If you are looking for indoor activities for kids, you’ve come to the right place! During the winter months, there will be days when it is just too cold to play outside. But what do you do if you have a house full of holiday guests with a wide age range? Many of the inside activities for kids lists you will find are designed for toddlers and preschoolers, but kids of all ages need fun indoor activities. If we don’t give our kids, tweens, and teens something fun to do, they will just spend hours on their devices or binge-watching tv.
We are proud to present this list of 15 fun indoor activities that kids of all ages will enjoy. Invite the kids from your GoKid carpool and have some fun over the holiday break!
Play Board Games
Did you know even with all the new technology and app-based games, board games are rising in popularity? Board games are a perfect indoor activity and are appreciated by all ages.
Make Slime
Kids love it. Parents hate it. But, if you are looking for a STEM activity that will keep your kid’s attention for a long time, then slime is a good choice. Check out this list of 21+ Easy Homemade Slide Recipes.
Bust Out the Painter’s Tape
Do you know what is great about painter’s tape? It has a ton of uses, it is inexpensive, and it won’t mess up your home. With painter’s tape, you can create hopscotch or racetracks along your floors. Or, you can get creative and put it strategically across hallway walls to form an indoor laser maze or a giant spider web.
Build Marshmallow Towers
Another fun STEM-based learning activity that everyone loves is building marshmallow towers. All you need are marshmallows and something similar to toothpicks (such as uncooked spaghetti noodles). Have kids use their imaginations to see who can build the tallest tower with just these ingredients.
Bake Some Treats
A cold day offers the perfect opportunity to bake some warm treats. Since kids of all ages enjoy baking, this is an easy crowd-pleaser.
Put on a Show
Tell your kids they have thirty minutes to create a show to perform for the adults. They may choose to act out their favorite scenes from a Disney movie, create a puppet show, or sing and dance. You are sure to be entertained.
Host a Paper Airplane Competition
Preschoolers and high schoolers love paper airplanes. Spend some time building paper airplanes and then have a competition to see which paper airplane flies the farthest or the fastest.
Do a Blind Testing
A silly way to entertain the kids is to do a blind taste test. Blindfold each child and have the child taste a variety of different foods. Encourage them to use all their other senses to guess what they are eating.
Have a Dance Party
Turn on the music and have a dance party. Yes, Mom and Dad, you should dance too! This is a great way to get out some energy on days when kids are stuck inside and can’t run around.
Get Colorful
Coloring is a quiet way to spend the day and can be enjoyed by kids, tweens, and teens. Consider turning on an audiobook and enjoying it together while you color.
Craft Origami Animals
Folding paper into something else is a fun way to spend an afternoon indoors. Since there are different skill levels for origami, it is an activity that fits a wide range of ages. For help getting started, see 20+ Cute and Easy Origami for Kids.
Design a Rube Goldberg Machine
A Rube Goldberg machine is a machine that is designed to complete a simple task but in an unusual way. Basically, they are like hyped-up domino and marble mazes, and kids love them! The more complicated, the better. And the more complicated, the longer they will spend working on it.
Play Balloon Ping Pong
Using blown-up balloons, paper plates, and popsicle sticks, you can play ping pong doors inside safely. Just staple or glue the popsicle sticks to the paper plates, and you have a homemade paddle.
Act Out Charades
No matter their age, kids can have fun acting out charades and guessing. This is also a game that is easy to adapt based on the ages of the kids at home.
Throw Some Socks
A fun and silly way to spend some time indoors is to have a sock wars game. Gather a bunch of socks, divide them into teams, and place the socks in the middle. Start a timer and tell the teams they have to throw socks across to the other team. Whichever team has the least amount of socks on their side when the timer goes off, wins!
