Playing inside can be fun – from tots to young teens
Some times kids don’t want to play outside. Long winter days, raining summer days or just not up to playing alone. Here are some indoor games and activities for kids to fill in those long hours indoors.
- Board games – monopoly, chess, draughts, snakes and ladders
- Card games (go fish, poker, snap) – check out Activity Village for rules and other ideas
- Colouring in
- Activity books – mazes, word games
- Cooking with grandma
- Making cubby houses
- Teach them to sew or knit
- Crafts of all sorts – scrapbooking, painting, jewellery making
- Make your own play dough or buy some that’s a little different
- Lego and Lego games online
- Origami
There are lots of downloads available for colouring in pages, activities, crafts and more. Check out our list of websites for kids – lots of free activity ideas, downloads and more!
For pre-schoolers also visit:
Peppa Pig – a current favourite, including colouring pages and other downloads
Kids-n-fun – portal for kids
