Summer is long gone, its snowy here and we are now stuck inside most days. I put together a list of cabin fever activities to share.

Rotate your child’s toys & books- bring out new stuff every month
( Especially great for books & puzzles)

Finger Paint with Pudding

Make a Cheerio necklace- with yarn or a new shoelace, allow your toddler to thread the cheerios on the yarn and nibble them off. Any cereal with a hole works

Set up a tent indoors…camp out & read stories in the tent

Fill a low shallow container with several types of dried beans (navy/kidney/pinto)… allow your child to spoon pour into various size household containers. Provide measuring spoons, small pitcher, bowls and cups.( supervision a must) My daughter loves playing with her beans.

Snow ice cream


Bubbles….blow bubbles indoors & help your child to pop them or make your own bubbles

Make Homemade playdough

Make a rigatoni necklace- great for eye/hand coordination; your child can paint the dried pasta before hand.

Make cookies together.

Have a Dance Party….. We love Laurie Berkner’s Music


Have a tea party- dress up & talk in an English accent

Bring out something new…. One of Mommy’s old purses filled with fun stuff to play with… a pair of gloves, an old compact, an old watch, an old set of keys.

Make a rainy day box- fill in with dollar store fun stuff… bubbles/pinwheels/treats & pull out the box during a rough or especially boring day.


For older kids… my nieces loved this rainy day game we called “tasters choice”… put on a blindfold and give them a small taste of a food from the fridge or cupboard and they guess what it is… peanut butter/jam/chocolate sauce/pickle juice or any sweet or sour taste was always popular. They have to guess what it is

Have backwards day- have breakfast for dinner, have pizza for breakfast.




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