Ladies, how is the time at home going with you and your kids? Keeping children busy and engaged requires lots of ideas! – Especially when she has to manage work, home, cook amongst all the other work! Ask me – I am living and breathing this too.
I thought of getting a keyboard for my son during the vacation– we could utilize the time to learn something new. But when the order got cancelled I had to think of something else.
Instead of sulking over it I actually sat down to see what all we had in the house and how we can make this time creative, fun and engaging.
I am sharing with you 7 fun activities to do with your child while at home. All of these are indoor activities for kids – toddlers and pre-schoolers that will keep them engaged and happy.
But before we begin, remember, kids are at home. So don’t mind if they are creating a mess. It’s okay, mamma – breathe and stay calm!
7 fun activities to do with your child
#1 Art & Crafts
Get your kids to sit with art & crafts. If you have coloured papers at home it’s great, else get creative with crayons and water colours.
We did a lot of art since Bluey has been home – pencil drawing, finger painting and water colours. It was a lot of fun.
#2 Play & Learn
One of the best fun activities to do with your child while at home is play and learn through stories and play. I am running low on my printer ink, so didn’t quite want to print out activity sheets from the internet. Instead I created some fun maths activity sheets at home with my son’s favourite Legos!
#3 Gardening
Apartment living doesn’t mean you can’t have a garden. We have done a lot of container gardening and we are growing a lot of vegetables. Get your kid’s sand toys out and teach them how to water plants with the watering can in their play set! My son loves his gardening time.
The easiest vegetable to grow from your kitchen is spinach. You can just plant the roots when you get a bunch from the market and see it growing amazing leaves within a few weeks. We have harvested several times and it’s a favourite activity for the 5-year old.
#4 Pool Party in your balcony
It is summer, so you can’t ideally say no to your kid’s request for a pool. Take your kids’ bathtub to the balcony, fill it with water and let him have a dip with his favourite toys.
My son says –“I am just chilling with my pretend friends!” (While the mom rolls her eyes for the 568th time)
We also have my morning coffee and Bluey’s glass of hot PediaSure out in the balcony where he pretends he’s a teacher and we are the students!
#5 Cook with Kids
Non fire cooking, baking are great ways to engage kids in your kitchen and teach them the importance of food and healthy eating. Total nutrition and healthy eating is an integral part of children’s growth.Recently we made the Healthy Chocolate Banana Pancake which is Mr. Bluey’sfavorite. It’s made of whole wheat flour (atta) and jaggery powder instead of white sugar.
He helps me in baking too –pouring measured items, greasing pans, and sometimes in whisking eggs too! We even come up with some interesting recipes that include adding his favourite PediaSure in. He finds it super fun and delicious too.
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#6 Enjoy screen time together, for a change
Now that e-Learning is becoming popular, we have been exploring a lot online. Apart from his activity work books and story books, we try out apps that help kids learn. It’s been fun exploring all of this.He is also learning how to use the computer because of his online classes. His educative and fun shows we watch together, making screen time useful.
#7 Fun Games at Home
Games at home might sound difficult when your child exhausts all of his toys. We made games out of daily objects found in the house! Creating a treasure hunt with household objects is a fun way to keep your child on his toes. I loved making the clues (which I had to read out though).
We also did – obstacle races, made our own snake & ladder game, tic tac toe and what not!
Aren’t these some easy fun activities to do with your child while at home? All of these indoor activities for kids are safe for kids between 3 to 5 year olds and can be done with the help of a parent.
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45 comments
So many great activity ideas! We are always looking for new things to do with the kids.
Great activity ideas, I almost wish my kids were smaller so we could do some of them again. Mich X
Such great ideas! I love the lego math – such a unique idea where a child can still have fun! And of course, finger painting is great, too!
There are plenty of ways to keep kids entertained during lockdow. We all know its hard to come up with new and exciting things to do to keep kids busy over this time. But I shared so many great activities to do with child at home. Thanks for sharing
Easy and practical activities. I am doing lot of baking with my elder one and gardening with the toddler. After so much hard work we binge watch on movies with popcorn.
Due to this pandemic, it is impossible to take kids outside for excursions. So me and my wife try to engage our kids as much as possible. We ask them to show their creative side by drawing and singing. This mantra is working so far ☺️
Super detailed and so informative on how to inspire..engage and motivate the young minds during this time. Also sets them with new skills and values isnt it
we did all the above except the finger and spray painting… I’m sure my son would love doing that. let me teach him the finger painting…
Simply loved the blog post. I have got so much idea on how to engage my daughter in these times from your post.
Now these are some amazing activities to do with kids. Ever since the lockdown happened, my son has taken up the role of my little helper and does help me with gardening, cleaning and folding clothes, stacking vessels etc. With this we have created a routine for us & end up having ample time to do fun activities too.
These are some really fun ideas to keep kids engaged indoors and still learning, we like a lot of pretend plays and milkshake parties,
All of these are really great activities, but the gardening and cooking will go a long way in shaping their personalities. These to activities instil patience in kids, which, as we know, all children are bad at.
I am sure that most of the kids are super bored at home! These activities will definitely keep them busy and entertained! Thank you for sharing!
We have been doing all of these. We had a some fun pyjama parties and movie nights with their cousins and also done paint parties with cousins through zoom with cousins out of India.
Bluey has grown to be a handsome young boy. Loved all the videos and his cute expressions. The activities you have enlisted are amazing to keep an energetic little one busy. I will try them with my daughter, who is also a bundle of energy. Thank you for this lovely post.
Finger painting is a hit at our place. We also do painting with leaves. Infant, my son has gifted his hand-made greeting to his teacher. I really want to do a backyard party but weather is not permitting us to do that. Thanks for the list.
Keeping kids busy at home can be quite a difficult task. I like your ideas of getting them involved with cooking gardening and having a pool party on the balcony.
For current situation it’s really important to focus on indoor activities definitely I’ll focus on baking as my daughter loves baking…
Keeping kids engaged at home is really tough task and I am glad you shared wonderful activities which will sure help lot to all parents!!
All these are some amazing activity options and we had done most of the, gardening is something that I want to do since long with my girls, but somehow not able to do. after reading your post, feeling inspired. will start this soon.
These are some really good indoor activities for kids to keep them engaged indoors and let them learn while playing. We are also doing all these activities. It’s so much fun.
Your ideas are really amazing. I have tried all most all, except pool party which looks interesting and fun too. I agree keeping kids engaged is definitely a very tough task, but as of now we have not much of an option but to find these innovative ideas.
We have been searching for ways to keep my nephew entertained at home too. He has been helping me in some Sunday brunch preparations but I am surely going to try gardening with him too.
Those are some great tips, we have been enjoying our days indoor doing lots of crafts and gardening. Has been our favourite throughout!
Fun games, physical activity and nutritious food are all important for a child’s complete growth. These activities sound fun. I like pool party in the balcony.
Cant really decide whoch one is my favorite, there are just so many. LOved bfat in garden and addition worksheets. also pool party . Keep insipring
super awesome tina.. gladly we have been doing most of these activities and its quite a lot of fun becoming a kid with our kids. i loved the finger painting yoir son has done.
Loved the ideas Tina, they are so needed in these times and coming from a mom they are tried and tested too.
So nany ideas. I loved this post. Very much helpful for me to manage my naughty kids atleast.
As kids are staying at home 24″7 we usually run out of ideas how to make their time fun and entertaining. These ideas will helps them learn and engage.
I really loved all the tips and all the seven activities if you did with your kid I will definitely do with my angel and she loves painting afcourse watching TV together too.
These are some super amazing ways to keep kids engaged in interesting way. Thanks for sharing.
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Your son is very cute. Your post is really helpful.
Some enjoyable activities you have listed here, Tina. I liked the idea of using blocks for addition, i will try this with my daughters too.
Loved the pool party idea!
What a happy, uplifting and helpful post! Lovely painting and wonderful addition idea! 🙂
I remember doing many of these activities when my children were younger…good list…
Indeed a fun list, Tina.
I genuinely feel these COVID times are a goldmine for our kids to unleash their creativity, imagination & race their horses of excitement while learning a lot of life skills.
Great ideas and very nicely put forth! I loved the ideas if playing treasure hunt and creating a pool in the balcony 😊
these are some nice activities u have mentioned. Gave me an idea or two.
Lovely idea, Tina. During the lockdown we started gardening and cooking.
Hey Tina, these are amazing options ya. Especially gardening and cooking. That definitely can be an amazing session of bonding.
I love the ideas… the instagram videos showing the ideas and games is a wonderful touch
These are some great bonding ideas with your little ones. Enjoyed your Instagram videos.
Wow..I loved the idea of teaching maths using blocks. Thanks for sharing.