Crafts & Games Guide: 100s of Activities for Kids

Families always need new indoor activities; keep the kids learning and busy with these at-home activity ideas all year-round. We've rounded up hundreds of indoor activities kids can do at home, from science experiments to great movies to recipes. We've also put together plenty of outdoor activities and fun family games.

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Fun Crafts and Activities
Build trains, cars, houses, and creatures with cardboard boxes!
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Math can be loads of fun, even for the math-averse, with cool and age-appropriate games and puzzles.
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Kids can while away hours of a day with a set of watercolors and a stack of new paper for painting. Photo by Sara Marentette
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Make your world more colorful with printable coloring pages from Crayola. Photo courtesy of Crayola
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Cooperative games like Castle Panic are perfect for family game night.
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