50 Indoor Activities for a Rainy Day

Chipmunks and squirrels spend the Fall gathering nuts to store away for the long, cold winter. Here at Mommy Poppins, we gather up ideas for indoor activities to keep kids occupied through all those cold and rainy days when we're trapped inside. In the comments of our Science Week Giveaway we asked everyone to share their best ideas for indoor activities and we have a great list of reader tips to share. Find the winner at the end of the post.

Make a geodesic dome clubhouse

Play board games like Candyland

Decorate Pinecones

Cuddle up with a big pile of books

Bake

Draw Pictures

Art and crafts projects

Play space travel, restaurant, or school

Indoor basketball or soccer

"Let's pretend we're in a clean-up contest"

Playing with lay dough

Balance games

Wii Fit

Have a dance party

Play with tunnel and tent set

Line up chairs and play pretend train

Turn a mattress into a slide

Make tents and castles and forts for playing (and napping) in

Decorate cookies

Making pretzels

Taking digital pictures and make a slideshow

Make a cardboard box puppet theater

Make turkeys out of paper bags

Paint flower pots

Make bird feeders out of recycled plastic food containers

Use scraps of felt to make a picture story

Have an indoor camp out with sleeping bags, a tent, board games and s'mores

Make marble ramps from blocks

Origami

Play pretend kitchen

Do science experiments

Make leaf collages

Make a cartesian diver

Play checkers or chess

Pop p opcorn and watch movies

Make window decals or stained glass

Bring out all the toys you never play with

Fill the sink with soapy water and play with bubbles

Play dress up

Do puzzles

Play baseball in the hallway

Make shaving cream sculptures in the sink

Play Go Fish

And our winning comment (picked at random):

We go to the library, do science experiments, or break open the craft box and make all kinds of fanciful things.

Thanks to all the people who entered and shared their great activity ideas.

Find more great activities like this in our Indoor Activities Guide.