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17 Rainy Day Activities for Kids

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Stuck inside? These Rainy Day Activities for Kids will help you entertain your little ones (and actually enjoy a day stuck in the house)!

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Stuck inside? These Rainy Day Activities for Kids will help you entertain your little ones (and actually enjoy a day stuck in the house)!

“The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day.”-Dr. Seuss

I love these mommy and me rain boots, so cute for wet days!Rainy day? Moms everywhere are scrambling for activities, right?  Happens to the best of us.  Rainy days end with stir crazy kids (and moms)….unless, you've got a plan for fun indoor activities.  What I finally realized after way too many frustrating rainy days? Preparation is key.  I made a list of 17 rainy day activities for kids……so now I'm ready when those days hit!
Stuck inside? These Rainy Day Activities for Kids will help you entertain your little ones (and actually enjoy a day stuck in the house)! Stuck inside? These Rainy Day Activities for Kids will help you entertain your little ones (and actually enjoy a day stuck in the house)!

SHOP OUR OUTFITS:
Mommy // boots c/o Payless / jeans / sweater //
Lydia // boots c/o Payless / jeggings / poncho c/o Oliver & Abigail / hair bow c/o Purple Rose Bows //
pictures by Maile Mason Photography

Stuck inside? These Rainy Day Activities for Kids will help you entertain your little ones (and actually enjoy a day stuck in the house)! Stuck inside? These Rainy Day Activities for Kids will help you entertain your little ones (and actually enjoy a day stuck in the house)! Stuck inside? These Rainy Day Activities for Kids will help you entertain your little ones (and actually enjoy a day stuck in the house)!17 Rainy Day Activities for Kids

  1. Visit the library or a local book store.
  2. Bake a fancy brunch to kick off the day (banana bread french toast is our fav)
  3. Make a book filled with coloring pages from your favorite movies
  4. Play dress up
  5. Build a fort out of pillows and blankets
  6. Make sock puppets
  7. Puzzles, puzzles, puzzles (I keep a couple new ones hidden for emergencies)
  8. Visit your local children's museum
  9. Build a playdough station filled with tools and cookie cutters
  10. Play indoor hide and seek
  11. Turn an old cardboard shipping box into a boat (decorate and then sail the seas)
  12. Make your own crowns out of paper and glitter
  13. Introduce your kids to one of YOUR favorite childhood movies
  14. Have a teddy bear tea party
  15.  Make cards to send to a pen pal
  16. Build a racetrack out of masking tape for matchbox cars
  17. Rain dying down? Go puddle jumping! (Lydia gets so exited when she sees me pull out our mommy and me rain boots from Payless……we may get a little wet…..but you only live once, right?)

Stuck inside? These Rainy Day Activities for Kids will help you entertain your little ones (and actually enjoy a day stuck in the house)! Stuck inside? These Rainy Day Activities for Kids will help you entertain your little ones (and actually enjoy a day stuck in the house)!What are YOUR favorite rainy day activities?

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  1. Andrea Bai says

    January 4, 2017 at 9:48 am

    We love to make forts in our living room or do a little “indoor bowling” with toilet paper and a ball. I’m using some of your suggestions the next rainy day!

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  2. Jaelan says

    January 4, 2017 at 10:08 am

    Puzzles are the BEST rainy day activity. Also – puddle jumping. Swoon.

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  3. Kendall Rayburn says

    January 4, 2017 at 4:48 pm

    LOVE all of these ideas – and you guys are the cutest!

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  4. Christina Shirley says

    January 4, 2017 at 4:54 pm

    OMG! Love the little bows on her rain boots! We play a lot of games on rainy days.

    Reply
  5. Donella says

    January 12, 2017 at 11:20 am

    Forts and playdough are two of our favorites, too. What a cutie pie! Thanks for sharing with us at Funtastic Friday.

    Reply
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