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Create a paper rocket that can be launched from a soda straw - then, modify the design to make the rocket fly farther!

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Student Project: Make a Straw Rocket | NASA/JPL Edu

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Because we live in an apartment and I cannot shoo the kids out the door at a moment's notice, my kids and I have become experts in finding and playing fun indoor games for kids. I have a gigantic list of indoor activities for kids, but it is such an extensive list it can get overwhelming fairly quickly. I've curated some of the best indoor games below, our own as well as some fun games for kids from other sites.

Depending on your needs, peruse the list for indoor games to get your kids moving, educational and learning ideas, as well as pen and paper games for when you need to keep things a bit calmer than usual.

These fun indoor games for kids will get you through the cold winter (or the hot summer), no problem!

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Fun Indoor Games for Active Kids

Land, Sea and Air is an indoor jumping game that also helps with executive function

Magnet wand alphabet game. Kids will love to make up their own levels of play, just like a real life video game.

Sock Hockey. Use brooms for sticks and balled up socks as the puck!

Paper airplane landing strips. How many airplanes can you land in the correct spot. Plus, practice engineering skills while building elaborate landing spots.

Indoor frisbee with plastic lids! Really.

Indoor boomerangs. They ( probably) won't break anything and kids use their brains in order to make them.

Tape shape ball game. More fun than it seems.

Homemade carnival game. As fun as it seems.

Make straw rockets.

Put down painter's tape on the floor and blow a pom pom or ping pong ball along the tape line using a straw!

Balloon tennis gets kids moving.

Indoor croquet. You can make your own set out of cardboard tubes and ping pong balls. We loved making and playing the version we got in a Kiwi Crate.

Vertical bowling with plastic cups is easy to set up and provided ample building opportunities.

Sensory shot put is a unique way to help kids with their gross motor skills.

Dinosaur gross motor movement game is a fun indoor game for kids with prehistoric tendencies.

Crush the cups is a clever minute to win it game to help kids get out their aggressive energy.

Hopscotch. Use painter's tape to create the squares on the floor.

Lava. Did you play this as a kid? Put pillows on the floor and instruct kids that if they fall off the pillows they will be falling into hot lava!!!

Make a ring toss with an upright cardboard paper towel roll and rings cut from paper plates.

Learn how to juggle with balled up socks or ping pong balls.

Fun Indoor Educational Games

Secret code scavenger hunt is a favorite after school indoor game for my boys.

Frozen word hunt can be done in the bath, or on a tray.

Rhyming games are great for any time and an excellent literacy builder.

Sift-n-Spell adds a lot of learning into a sensory hunt.

Classic thinking games can be done when you want the kids to settle down.

Have balloon rocket races and learn about science.

Learning letters indoor maze game is fun for kids who love their toy vehicles.

Sight word snowball fight and sight word stomp!

Fun Pen and Paper Games

I Spy Printables from The Pleasantest Thing are endless fun.

Giant Dot to Dot is a good way to work both fine motor and gross motor skills at the same time. You can also add in some counting practice.

Toddler Dot to Dot. I developed this one day when my toddler was jealous of his big brother's extreme dot to dots.

Dots and Boxes is a classic, beginning strategy game.

Shut the box - another classic pen and pencil game.

The Exquisite corpse drawing game is sure to make everyone laugh

A tandem drawing game is good for quiet time.
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Scroll down to watch the video below to see some of these fun Easy Indoor Activities for Kids. Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for more fun videos!

Keep the kids having fun and engaged with these 50 Plus Easy Indoor Activities for Kids using simple household items and recycled materials.

We've all been aware of the recommendations to stay home, self-quarantine if you are feeling sick, and keep healthy which is why we've gathered up the best, easy indoor activities for kids.

Many schools are closing due to the imminent threat of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and we've been getting lots of requests from readers on how to keep kids busy indoors.

Understanding that many may not have access to craft books, supplies or art materials, these 50 Easy Indoor Activities for Kids are cheap and easy to set up with most household materials you probably have on hand. Many of these are great ways to recycle and reuse packaging and materials from home.

What if I don't have the exact items at home to set up these indoor activities?

Don't fret! The last thing we want you to do is go out and buy stuff you'll need once or twice. Take stock of what is in your home and improvise! Also involve your kids and ask them, "how can we make this another way? Easier? Faster? Better?"

Test out different ideas - the experimentation in creating different variations of games is also fun!

Make sure to check out the full list below and watch the video in the post!

Easy Indoor Activities for Kids - Materials and Instructions

Create an Obstacle Course Using Crepe Paper

Take a roll of crepe paper and tape lines across a hallway wall. Zig the lines high and low. Encourage kids to walk through without breaking the crepe paper!

Ball Shaker Game

This was from our Minute to Win It Games. Take an empty tissue paper box and fill with ping pong balls. Take a sash, scarf or pantyhose and tie around your waste.

Encourage kids to shake out the balls in X number of seconds or minutes.

If you don't have ping pong balls you can stuff with large bells, or anything soft, round and not too heavy

Sensory Walk or Gross Motor Footprint Handprint Activity

Trace one handprint and one footprint. Use that as a template to make several pairs of footprints and handprints. Tape down to colored paper. Make a gross motor game by placing your hands and feet on on the paper.

Ping Pong Ball Toss

Use varying paper tubes in heights and use painter's tape to tape down the floor or you can even insert them on top of a cardboard box and hot glue down. Place foil over the opening and ping pong balls on top so they don't fall down.

Tip: If you have large colored plastic balls you don't need the foil. Use a ball or make your own (we crumpled a piece of leftover foil!) to knock down the balls. Or if you have a Nerf Gun, you can use that too.

Walk the Line

Create different lines on the floor and have kids follow the lines for a fun gross motor game.

Line the Cars on the Line

You can use the same line from above and line cars along the lines.

This can be any small item though! LEGO, Duplos, trains, dinosaurs, whatever your kid is into at the moment.

Ball Straw Blower Race

Take two paper tubes and tape to the floor. Give each kid a straw and do a ping pong ball race!

If the ping pong is too easy to blow, use a heavier ball or object. Test out different ones - the experimentation in creating different variations of games is also fun!

Paper Cup Stacking

Recycle and reuse paper cups into a fun stacking game. How high can you go?! Get the little ones to help bring and stack cups too!

Paper Plate Toss

Take a paper towel roll and tape to the floor. Cut out inner circles from various paper plate sizes. Do a paper plate toss.

How many can you get in in how many seconds/minutes? Make it more challenging by scooting further back!

Paper Pate Ring

Here's a variation of the above for toddlers, let them stack the plates inside the roll.

Variation - you could cut small to medium and use only white paper plates you can color in rainbow colors a fun color recognition learning activity!

Create a Reading Book Nook

Build a fort, we have this awesome Fort Builder, but you don't need to run out and get it if you don't have one.

We've build plenty of cushion and pillow/blanket forts before!

Add several books around and make a cozy indoor reading nook!

Car Ramp

Reuse a big paper tube and drop cars down. This may sounds simple, but trust me, it keeps my toddler engaged for a good chunk of time! Use trains, small toys, dinosaurs, whatever can drop down a ramp!

Variation, make it bigger! Connect a couple more tubes together!

More fun ways to keep the kids engaged and having fun at home.

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