Does it
sound like this in your home?
“I’m bored.”
“Can we go do something?”
“Do we have to stay home?”
“Mom, did you know some people go to the beach?”
“You just want me to do chores.”
“When can I go to school?”
“I already washed my hands.”
“I don’t want to stay home.”
“Can I walk the dog, again?”
“Read? Why?”
Not everyone likes staying at home but it can be fun. There
are so many fun things to do and none of them are on television!
Here are a few ideas to help make the stayathome situation
better.
Most of
these require adult supervision:
1.
Read to each other (Prizes for best listener?)
2.
Bake something together
3.
Play board-games or invent one of your own.
4.
Plant a container garden
5.
Use a Karaoke App. (There are many)
6.
Dance together
7.
Learn to crochet or start a new crochet or
knitting project
8.
Pull out the Play Doh and make beads for
key-chains.
9.
Let the Lego imagination take hold of your inner
creator
10.
Sew pretty pillows and don’t forget to have a
pillow fight.
11.
Mix some fruity, non-alcoholic cocktails. Cranberry juice and pineapple?
12.
Have you ever made ice-cream?
13.
Plan an appetizer menu where everyone contributes
something unique.
14.
Jigsaw puzzles will make the time fly by.
15.
Practice reading or math with flashcards.
16.
Paint a room together. Get help with
the masking tape.
17.
Coloring books are not just for kids anymore.
18.
Camp out in the backyard with a tent and maybe S’mores
19.
Learn to set a fancy table with cloth napkins
20.
Assemble a centerpiece from silks, or arrange
flowers from the garden.
21.
Take photos and make a collage. Old magazines might
help too.
22.
Draw or paint a painting of birds, flowers,
bunnies or butterflies.
23.
Do you know how to play chess? I bet someone
would like to learn.
24.
All right, a few computer games won’t hurt.
25.
Wash and dry the family pets. Take photos.
26.
Don’t forget to pray together or at least quote
an inspirational Psalm.
27.
Practice handwriting and penmanship or calligraphy.
It’s a lost art.
28.
Call your far away relatives and make sure they’re
okay.
29.
Write follow-up letters to those same relatives.
Add decorative stickers.
30.
Press some flowers into the pages of a thick
book.
31.
Write poems or haiku
32.
Find an exercise video or play virtual sports on
a Wii.
33.
Make some bread dough and create the world’s
greatest pizza
34.
Braid a rag rug from scraps and old sheets.
35.
Make paper mâché from old newspapers and some
flour.
36.
Keep a quarantine journal to look back on these
strange times.
37.
Rearrange a closet or pantry and recruit some
helpers
38.
Learn to play an instrument by watching YouTube videos.
39.
Go for a nearby hike but practice social
distancing
40.
Make candy—taffy, toffee, brittle, honeycomb,
divinity, fudge, etc.
41.
Make a fort or castle with old boxes.
42.
Have you ever tried tie-dying a tee-shirt?
43.
Learn a new language. There are so many to
choose from!
44.
Time to organize the photo albums or create a
scrapbook
45.
Put on a family show! Costumes, makeup and lots
of laughter!
46.
Can you do macramé? Flower pot holders?
Christmas gifts?
47.
Memorize one poem by a famous poet.
48.
There’s upholstery, woodworking, sculpting,
weaving and more.
49.
Make a jewelry box with fabric, shells, buttons
and glue.
50.
Okay, binge-watch any television show you want. 😊
Above all, stay healthy and STAY HOME!!
Some of those would be fun for adults as well. Wish I had time for them. I'm still going to work every day.
ReplyDeleteI'm one of those that think this has gone on long enough. Even when snowed in when in Iowa, the isolataion never lasted longer than a week or two.
ReplyDeleteMy children are all grown up the youngest is 34 but we did many of these wonderful ideas when they were young. Kids today only seem to know to play games, TV and not much else. Gosh so much missed. Card games We played lots of card games. Missing family time even if it was just an hour. To many after school soccer, baseball, football camps. Not enough reading outside, writing, art, making something outside or cooking. Forgot reading maps and finding places to visit.
ReplyDeleteI think children today have missed so much.