Anyone else in the middle of Spring Break? Yeah, me too!
It’s still pretty chilly around here so, I’ve been browsing for INDOOR ideas to help entertain the kids this week. Want to see what I have found? Some of these look like so much fun…..and my kids have been looking over my shoulder while browsing and are DYING to try some!
Maybe they’ll help you too. :)
(Plus….I threw in a few extras that I made here, in case you need a few extra ideas!)
Turn Old Bottles into Toy Cars by Laughing Squid
Erupting Flour Paint by Learn Play Imagine
Craft Camp Contributor (Making Crayons: Re-visited)
Simple Party Crowns by Craft and Creativity
Colored Ice Sculptures by The Artful Parent
A Table Hammock by Joyful Abode
Watercolor Paper Towel Butterflies by Make It and Love It
Forest Finger Puppets by Handmade Charlotte
Stamped Clay Jewelry by Make It and Love It
Lava Lamp Experiment by Art With P
Play-Doh Ideas by All Parenting
Busy Board by Millionayres
Magnetic Pattern Blocks by Make It and Love It
Toilet Paper Roll Racers by Kifli Es Levendula
Snowball Fight by Rust and Sunshine
Painting with Watercolors and Oil by Babble Dabble Do
Cereal Box Mini Golf by The Decorated Cookie
Melting Ice Science Experiment by The Artful Parent
Bowling and Knock Down Activity by Powerful Mothering
DIY Cardboard Guitars by Make It and Love It
Fine Motor Skills with Pipe Cleaners by Sugar Aunts
Puddle Jumping by Melissa and Doug Shop
Tin Can Golf by The Craft Train
DIY Walking Stilts for CHEAP by Make It and Love It
The 100 Cup Challenge by Busy Kids Happy Mom
Pom Pom Soccer by Kids Activities Blog
Homemade Paddle Ball and Balloon by Pen N’ Paper Flowers
Pool Noodle Marble Race Track by Homespun Threads
Newspaper Forts by Modern Parents Messy Kids
DIY Moon Sand by Make It and Love It
Freezing Bubbles by Science Made Fun
Hula Hoop Rug by Spoonful
Airplane Catapult by Little Paper Dog
Pumpkin Spice Marshmallow Dough by Housing A Forest
Spinner Art by What Do we Do All Day
Magentic Paper Dolls by Make It and Love It
Create a Tape Path by Toddler Approved
Cardboard Castle by Time Of The Aquarius
Homemade Gak by Make It and Love It
Paper Plate Fish by Made
Ashley Johnson is a DIY sewist, crafter, costume maker and home interior designer.
There is some awesome ideas in her for toddler play. I kept going down the list going I’m going to do that first … No wait this one…
Lots of great ideas, thank you for sharing. I love that most of the activities involve recycling and uses things you already have around the house.
HELP! I am very new to your wonderful website filled with great projects. However, I am Grandma age and not very comfortable with using a computer. Can you tell me how to find the directions for the Spring Break projects for children. They are all so great, thank you for any help you can give me. Keep up the great work!
Hi Pat, on top of each project pictured there is the name of the project in red and which blog created the project. Hover your computer’s cursor over the name of the project in red, and click on it. It should take you to the page where you can find instructions and more information on the project. Have fun with them!
Thanks!! Great ideas for Nanas and Grammas, too ;) Put some in my luggage for next time I visit my grandson, so Mom can take care of the new baby :)
Thank you! Our spring break is next week and we’re still having winter temps. I totally need to buy 100 plastic cups for my kids. I’ve considered doing so before, but never have. Spring break might just be the reason we need.
My son also loves making things out of ‘junk’ so the bottle cars and cardboard castle look good for him too.
So many cute ideas! Thanks for sharing! :) Lisa
Thank you for sharing. I have a 4 month old and am already collecting DIY projects for us. Ha :-)
Thanks for this great list of some very unique activities! I am going to try many of these with my kids.