Rain rain go away, come again another day. While I am no big fan of rainy days, they are the perfect opportunity for engaging in a little family fun. Many recent studies have shown that parents and kids are so busy with work, school, and extra curricular activities that they rarely have the opportunity to enjoy spending quality time together. I don’t know about you, but this is definitely the case in my household.
On days like today, try some of these popular rainy day activities with your kids.
Quizzes
Depending upon the ages of your children, you can quiz them on some of the things they are learning in school and give them rewards for answering the questions correctly. I’ve done this myself and the kids actually love it. But keep in mind – it’s supposed to be fun. So be sure to ask the educational quiz questions in between other questions geared solely to FUN.
Board Games
Set up teams – parents against the kids or the females against the males. Break out the games and enjoy endless laughter. Twister is one of our family’s all time favorites. Other great games to try are – Operation, Sorry, Trouble, Scattegories, Boggle, and Scrabble. Boggle and Scrabble are really great ways to build vocabulary while having fun. My kids pride themselves in trying to beat mommy at every game. I’m sure yours will too!
Arts & Crafts
This category is probably the most suitable for families with toddlers. We all know how much they love to finger paint and scribble.
A really popular activity for toddler boys is “Hot Rod Painting”. All you need is a piece of poster board, some matchbox cars or hot wheels, and some paint. Put the paint in a flat tray, let the kids roll the car’s wheels in the paint and then onto the poster board. Easy as 1-2-3 and they absolutely love it.
A good activity to try with the toddler girls is bubble painting. Pour bubble liquid into a couple of different trays and add a little bit of powder paint. Dip the bubble wand into different colors and blow bubbles at the paper. The results are awesome.
Rainy day activities are more than just fun; they really are great ways to spend time with your family.
Devona