100 Fun Things to Do With Kids

Playing with children may be one of the best movements of the day. If you are a parent, grandparent, a caregiver or simply one fortunate enough to have little people in your lives, it is likely you know that sometimes it is a bit of a challenge to keep them entertained.

Sometimes it is that day when the energy is great and you feel like doing something dynamic, and sometimes everyone wants to sit back in and do something comfy. Regardless, at least it is nice to have a ready reference list of activities, things that are fun, engaging and best of all are made in memory.

This list of 100 fun things to do with kids covers everything from outdoor adventures and creative crafts to rainy day activities, educational games, and just plain silly fun. There are no special materials and no need to be busy every minute — a bit of time and a desire to participate is what is required.

Here is a bit of inspiration to start with.

Fun Things to Do With Kids

Outdoor Adventures

Go on nature scavenger hunt.
Go to a local park and visit another playground.
Build an obstacle course in the backyard.
Fly kites in a windy afternoon.
Construct a fort out of sticks, leaves and imagination.
Go berry picking or apple picking or pumpkin picking, depending on what the season is.
Bike or scooter ride with one another.
Pitch tents in the backyard sleeping bags and flash lights.
Take a look at the stars and observe whether you can locate some constellations.
Preparation of lunch, and do a picnic in the park.

Arts and Crafts

Tell it like painting rocks and hiding it in fun spots throughout the town.
Have fun making your own slime or playdough.
Create a comic book and make characters up.
Bigger butcher paper Finger paint.
Make paper airplanes and fly the paper airplanes contest.
Construct and make a bird house.
Make sculptures out of casting offs.
Tie-dye or use fabric markers on t-shirts.
To prepare hand-made greeting cards to family or friends.
Find out how to weave friendship bracelets.

Learning and Educational Fun

Take a trip to a children science center or children museum.
Conduct an easy scientific experiment.
Begin a series of books and read a day.
Create a cooking baking soda volcano as well as the vinegar.
Search birds or other animals using binoculars.
Play board games that are educationally-nasties.
Get an entry-level coding program or site.
Watch a space documentary, or animal documentary.
Make a tree of family and discuss about relatives.
Make a journal or scrapbook that you can use to tell about your adventures.

At-Home Fun

Make a pillow and blankets fort in the living room.
Watch a film, popcorn and a warm blanket.
Make an indoor treasure hunt that has clues and prize.
Make a game of hide and seek all over the house.
Make cookies, cup cakes or muffins.
Make a party in the living room.
Puppet-making and perform.
Have stuffed animals and host the make pretend tea party.
Create a make believe store or restaurant.
Discover a favorite game or two and play some rounds.

Ideas of a Rainy Day

Play a game of puzzle.
View some older favorite movies or find yourself a new one.
Create pocket shadows using a flash light.
Have charades or picture drawing and guessing.
Plastic LEGO or block building.
Create a sensory bin that has rice, beans or water beads.
Write and draw a short-story.
This will be pizza made at home using your preferred toppings.
Throw a day of reading, hot cocoa and pajamas.
A indoor camp with the bags and tales.

Get Moving

Use side walk chalk to make hopscotch.
Do a few easy yoga pose or stretch together.
Play a little dance-off in living room.
Get on an electric scooter or rollerblade to explore.
At a children exercise video.
Do freeze dance with your best songs.
Use mini relay and a race around the yard.
Indoors or outdoors: make a scavenger hunt.
Who will last in hula hooping.
Play simple games such as tag, Simon Says or Red Light, Green Light.

Out N About

Go out to the zoo or aquarium.
Visit a nature reserve or botanical garden.
Go around a farmer market and taste something different.
Get off on a train or bus just to enjoy the ride.
Attend a children concert or performance.
Play bowling or especially visit an arcade.
Visit fire or police station in your area to take a tour.
Go to storytime at the library or children event.
Feed ducks in a close pond.
Visit some Mini-golf or a climbing gym.

The Kitchen Fun

Create your topping ice cream sundaes.
Make a cake and design it.
Make some smoothies out of fruits.
People can make pancakes in funny figures.
Have a taco or a pizza bar as dinner.
Use a no bake recipe such as cereal treats or chocolate bark.
Create art out of fruit and veggies.
Make holidays or seasons cookies.
Compare tastes of various snacks when they are in blind form.
Prepare juice and homemade popsicle by use of fresh fruits.

Animal Adventures

Make a visit to a petting zoo or farm.
Take your kid to an animal shelter and ask him/her about pet care.
View live animal cam on the Web.
Use old t shirts or socks to make some DIY pet toys.
Look to know at what animal you belong.
Take an outing and go bird watching and record what you observe.
Go on a pony ride when provided where you are located.
Tell a neighbor that you will walk his dog.
Do illustrations of animals or study to draw them progressively.
Fake that you are animals and make your zoo.

Just to Have a Laugh

Do a yes day, and the children select the activities.
Wear costumes, not necessarily during Halloween.
Create your holiday and celebrate.
Devise a dumb family handshake.
Invent your own board game and use it.
Write letters to your selves in future.
Have silly selfies and compile a photographic album.
Find out a couple of words in a foreign language.
Host a talent show in the family.
You need to have the children plan the day out.

FAQ: Fun Things to Do With Kids

What of I have little time or money?
The best ideas can be free or almost it. They do not need the fancy to have a good time, a walk in the park, a spaceship made of a cardboard box, or just some baking in the kitchen, is all it takes.

What are rainy day activities?
Puzzles, baking, crafts, story writing or even a picnic indoors, rainy days are ideal. You may also involve yourself in indoor obstacle courses or DIY spa day.

What can I do to make activities learning-based without it being school-like?
Seek some learning opportunities to enrich fun. Math and science are taught through baking, observation skills during nature walks and creativity/planning in the crafting process.

What happens when my children claim that they are bored no matter what I propose?
Remember to give them two or three options. In some cases children can feel more in charge when they are allowed to choose the activity. Sometimes, boredom does not mean a thing rather than they require a couple of minutes to rejuvenate.

What can I do to limit the screen time without a struggle?
The trick lies in superior offer. When you do the activity with them, say a baking project, a treasure hunt, or some craft, then they are much more likely to unplug and be engaged.

Final Thoughts

It does not require a big occasion or a perfected plan to create special memories with children. Often the best things occur in between, whether it is on a walk, in the kitchen or a make-believe game.

It is only a beginning of this list. Choose a couple that you feel manageable, make it light-hearted, and enjoy. Kids do not require perfection they only require your time, your attention and perhaps some space to be silly.

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