With bad weather blanketing much of the country, I decided to compile a list of our favorite bad weather activities. Something happens to kids when they are cooped up indoors. They go kinda crazy. This in turn makes mamas a little crazy as well. In the interest of reducing the crazy (always a good thing) I picked activities that are done indoors and require supplies that most people already have at home. No one wants to go out in a blizzard or downpour to pick up supplies for a kids activity. So whether you are home because of snow or rain, these bad weather activities will keep your kids from going off the deep end…and taking you with them.
Painting with Trucks
Painting Popcorn
Homemade Finger Paint
Fruit Loop Towers
Play Dough Zoo
Fine Motor Skills Activity with Tongs
Colorful Dancing Milk
Bubble Wrap Prints
Watercolor Art You Can’t Resist
Homemade Harmonica
Paper Pattern Snakes
Painting with Shaving Cream
Fun with Pipe Cleaners
Counting Game with Buttons and Muffin Cups
Dripping Salt Painting
Open Ended Play Dough Games
Birthday Party Play Dough
Exploding Milk Experiment
Glitter Oobleck Recipe
Square Collage
Erupting Play Dough
Rising Raisins
Calming Bottles
No Cook Lotion Dough
Baking Soda Experiments
What is your favorite thing to do with the kids when the weather is bad? Leave me a comment and let me know.
Oh! Lots of bad weather where we are so this is being bookmarked for our next bad weather/no school day. Thanks for sharing at After School!
Here is a treasure hunt game for bad weather time. Itis easy to set and gives parents some time to relax while the kids jump between hideouts and solving clues – Home Treasure Hunt. http://www.hometreasurehunt.com
Good ideas! But I think we could do something associated with the bad weather. For example, my son likes walking in the raining day with his little beautiful umbrella.