100 Things To Do With Kids During a Power Outage
by Helena Robin (and her kids)
Here are 100 things my kids came up with to help pass the time when the power goes out. "Lock your sister in a closet" and "decorate your brother with pretty colored sharpies while he's sleeping," were edited out for obvious reasons.
1. Read
2. Make up stories
3. Mad Libs
4. Write a book
5. Play dolls
6. Play school
7. Paint our toenails
8. Paint our Dad's toenails ;)
9. Make puppets
10. Have a "Bear Hunt"
11. Play cards
12. Read books out loud
13. Play hide and seek
14. Play Hucklebucklebeanstalk
15. Have a scavenger hunt
16. Hide something sweet and create a "treasure" map for the kids to solve
17. Learn Morse Code
18. Invent your own code
19. Paint family portraits
20. Build a house of cards
21. Learn the state capitals
22. Make the flags of the world out of construction paper
23. Rearrange your bedroom
24. Have an indoor camping trip - complete with tent!
25. Make a television out of a big box and put on shows
26. Make musical instruments out of stuff in your house
27. Learn some yoga poses
28. Make paper snowflakes
29. Take lots of pictures
30. Play balloon volleyball
32. Clean out your closets/dressers
33. Make up jokes
34. Play Tic-Tac-Toe
35. Look at old photos
36. Make a Family Tree
37. Plan a party
38. Have a puppet show
39. Play school
40. Make a paper chain
41. Make Gratitude lists
42. Play charades
43. Invent a card game
44. Learn a few magic tricks
45. Using stuff around your house, set up an indoor bowling lane
46. Play hangman
47. Make paper airplanes
48. Make a toothfairy pillow by hand
49. Make holiday or birthday wrapping paper with stamps
50. Count all the loose change you can find
51. Speak only in pig latin
52. Thumb wrestle
53. Put those music lessons to good use and put on a concert
54. Plan a vacation
55. Learn about nautical flags
56. Learn the parts of a sailboat
57. Make jewelry
58. Build a model car/plane
59. Play with your pets
60. Imaginary Wii/X-Box
61. Play dress up
62. Make pet toys
63. Teach your kids how to play black jack (what? It's good for math skills!)
64. Play the silent game
65. Have staring contests
66. Learn how to do yo-yo tricks
67. Make paper dolls
68. Play superheroes
69. Build with legos
70. Check in on your neighbors
71. Make shadow puppets
72. Have a tea party
73. Play Simon Says
74. Write letters
75. Color
76. Use flashlights to create profile shadows that you can turn into Silhouettes
77. Talk with an accent
78. Write on the backs of photographs
79. Play store
80. Put on a play
81. Make a stuffed-animal zoo
82. Polish the silver
83. Sew buttons onto scrap fabric
84. Fix something around the house (squeaky hinges, loose cabinet knobs, add hooks)
85. Make your own Mad Libs
86. Do a puzzle
87. Use masking or packing tape to play hopscotch on the floor
88. Make beads out of rolled up paper
89. Make up poems and limericks
90. Match up your socks, ball them up, and have a sock fight
91. Make and decorate paper crowns
92. Make carnival games from stuff around your house
93. Make your own dominoes and teach your kids how to play
94. Teach your kids how to play solitaire
95. Make your own playing cards
96. Make your own Bingo game
97. Go on a "ghost hunt"
98. Learn how to tie cool knots
99. Learn how to knit or crochet together
100. Begin each sentence with "I LOVE YOU!"
Helena Robin ...is President and CEO of the Robin family. She coordinates and executes all family operations including (but not limited to) communications, transportation, management, catering, maintenance, troubleshooting, and cultural development. Her Executive Team is composed of a Husband/Creator of Chaos and three unpaid interns.
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