Check out our list of over 75 things to do with your little ones!
At a loss with what to do with the kids? Looking for something new and different? Try some of these activities with them and let us know how it goes!
High Energy
Dance! Just put on some music and dance away
Balloon tennis or volley ball
Bounce on a trampoline
Laundry basket & sock basketball
Invite some friends over and have a water balloon or water gun fight
Grab some chalk and play sidewalk hopscotch
Have a tickle wrestling match
Put on a party CD and teach them the Chicken Dance or the Hokey Pokey
Head to Tackapausha to see the animals or play in the outdoor playground
Create a house or spaceship out of a large cardboard box
Run up and then roll down a grassy hill
Put on the sprinkler and splash around
Look up an exercise video and work out together
Crumple up the circulars and have a paper snowball fight
Pass around a soccer ball or play catch
Build a kite together and fly it
Quiet Time
Finger paint
Write (scribble) letters to family and friends
Draw together
Cut and paste pictures from magazines to make a collage
Color in a coloring book or print some coloring sheets
Build towers with blocks or Legos
Glue photos onto cardboard and cut out into puzzle pieces
Read some books together
Add colored rice to a plastic bin for indoor sandbox sensory fun
Create with play dough
Sort colored Pom Poms with tongs
Paint a bird house to hang in the backyard
Pop up a tent in the bedroom and take a nap
Teach them some board games
Create a sandbox (with Cinnamon to keep out the bugs) to shovel and sift
Create paper crowns or hats to decorate and have lunch with dress-up clothes
Cooking
Bake cookies
Make your own ice cream
Bake mini muffins
Picnic in the living room
Doll tea party on the patio
Use a juicer to make your own juice
Go out to dinner at a buffet and have a little of everything, including dessert!
Make a pudding mud pie with dirt crumbs and gummy worms
Make jelly and cream cheese sandwiches
Freeze flavored juice and make a slushy with a blender
Cut pieces of fruit and create a fruit salad
Adventure
Indoor scavenger hunt
Indoor/outdoor hide and Seek
Head to a new park you've never been to before
Visit a working farm and volunteer to help out
Make oat cereal and peanut butter necklaces to hang out for the birds
Create a chain of dominoes and see how far you can go before it falls
Pick up some seeds and plant a vegetable garden
Build an obstacle course outside with jumps, tunnels, and things to crawl under
Pick a bouquet and bring it to an elderly neighbor's house
Create buddy bags with stickers, an individual treat, and small toy to share with new playground friends
Borrow a bike trailer and ride along a bike path together
Entertainment
Learn some magic tricks
Blow bubbles
Create sock puppets and put on a puppet show
Play Old Maid or Uno card games
Create maracas from plastic eggs and rice or beans
Use a white sheet and a projector for a movie night outside
Put masking tape across the carpet or sofa and make a Matchbox roadway
Day Trips
Head to the playground
Visit the Westbury or Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
Spend a few hours at the aquarium
Go to the Bronx Zoo and scavenger hunt for the animals on the map
Take a walk around a local pond and feed the ducks
Walk along the beach and build a sand castle
Collect some "pet" rocks and paint faces on them
Find a great spot for a photo shoot
Find a great pet store and let them hold different animals
Experiments
Use medicine droppers to mix colored water and learn about colors
Make your own moon sand
Freeze colored ice cubes and paint with them
Make your own play dough
Create your own chalk sticks
Use clear glue to make a sensory bottle
Put drops of food coloring in piles of shaving cream and blend away
Change the color of flowers or celery with colored water
Jump colored water from one cup to another using paper towel strips
Make a popsicle stick catapult
Inflate a balloon with baking soda and vinegar in a water bottle
