Do you often come across your kids constantly bickering or whining out of boredom? Then you’re probably like most parents after being at home for the last few months looking for inexpensive, simple, and creative ideas for fun ways of spending quality time together. If you’re sick of hearing,’ I’m bored’; it’s time for some engaging activities and at-home events for kids to brighten their day.
It’s not so easy to come up with fresh ideas for screen-free activities for children. Although we continue to reduce our travel and practice social distancing, many parents run out of fun ideas for kids’ engaging activities that are quite simple and affordable. If you’re sick of making molds and the kids are watching online videos way too much, you’ve come to the right place for great ideas to keep your kids busy while having fun.
Listening to a podcast
Listening to a podcast is a perfect screen-free way to entertain and teach children. There’s something for everyone to enjoy, from the subjects including history and sports to bedtime tales and food discussions! Rewarding your time and again is also helpful. Getting gifts to daughter or son on accomplishments motivates them and also breaks the monotony.
Make a fort
Children love to build forts, and this is a perfect idea when you’re all trapped indoors for those lockdown days. To build their own personal fort, let them use pillows, blankets, and everything else that is lingering around. Holding a flashlight and some books will keep them occupied for quite some time.
Writing a letter to a grandparent
Your child will pick a grandparent to write letters to in this task. The letter can be about almost anything and when they’re finished, you can show them how to address it and post it. Not only would your child be doing a fascinating language-skill-boosting activity, but when they receive their post, you will now have a one really happy grandparent.
De-clutter and re-organize their room
Set aside a day to sort across clothes and toys. Take this opportunity to educate children about how to arrange their belongings and the importance of donating discarded items to other children in need. Depending on the taste of your child, if they choose this one, you might hear some murmurs. But at the end of the day with a clean room that they feel good about.
Bake cookies or brownies
Kids love to bake and this is another thing that makes them feel helpful and productive. In order to help with this one, they will need you or an older sibling, but the upside is that once they’re ready, you get to enjoy the treats!
The state of boredom is actually not that boring in a real sense, as it leads to a great deal of imagination and demands some self-reflection, which is good at times. The above ideas we suggested are simple things to break the boredom cycle. They do not need much adult intervention, and in the way of equipment, most of them do not even need much. These are just basic functions that get the creative juices of the children flowing again!
