This rainy day activity jar has over 50 easy ideas for keeping little ones busy on days when playing outside isn’t possible. Most are fun or crafty but there are a couple of chores mixed in too. Whenever you hear “I’m bored” just reach for a slip of paper and complete the activity. Repeat as necessary.
Rainy Day Activity Jar
You will need:
1 pint Mason jar
colored copy paper
Ribbon
Scissors
Handwrite or copy/paste/print the list below onto colored copy paper.
Cut out so that each activity is on a separate strip of paper.
Fold each strip and place in the jar
Place lid on the jar and attach ribbon if desired.
Rainy Day Activities for Kids
- Playdoh
- Bake Cookies
- Crumple paper: play indoor basketball
- Paint
- Glow stick bath
- Make s’mores
- Puppet show
- Scavenger hunt
- Letters to soldiers
- Library trip
- Craft time
- Relay races
- Play in big boxes
- Clean out under the bed
- Dress up
- Color
- Organize shoes in all the closets
- Movie night
- Build a fort
- Eat fast food
- Read out loud
- Board Games
- Dance to the radio
- Make greeting cards
- Museum trip
- Picnic in living room
- Put on sock and “skate” on the floors
- Ride bikes in the house
- Play date at a friend’s house
- Play with tractors and trucks in dry beans
- Flash cards
- Make super hero capes from T-shirts
- Take blanket rides through the house
- Movie afternoon with popcorn
- Puzzles
- Take Glamour Shots
- Dust the furniture
- Costumes
- Play ball with a balloon in the hallway
- Dance-off
- Laundry day
- Fashion show
- Play beauty shop
- Make a card or craft for Daddy
- Crumpled paper snowball fight
- Tie dye something
- Have a sock ball fight
- Reading time
- Fill the water table with beans or beads
- Blow bubbles
- Bubble bath
- Cleaning day
- Make handprints
What's on your mind?