50 Indoor Activities To Do With Preschoolers

Who loves snow days? Besides making it into work (psst see how you can stay home with your kids and still make money). Let me show you how to entertain your kids on rainy and snowy days.

Update: If you have found yourself stuck at home during the 2020 Coronavirus Outbreak you should read this right after this post.

If you want to find a quick morning activity to occupy your kids while you do some mommy work, head over to this post.

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These activities can be done on any day that you are home. But for the sake of snow and rainy days, this post is dedicated to that. If you want to explore more head on over here to 101 Indoor Activities you and your family can do at home.

Why snow days are frowned upon?

Okay, so you wake up 3am and you see it’s starting to snow. Your thinking “I wonder if they are going to cancel school”. And then they do. The kids are running around to go outside. Your whole day that you anticipated is turned into How To Entertain Your Kids On Snowy Days. 

Entertainment Please 

  • Sleigh Rides
  • Making snowmen
  • Making snow angels
  • Snowball fights
  • Gingerbread man
  • Gingerbread house 
  • Decorate the house with Christmas decorations
  • Christmas movies  ( Home Alone is one of our favorites)
  • Naps (You need a break and your kids will too) 
  • Christmas cards
  • Letter to Santa
  • Board games
  • Study 
  • Try a new recipe 

Rainy Day Ideas

  • Google “How to draw..”
  • Study ahead for next weeks school work
  • Water the plants
  • Dance in the rain
  • Watch a Disney movie
  • Color and do some printables (by the way im adding some to my free library for you. Make sure you sign up below to access it)
  • Plan out your next bday ideas

Here are also over 101 things to do with your kiddos on a rainy day.

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What About Me?

Realistically, speaking you won’t be able to have more than 30mins to yourself without assisting or checking in on the kiddos activities. Therefore, I gathered you some ideas of some 10 min tasks you might can do when your kids are occupied.

Related Post: Easy Morning Activity For Young Kids (They can do it alone, yay)

  • Wash and dry the dishes
  • Put a load of laundry in
  • Fold a load of laundry
  • A quick shower
  • Check your email
  • A 10 min workout( I recommend all the short exercise apps. They do wonders and are amazing for busy moms)

If you have more time like if they are napping. Here are some fun things for adults to do on rainy days.

What’s some of your favorite things to do on rainy/snowy days?

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15 Comments

  1. When my nieces and/or nephews are over and we get rained or snowed in, we love building blanket forts in our living room and then watching movies in them – Usually with some kind of treat to spoil everyone lol

  2. Love this article. The timing is perfect as I sit here on this rainy day with a 6 yr old. So far we have had hot chocolate, watched Christmas movies and played tic tac toe and hangman. And now thanks to this post, I just had her gather things to write her letter to Santa. ❤
    Thanks!
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    1. Aww thanks Tiffany. I’m glad I was able to give some ideas for you and your little one. And yes what perfect timing it was. By the way you just encouraged me to go grab some hot chocolate myself. Lol. Have a great day!

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