Coronavirus has thrown us all into totally new routines. Maybe you are now suddenly homeschooling, trying to work from home while your toddler gets into everything, or just trying to stay calm during such an uncertain time. My state, like many, is under a government order to stay home, and while we can go for walks, even our parks are closing. We are stuck at home. Are you looking at the clock thinking what now? It’s only 9 am! You don’t have to hand your child a screen, though I am not going to judge you if you do. I decided to round up 55 of our favorite indoor activities for kids stuck at home. These aren’t lessons; if you are looking for lesson plans, I have a bunch here. These are fun indoor activities for kids at home 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 you make this uncertain time more normal for your little ones. This is a crazy time. Stay home, stay healthy, and reach out to me if I can help you in any way.
Puzzles & Indoor Games for Kids Stuck At Home
Emotions Game
FREE printable Rhyming Board Game ( pictured above)
Tally Mark Dominoes
Roll & Cover Math Game
Brown Bear, Brown Bear Inspired Puzzles
Roll A Shape Game
Rhyming Dominoes
Pop The Pig Math Game
Free Printable Dinosaur Sequence Puzzle
Indoor Building Activities
Roll & Build Lego Game
STEM challenge – Shadow Towers
Shaving Cream & Block Towers
Build Your Name
S’mores Tower Challenge
Skyscraper Building
Washi Tape Blocks
Indoor Activities for Balance and Concentration
Walk The Line
Which Ninja Is Missing?
Visual Discrimination Activity
Newspaper Throwing
Move & Learn Shape Recognition
Color Toss
DIY Balance Beam
Spider Web Walking
Family Bowling
Don’t Slip Off The Snowflake
Literacy and Numeracy Activities For Home
Picture Book March Madness Tournament
Secret Sentance Hunt
Sight Word Hunt
Move and Groove Letter Recognition Game
ABC Tape Maze
Word Scavenger Hunt
Bubble Wrap Letter POP
Learn To Write with Playdough
Sight Word Match
Number Maze Inside!
Counting Around The House
Indoor Scavenger Hunts
Indoor Bug Hunt
Spy Game Scavenger Hunt (from Hands On As We Grow pictured above)
Rainy Day Puzzle Hunt
Rhyming Scavenger Hunt
Book Hunt
Color Hunt
Alphabet Bug Hunt
Number Hunt
Memory Hunt
Indoor Sensory Play
Make Your Own Floam
Exploring Smell with Smelly Markers
Slime Monsters
Space Playdough
Melt The Monster Brain
Ice Cream Taste Test
Indoor Arctic Ice Sensory Play
Color Mixing Lab
Beach Slime
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Mary Brice says
This is such a great reading on perfect time. World is facing very hard time right now and people need to help each other. Kids need activites like this in home to learn and not get bored. Hope this hard time end very soon. Stay home, stay safe.
Allison McDonald says
Stay Well Mary!
Lorie says
Thank you so much for all these ideas! We need them so badly right now, with all the extra time the kids are at home. It’s been my mission to get them doing constructive things instead of just TV and Video games. It’s a battle, but being prepared with a great list like this will surely help. Thanks, Allison!
Fatimah says
such a preety awesome idea for our condition moment right now. Thank you so much!