Got a kid who’s stuck at home and already totally bored?!
Yeah, we’ve been there too and feel you’re pain! That’s why we’ve gathered up our favorite fun things to do at home with kids.
These fun activities are great for rainy days, school closures and breaks, or whenever you need a creative idea!
Because we know kids love doing lots of activities, all these ideas are easy, cheap and use common household or crafting supplies.
Scroll below to find your favorite ideas and save them for later!
Toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten aged children love turning their hands into these fun handprint crafts!
We've got more than 30 simple craft ideas that they'll have a blast making.
Whether you're looking for holiday ideas, handprint animals, painting with hands or even handprint cards, we've got them all!
The best part about it is these crafts only use common supplies you probably already have sitting around at home.
The slime craze is still in full effect with kids!
While we recommend parents make all slimes to keep kids safe, children will love playing with it.
We've got a ton of fun ideas and themes like galaxy slime, mermaid slime, ocean slime and more.
These slimes are so fun to play with you'll find yourself wanting to play with them too!
Another classic kid's craft is paper plate crafts.
You probably made some of them when you were a kid and now we're sharing our favorite ones from across the internet!
You'll find lots of ideas from animals to monsters, to submarines and more.
Just like the paper bag puppets, these paper plate crafts are cheap and simple to create!
Board games are a classic way to entertain kids at home!
And did you know that practically every board game ever created helps kids foster skills they'll need later in life?
We are board game fanatics and have gathered up our favorite games for the following groups:
-toddlers
-preschoolers
-STEM fans
-kids learning the alphabet
-cooperative board games
-kids learning math skills
-kids learning about money
These paper bag puppet crafts are the best!!
You can usually pick up a giant stack of brown paper bags for less than $5 and let the kids go to town making their favorite ones from our list.
Best of all, each of these paper bag puppets comes with a free printable template so you're able to easily recreate them at home with your kids.
On top of that, once you're done making them the kids can use them for pretend play. That's a double win in our book!
Color by number worksheets are a fun and sneaky way to help kids work on a variety of skills like fine motor skills, color identification, number identification and more!
We have fun themes kids will love coloring like Disney, dinosaurs, Pokemon, animals and more.
These coloring pages are great for preschool, PreK and kindergarten aged children.
There's one thing that seems universal - kids love animals!
Why not capitalize on that and make one or all of these cute and fun animal crafts for kids.
We've got tons of simple ideas of animal crafts kids can make from farm animals to wild animals, artic animals, insects and more!
We love paper plate crafts so much that we have an entire grouping just dedicated to Christmas!
In here you'll find Santa Claus, his elves, Rudolph, Frosty and more.
Definitely save this one for later!
Which crafts are you going to make first?! With so many easy ideas, you’ll never hear your kids say “I’m bored.” again!
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