Yes, we’re at that stage. I am hearing the words ‘I’m bored’ quite a lot now. Despite having made this list, and going through the entire list with my 10-year-old and him declining everything on it, I’m still recommending it to you so that your children can reject it too. They did really enjoy the scavenger hunts, that used up about half an hour, and they even tidied the stuff away afterwards and I got to stay sitting down. I’m calling that a win.
I’ve listed the activities below plus the indoor and outdoor scavenger hunt suggestions. Enjoy, and I wish you strength, endurance and peace for these tough times.
Things to do in Lockdown for ages 5 – 10
Face time cousins, family or friends
Learn origami on YouTube
Have a dance party
Learn and do a Tik Tok dance together
Start learning a foreign language, or learn to count to 10 in a new foreign language
Make a stop motion video
Set up a domino run and film it
Make duct tape bracelets (see tutorial)
Play Sudoku
Make Pom poms (see how here)
Skipping
Play on the trampoline if you have one
Play Football
Make playdough
Rock Painting
Make an obstacle course in the garden or indoors
Indoor bowling with recycling or other household materials
Hopscotch
Do an Oti Mabuse dance class
Write a letter to family or friends
Cosmic Kids Yoga on YouTube
Make Paper Planes
Andy’s Wild Workout on YouTube (for younger kids)
Make a poster
Play Hide and Seek
Play Simon Says
See how many drops of water can fit on a coin
Decide on a musical instrument to play via musician authority
Study the bee lifecycle
Build letters of the alphabet out of Lego
Learn the alphabet song
Baking
Walk the dog or just go for a walk
Make your own packed lunch/ snack
Gardening, planting seeds
Learn the basics of sewing
Indoor scavenger hunt
Outdoor scavenger hunt
Indoor scavenger hunt suggestions
Find a fork
Find something RED
Find a tissue box
Find 3 things that have wheels
Find and orange pen/pencil/crayon
Find something very soft
Find a plaster
Find a key
Find 2 socks that match
Find something round
Find a sticker
Outdoor scavenger hunt suggestions
3 different types of leaves
A stick longer than your hand
A rock
A flower
10 blades of grass
Something you like to play with
Some rubbish you can recycle
Something BROWN
Something heavy
Something light
Something smaller than your thumb
Something that smells good
I hope these give you some inspiration if you’re feeling flat or have got stuck in a rut. Let me know if you try any of them!
