50 Indoor Activities

Are you planning a weekend at home? Hanging out indoors can be relaxing for a few minutes, but after a few hours kids are bound to grow restless, especially if your family is more extroverted. But don’t worry. There are plenty of ways to make use of your time indoors though they might not be nearly as exciting as spending a weekend exploring Idaho Falls. 

Here are some tips on how to pass the time:

1. Build a blanket fort

2. Complete a puzzle

3. Play a board game

4. Watch a movie 

5. Binge watch a series

6. Read that book that’s been sitting on your nightstand for a year

7. Listen to an audiobook while cleaning the house

8. Throw a tea party with the kids

9. Complete your spring cleaning early

10. Have an indoor scavenger hunt

11. Recreate your favorite YouTube or TikTok video

12. Go on a camping trip...inside (pull out the sleeping bags and the tent and have a camping trip in the living room)

13. Play charades

14. Try a new recipe

15. Download Jackbox games and compete on your phone

16. Create an obstacle course and race to complete it

17. Play the floor is lava

18. Teach your kids to play Go Fish

19. Pamper yourself with an indoor spa day...take a bath, paint your nails, wear a face mask

20. Learn a new craft

21. Random dance party...go!

22. Hold a fashion show and discover the family fashionista

23. Origami -- make your classic airplane or an intricate swan

24. Plan a vacation (once you get through all of this you’ll need one)

25. Break out the unfinished scrapbook and play catch up

26. Teach your pet a new trick

27. Make the perfect playlist for every mood

28. Meal prep...might as well get ahead

29. Nap all day long

30. Take an online class

31. Redecorate your home

32. Give your family and friends a call

33. Workout (look up a yoga video or hold a push up competition)

34. Mail a letter to a loved one

35. Paint something and enroll in a class at the Art Museum once you’re ready to join the public again

36. Write a story 

37. Record your feelings in your journal

38. Study a foreign language

39. List locations you want to visit around the globe

40. Turn off the lights and make shadow shapes with the help of a flashlight

41. Make a collage, cutting pictures from old magazines and catalogues

42. Play make believe 

43. Sing karaoke or sing along to your favorite movies

44. Pillow fight

45. Put on a talent show

46. Create noise makers out of used plastic bottles and beads or other household objects

47. Recreate an old family photo

48. Listen to a meditation video

49. Shop online

50. Color in an adult coloring book

However you choose to pass your time at home, make sure to create new memories with family and have fun!