25 Non- screen activities to try at home:
- Get doodling! Grab some paper and pens and doodle anything you like! Animals, aliens or something else.
- Create your own animal. Could you combine two of your favourites? What will you call it?
- Design and draw a new musical instrument. How would you play it and what will it sound like?
- Make up your own 5 minute exercise routine. What will you include?
- Can you make up your own jokes? Tell them to someone to make them laugh!
- Make some jewellery. Use anything you can find around the house. Strips of wrapping paper or rolled up magazines make great beads!
- Paper aeroplane challenge! Make a paper aeroplane and see how far you can fly it! Can you make a target and try to aim for it?
- Fingerprint art! Use only your fingertips and paint to create a picture.
- Make a bookmark to use when you’re reading.
- Make some wild art using sticks, leaves, flowers and anything else you can find outdoors.
- Quick draw! Set a 1 minute timer, draw a quick doodle and see if the other person can guess what it is before the time is up.
- Write a silly sentence that includes all of these words… BANANA, CURTAIN, DOLPHIN, SNOW and BALLOON. Now think of your own words and write some more!
- How many different words can you make from the letters in this sentence?… Keeping my brain busy is fun
- Ping pong story telling! Write the opening sentence to a story, then someone else writes the next line. Then it’s your turn again! Keep alternating until you have a full story.
- Guess the character! Think of a character from a book, write it down so no-one can see. Have others ask you questions to try and guess which character you chose.
- Make a finger puppet! Use a paper cone to make a body, then attach a paper head.
- Describe the most disgusting meal EVER! What is in it? Spaghetti worms, toenails on toast or something else?
- Create a comic strip about an animal who turns into a superhero. Which animal will you choose?
- Create a family kindness jar. Every time someone does something kind, write it down and put it in the jar. When the jar is full you all deserve a special treat!
- Find a fun place to sit and read a book. Under the bed? Up a tree? Where will you go?
- How many words can you think of that rhyme with WRITE?
- Write a recipe for ‘Springtime’. What will you include? Flowers? Sunshine? What else?
- Use your body to make the shape of a letter. How many more can you make? Can you make every letter in the alphabet?
- Play alphabet bingo! Can you spot an item in your home or garden that starts with the letter a,b,c and so on?
- Start a diary. Write a short entry every day about what you do and how you feel. It will be good to look back on when you’re older.
Take from: https://medium.com/pobble/25-more-simple-and-fun-non-screen-activities-that-children-can-do-at-home-f74550c00a84