22 Things For Kids to Do on a Rainy Day So They’ll Stop Driving You Crazy

It’s pouring down rain. You are trapped inside and you are starting to get a little stir crazy. Before you lose your mind, check out this handy dandy list of things that can keep you busy indoors for days on end. There might not be any sunshine, but this list will help you see some light at the end of the tunnel!

1. Build a fort: everything looks cooler from the confines of a fort!

2. Have an Indoor Treasure Hunt. Have fun making up clues, and don’t forget to hide a fun “treasure” at the end.

3.  Make some Homemade Wrapping Paper.

4. Take a bubble bath in your bathing suit.

5. Read a book. {Might I suggest any of these 10 Children’s Series or any one of these 55 Must-Read Books!}

6. Make some Cute Wooden Gnomes.

7. Write in your journal or make “dream/vision” boards.

8. Make a Homemade Pinwheel.

9. Get your sugar on with this fun DIY Candy Bouquet.

10. Make a Duct Tape Wallet. Or a Duct tape hair bow or a Duct tape prom dress or you get the picture.

11. Whip up some butter with this Homemade Butter in a Jar Recipe. Your kids will have a blast shaking away.

12. Make a Party Hat.

13. Sew a Pair of Mittens Out of an Old Sweater.

14. Create a family recipe book. Everyone records their favorite family recipes on note cards and then you decorate those cards and place them in a decorated box or holder.

15. Write and perform a play. You’ll spend all afternoon designing sets and costumes and rehearsing to get it just right.

16. Host a “Fancy Tea Party.” Whip out the fine china and maybe even bake up some of these Chocolate Pistachio Cookies to go with your “tea.”

17. Recycle Old Crayons into New Crayons.

18. Have a dance party in your living room. Blast the music and dance your pants off. Limbo anyone?

19. Make some ooey, gooey Caramel Apples.

20. Write letters to friends and family. Actually snail mail letters.

21. Tie Dye T-Shirts.

22. Take a nap. I saved the best for last!!

~Mavis