15 Fun And Easy Family Activities That You Can Do At Home

Looking for opportunities to spend more time with your family while still keeping the kids busy and healthy? Switch off the television and begin the fun with this list of easy, low-cost, and enjoyable family activities that you can do at home.

Boxes may be used to construct forts.

Big cardboard boxes that can be transformed into life-size playhouses and cars can be found at your local furniture store. Why not make a mini-city out of shoe boxes and cereal boxes if you can't find any large boxes? You will spend a lot of time decorating and furnishing the houses that you create. Barbie would love it!

Play a game of Mad Libs.

Fill in the blanks with this funny fill-in-the-blanks game to reinforce parts of expression. The genius of Mad Libs is that you have no idea what story you're filling in until the very end. The outcomes are often strange, and sometimes funny. Mad Libs is a perfect educational game to play at home, but it can also be played in the car. Mad Libs are available at most large bookstores and on Amazon.com.

Take a Color Walk in Your Neighborhood

Take your kids on a color walk around the neighborhood for a fun and safe home adventure! Allow the kids to pick which color you'll start with, and then let them "collect" items of that color as you walk by shouting out the object's name (similar to "I spy"). At any time, anyone can change the hue. Here's one story about a mother who "let the rainbow lead her feet"!

Create slime

Slime is one of the easiest ways to keep kids of all ages amused for hours. For a tricky, sticky mess that turns from a solid to a liquid when squeezed, combine one package of cornstarch with 1/4 cup of water and some food coloring. Gather the following ingredients and click here to watch a simple slime recipe video for a more elaborate (but less messy) recipe. Your children will be thankful!

1 tsp sodium borate

1 quart of water

1 bottle of white glue, 4 oz.

Food coloring (eight drops)

The process of coloring

Coloring books are no longer in use. Families nowadays print coloring pages directly from the internet! For fun, original coloring pages that kids will love, visit places like Activity Village or Funprintablesforkids.com.

Decorate a Cake 

Purchase or make a plain cake, then tell your kids they should decorate it themselves with little bowls of smarties, sprinkles, and even some of their own little toys, such as LEGO. Don't be embarrassed with the presentation. This is meant to be a fun family activity!

Organize a Stuffy Birthday Bash

If you already have a cake, why not make a birthday boy or girl out of one of your child's stuffed animals? Make decorations and a birthday card for stuffy, then invite all the other stuffies to the table for a "Happy Birthday" song and some cake. Remember to take a picture!

Conduct a Game of Board

Teamwork, decision-making, sharing, and problem-solving are all skills that board games teach. Place your board games near your children's toys so that they become a natural activity option. Which games are the most enjoyable? Memory, Scrabble, and Monopoly get our vote.

Family Movie Night will help you unwind.

Choose a family-friendly film, pop some popcorn, and unwind! When you watch a movie as a family, you'll get plenty of cuddles and bonding time, and your home cinema experience will be a fraction of the expense of going to the movies. Why not order pizza so Mom and Dad don't have to cook for a fully stress-free evening? Movie night has become a weekly tradition for many families.

Play a game of charades

This game, which uses hand gestures to help children guess a famous movie, book, person, or saying, is a family favorite. If your charades skills are a little rusty, click here for a comprehensive list of the game's rules and conventions.

Make your own lemonade stand.

Lemonade is a favorite pastime of children. As a stand, use a folding card table or a big cardboard box. Make a simple price sign out of cardboard (we recommend 25 cents per cup), make some condensed lemonade (or, if you're feeling adventurous, make the real things! ), and then send the kids outside to serve their customers. Don't forget to photograph this enjoyable family activity!

Grow a Container Garden

Growing a container garden is easy. Even if you live in an apartment, you can have a tiny potted plant or herb on your windowsill. Culinary herbs or leafy salads are the simplest and most rewarding plants for a patio or indoor garden: they're perfect for cooking and garnishing! Try parsley, chives, rosemary, and arugula from seed for good results.

Yoga is a good thing to do.

There are numerous advantages to yoga, but have you considered how reduced stress, better sleep, and a more relaxed atmosphere could help your family? Aside from that, yoga with kids is just plain fun! Make a mini-yoga session part of your enjoyable family day by watching free yoga videos like this one.

Tangrams

Tangrams are a pleasant geometric form that should be on every family's shelf. Tangrams are made up of seven isosceles triangles, one cube, and one parallelogram, which can be combined to make interesting pictures and shapes. On the internet, you can find tangram models. While reinforcing math skills and lateral thinking, have some focused family fun!

Play a game of Heads, Bodies, and Tails.

This old-fashioned parlor game, also known as "The Exquisite Corpse," includes two or more people, a piece of paper, and at least one pencil. The first player in Heads, Bodies, and Tails sketches a hat (and maybe the sky? ), then folds the paper over to expose only the brim. Without looking at the first photo, the next player draws a head, leaving only the neck. Player 3 (or the first player) draws the body except for the waist. The next person will draw the legs, and then the shoes will be drawn. This game can be played in a variety of ways. Both of them are imaginative and funny.

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