Is it me or after the first week staying home with the kids you start to run out of ideas of what to do? Before the lockdown, I had so many plans to take Aliana to different children’s play places so she can have fun during Spring Break. Now that everything is closed temporarily, I struggle to find inspiration every day of what I can do with Aliana while we are all home.
Right now, Brixon is still so young, and anything he can put in his mouth entertains him, haha. On the other hand, Aliana needs more stimulation and fun activities to get her wheels spinning in her head. So I created this list for you to get ideas on what to do with your little ones during social distancing. We have been trying to do one of these ideas every day and it’s been fun!
Here are some of my favorite ideas:
- Car playdate – drive up 6 feet away from each other and have the kids talk through the window
- Drive-by friends houses and let them talk to each other from the car
- FaceTime dance party with friends
- Pretend grocery store with items in your kitchen
- Wash the cars and bikes
- Bake yummy treats
- Cook something new together
- Scavenger hunt indoors/outdoors
- Bug sightseeing
- Make an at-home movie theatre experience with fake money and tickets
- Picnic indoors or outdoors
- Body painting with washable paint
- Air mattress bounce house in the living room
- Create an obstacle course
- Bounce house for indoor/outdoor
- Camping indoors or backyard
- Dates with manicures and pedicures, games, movies, dessert
- Gardening
- Watch magic shows on YouTube
- Easter egg hunt indoors/outdoors
- Blowup balloons
- Kids yoga on YouTube
- Walkie talkies
- Planting vegetables
- Painting vegetables
- Look up easy science projects in Pinterest
- Puzzels
- Water balloon fight
- Fashion show
- Make a music video on your phone
- Glow bath by throwing glowsticks in the water
- Nature scavenger hunt
- Joy ride in the car and play ISpy with my eye game
- TikTok
- Practice playing instruments
- Virtual field trips
- Watch Cosmic Kids on Youtube
- Virtual play dates
- Crafts
- Invest in a playhouse or playground
I hope this list gave you some good ideas. Leave a comment below on some of your favorite activities to do with your kids.
