30 At-Home Spring Break Activities for Kids

30 At-Home Spring Break Activities for Kids

When the sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and school is out for at least a week due to spring break, you can expect your kids will be home with a case of spring fever. So what’s a parent or nanny to do to keep energetic kiddos busy when a vacation isn’t in the plans? Well, plenty! 

This list of spring break activities for families will make every day at home more fun than the next.  

1. Bake thumbprint cookies
2. Camp out in the living room
3. Host a family movie night
4. Reinvent a cardboard box
5. Craft a milk carton birdhouse
6. Play your favorite board games
7. Turn the bathroom into a spa
8. Make a spring time capsule
9. Paint a rainbow rock garden
10. Blow bubbles in the bathtub
11. Plant seeds in empty yogurt cups
12. Go on a family scavenger hunt
13. Have a picnic on the lawn
14. Learn how to fly a kite
15. Write and illustrate a book
    

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16. Make your own matching game
17. Film a how to video
18. Make your own playdough
19. Watch the sun set
20. Set up a lemonade stand
21. Put on a play or puppet show
22. Build a backyard hideout
23. Design an obstacle course
24. Open a kids’ art gallery
25. Master a new yoga pose
26. Write an original joke
27. Fly paper airplanes
28. Build a house of cards
29. Play flashlight tag
30. Host talent show auditions

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