunt
Rhyming Scavenger Hunt
Book Hunt
Color Hunt
 Gold Hunt
Number Hunt
Memory Hunt
Library Hunt

Indoor Building Activities

Roll & Build Lego Game 
STEM challenge – Shadow Towers 
Shaving Cream & Block Towers 
Building with Letters 
S’mores Tower Challenge 
Skyscraper Building 
Washi Tape Blocks 

Indoor Activities for Balance and Concentration

Walk The Line
Which Ninja Is Missing?
Newspaper Throwing
Move & Learn Shape Recognition
Color Toss

Throw paper at A Sticky Spider Web (this is one pictured above is one of my favorite posts of all time, anywhere!)
DIY Balance Beam
Spider Web Walking
Family Bowling
Don’t Slip Off The Snowflake

Indoor Literacy and Numeracy Activities That Move!

Secret Sentance Hunt 
Sight Word Hunt 
Move and Groove Letter Recognition Game
Sight Word Treasure Map
ABC Tape Maze
Word Scavenger Hunt

Bubble Wrap Letter POP
Sight Word Match
Number Maze Inside!
Counting Around The House
How far can you jump? Movement and math!

 

Indoor Sensory Play

Floam
Slime Monsters
Space Playdough
Melt The Monster Brain 
Indoor Arctic Ice Sensory Play 
Color Mixing Lab 
Beach Slime 

There are so many more great indoor activities here and around the web – check me out on Pinterest for even more great ideas!