


So many great skating and biking trails crisscross the metro. Fill a small bucket with rice, beans, or noodles and allow little ones to play. Clean up the yard, plant some seeds, make fairy houses. Open the cookbook and bake a new dessert or make grandma's best cookie recipe. Tip: For the letter X, we usually allow an object with an X in its name. Find something that starts with A, then B, and so on until you complete the alphabet. Take a walk. Go around the neighborhood and each time you hit a turn, have someone choose left or right.Race hotwheels, play pretend with the dollhouse, dress up your teddy bear, build with Lego. Get out the pillows and sheets and build a living room fort. Host an at-home tea party with stuffed animal guests. Let the kids help make a special dessert. Set the table with your nicest dishes and candles and serve a fancier meal. Make or buy some pizza crust (a loaf of french bread split in half is one of our favorite for a simpsle pizza), and let everyone build their own pizza with their favorite toppings. Make up an at-home scavenger hunt and award a prize for the fastest person to complete the hunt. Lay it on the floor and let the kids dance on it. Shopping online these days? You probably have bubble wrap from packages.

Make puppets with old socks or lunch sacks and put on a show. See who can fly the farthest, fastest, longest. Turn off tech for an hour or more and cuddle up with a good book. This is a great time to tackle an organizing project you've been neglecting. all the old party games and kids games you grew up with - they never get old! Play Hide & Seek, Duck, Duck, Goose, Charades, Pictionary. Try painting family portraits or memories from favorite vacations. Get out paper and watercolors and let everyone paint. Then the next continues it for another 60 seconds and so on. Have one person start a story for 60 seconds. Dust off games you haven't played in a while. Go old-school and simply enjoy the outdoors! You'll be amazed at the castles that can be created from a cereal box! You might come up with a theme or let imaginations run wild. Dig out the recycle bin and see who can create the coolest masterpiece. Be sure to set a few ground rules for everyone's safety - pick a place like the rec room or playroom to play, and avoid breakables. Have a project that just never gets done? Buy a bucket of paint and repaint that living room or bedroom while jamming to favorite tunes. Try different flavors and seasoning on your popcorn for fun. Watch family favorite films and enjoy popcorn.
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Or, go classic and make dinner while impersonating your favorite TV Chefs as they demo food prep.

You can use your own pantry to recreate Cutthroat Kitchen or Guy's Grocery Games. Dress up as your favorite character for dinner and play their part. Read the book, THEN watch the movie! Compare the two for similarities and differences. Here are our ideas to make the most of your time at home: Spending Spring Break at home this year? Many families are self-isolating this year, or forced to stay home due to school or work cancellations, because of COVID-19 precautions.
