Free Activities to do with the Kids at Home

Look after the mental health of yourself and the kids with this list of activities to do at home.

Outdoor / Physical

- draw/ paint outdoors

- go on a scavenger hunt

- chalk drawing (ground)

- glue/ palnt sticks

- make cubby houses

- listen to music outdoors

- ride bikes/ scooters

- make a stage / mies

- cut leaves or old flowers

- make a potion shop

- water/ sand play

- take pots/ pans outdoors

- listen to action songs outside

Creative / Art

- paint/ draw on rocks

- make fairies using pegs

- cut cereal boxes

- make playdough

- thread pasta before eating

- make salt dough ornaments

- reuse bottles to make perfume

- paint/ glue with cotton buds

- paint on bubblewrap

- cut out pictures from magazines

- make a book together

- make leaf prints

- melt crayons/ make candles

- set up a post office / shop

- paint with kitchen utensils

- stick contact lo the wall / stick crafty things


Literacy / Numeracy

- make number rocks

- count/ sort lids/ pop sticks

- sort objects by colour/ size

- do puzzles together

- find numbers at home

- highlight numbers/ sounds

- hide objects to find

- set up a shop or cafe

Miscellaneous

- make sensory bottles

- listen to audio books

- play listening lotto

- add tongs, ladles, cups to bath time

- play at the sink

- wash toys

- play X's and O's

- play with boxes- freeze flowers