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Too wet to play outside? Need to cool off on a hot day? You or your child is feeling unwell? We have pulled together a list of the BEST Indoor Activities for kids to help you out and keep your kids away from their screens for a while.

As much as we love to play outside, it is not always possible and we all know what happens when the kids have been stuck inside for too long. They start to get bored and cause mischief, so before this happens you need to step in with one of these indoor activities for kids.

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The ultimate way to entertain kids indoors.

Indoor Pretend Play

This has to be our favorite way to play indoors. Watch their imaginations come to life in one of these activities:

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Indoor Scavenger Hunts

Sending your kids off on an indoor Scavenger Hunt around the house is a great way for them to let off some steam.

Going on an Alphabet Hunt is a fun way for preschoolers to learn beginning sounds.

Younger kids will really enjoy going on this Colour Scavenger Hunt.

Print out and play with this Alphabet Scavenger Hunt.

Have fun and learn all about the structure of your home when you go on this Architectural Scavenger Hunt.

Enjoy all the fun of the farm indoors when you print and play with this Farm Scavenger Hunt.

DIY Games and Puzzles

Making up or making your own games indoors is a great way to fill a rainy afternoon:

Indoor STEM Activities

Challenge inquiring minds to explore one of these activities which focus on Science, Engineering and Math.

Books and Reading Nooks

What can be nicer than snuggling up with a good book indoors with your kids when it’s cold and dark outside?

Snuggle up in this Flash Light Fort and discover some new books together.

Try these book themed activities to help teach your preschooler numbers.

Turn an old quilt into a Teepee and then read a few books inside.

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Invitation to Play with…

You provide the materials and then sit back and watch what the kids decide to do with them.

Get Moving

Re-direct that excess energy away from your furniture and towards on of these fun activities to get your kids moving indoors where you want them too.

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Sensory Play

Calm down cabin fever frustrations with a spot of soothing sensory play.





Junk Modelling

We always have a box of recyclables to hand to pull out on a rainy day. It’s amazing what you can make with your junk!

Turn Cardboard Tubes into Old Macdonald’s Farm Animals.

Have fun turning a sheet of old bubble wrap into a Jellyfish or a Tortoise .

or . Raid your baking supplies for cupcake liners and turn them into Cute Ducks.

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