As the weather gets colder, it feels more and more difficult to find activities for kids to keep occupied indoors. A lot of our cold weather go-to activities tend to be sitting ones. I'm sure you've experienced a kid who hasn't had time in his day to use up his energy.
Studies have shown that exercise chemically improves your reaction to stress, your mental clarity, your mood, and helps you to sleep better. Kids can get these benefits just from playing outside 30 minutes a day. But, how are you supposed to make sure they get exercise when the weather gets rainy, cold, and dark?
Here are 20 indoor physical activity ideas:
- Family Dance Party
- Bring your scooter indoors
- Hide & Go Seek
- Do an aerobic or yoga video together
- Create a maze with masking tape or blankets and pillows
- Indoor Trampoline
- Build a laser obstacle in your hallway using painter's tape
- Bring a small slide indoors
- Hopscotch using masking or painter's tape
- Charades
- Sweep or Swiffer a floor (Had to sneak this one in!)
- Create an obstacle course with couch cushions, pillows, tables, etc.
- Standing long jumps using masking tape
- Balloons
- Simon Says
- Indoor miniature golf
- Bring your tricycle indoors
- Run races around the house
- Toy light saber or pool noodle matches
- Put a bounce house in your basement
