- Blow bubbles and see who can blow the biggest ones
- Jump rope contest
- Have an art contest and paint msterpieces
- Read a book, then act it out
- Make a pet rock
- Put on a magic show
- Decorate a box for memories and treasures
- Take a pretend trip to another planet
- Take a pretend trip back in time
- Make origami animals
- Make and fly paper airplanes
- Plan a trip somewhere and research what you can do there
- Have a scavenger hunt
- Learn something new: a foreign language, instrument, how to sew, candle making, etc
- Think of 100 things to do besides watching TV
- Make a book of your favorite thing, animal, bugs, trees, etc
- Have an indoor snowball fight
- start collecting something
- Make a group picture- take turns adding details
- Make up your own game
- Write a letter to someone in another country
- Tell a favorite story without using a book
- Learn to do tricks with a yo yo
- Make a group newsletter
- Read a favorite fairy tale and change the ending
- Have a reading marathon
- Write stories together
- paint pictures in pairs
- Have a board game contest
- Make up stories to tell
- Make mazes or puzzles to solve
- Create a scrapbook
- Make a movie with a camcorder
- Write letters to family members
- Learn magic tricks
- have a dance
- paint each others faces
- make a comic book
- Play in the rain
- Take turns saying tongue twisters
- Tell ghost stories in the dark with a flashlight
- Thumb-wrestle
- Have a paper airplane contest
- Stage a Barbie fashion show
- Create your own book
- Start a newspaper
- Build a house of cards
- Make a house from magazine pictures
- Make a book mark
- Record a story on tape
- have a puzzle marathon
- Look for worms in the rain
- Pretend to be a pirate for the day
- Collect candy wrappers and make a pretend candy shop
- Play "American Idol"
- Sharpen all your crayons
- Write a letter to yourself to open when you are grown up
- Hold the Daytona 500 with your Matchbox cars
- READ, READ, READ!!!!
- Learn to sew
- Choreograph a dance routine
- Sketch a roadmap of your neighborhood
- Set a world record
- Line up all your stuffed animals by height
- Make a fort with popsicle sticks
- DO brain teaser or mind bender puzzles
- Play charades
- Make a "Hall of Fame" wall
- learn new card games (http://www.pagat.com/)
- Turn into an expert. Find a sunject that interests you and study it.
- Keep a personal diary
- Develop a new talent
- Look up new words in the dictionary
- Celebrate a NEW holiday
- Open a petting zoo with stuffed animals
- Play I SPY
- Make your own word search
- Indoor Bowling
- Set up an obstacle course
- Play with a globe
- Create a bulletin board
- Have a funniest face contest
- Rolled paper beads
- Make a feely box
- Happiness list
- Scrambled recipes
- Backwards day
- Paper bag skit
Rainy Day Ideas
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