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28th Feb 2018

Stuck inside? 5 random (and entertaining) indoor games the kids will love

Kids driving you bonkers yet?

Sophie White

Cooped up indoors?

Try these lo-fi, lo-effort, high fun indoor games – and you might just come out the other side of this cold snap with your snity intact, mamas.

1. Rainy Day Balloon Tennis

Paper plates and lollypop sticks make the perfect batons for this weirdly gentle indoor tennis game.

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Via Ever Never Again

2. Rainy Day Maze

Create an indoor obstacle course with crepe paper and masking tape, if they’re tangled up surely it will minimise the mischief…right?

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Via It’s Always Autumn

3. Rainy Day Slide

Obviously this is a health and safety NIGHTMARE but we all loved this when we were kids. Perhaps best not to do this one when hosting other people’s children especially if the parents are a bit litigious.

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Via the Contemplative Creative

4. Rainy Day Paper Plane Target

This one is good for keeping casualties at a minimum. Beware of paper cuts however.

rainy day target

Via Sewing Mama Raeanna

5. DIY Fun Foam Dough

So so so messy, but what the hell they’ll LOVE it.

Step 1: Equal parts cornflour and shaving foam (add food colouring for colour).

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Step 2: Get MESSY.

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Step 3: You got foam dough!

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Via Teach Mama