Looking for ideas to keep the kids busy during the holidays?
Not easy to amuse them without putting your hand in your pocket!
Fortunately, we have selected for you 24 super fun ideas that your children will love .
The awesome thing? These at-home activities are easy and don't cost much.
Enough to occupy them for hours without breaking the bank! Watch:
Want to play hopscotch? So start by installing the hopscotch. If you're playing indoors, use colored tape to do the numbers on the tiles of the tile. It will certainly keep your toddlers busy for a while!
Update this game and make it more realistic with the help of a box of chalks and old clothes for children who are too small.
To make these colored bombs, you need:
- plastic zipper bags
- 2 tablespoons of cornstarch
- food coloring or liquid water-based paint
- white vinegar
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- paper towels or paper towels
Mix the cornstarch and food coloring in the bag. Then fill 1/3 of the plastic bag with white vinegar. Take a piece of paper towel and put baking soda in the middle. Fold the paper back on itself to make a bomb. Place the bomb in the bag and close it. Shake the bag very hard. The bag will expand.
And a few minutes later... BOOM! Your driveway will be covered in paint and your kids will be the happiest!
To make your canvas, use for example the lid of a box of cottage cheese.
Here's another fun way to keep your kids busy and entertained. For this activity you need bubble wrap, washable paint and a large piece of painting paper
You need a tarp, thick rope, a marker and tape.
This activity will calm your restless kids and help them focus on something fun and colorful.
Children will try to drop small balls directly into the bucket on the ground. It's a great activity for kids ages 2-3.
With this manual activity, you help your children develop their fine motor skills at home.
Children love to play with sand. They can spend hours writing letters and making pictures in the sand on the beach. If you want to do this activity at home, use a box filled with sugar and a pencil. You can print letters and ask your children to reproduce them. It is an ideal activity for children from 3 to 5 years old.
All you need is a small rechargeable lamp and a few rolls of paper towel.
For this you need:
- a piece of yarn or a 2 meter fishing line
- a ball
- 2 chairs
- a straw
- Scotch
- a pair of scissors
To start, tie a piece of string to the back of a chair. Then thread the straw on the string, from the other end. Tie the other end of the string to the back of the second chair. Inflate the balloon but do not tie a knot. Tie the balloon to the straw with tape. And now let your rocket take off!
The kids will love it and it will be much cheaper than going to the real local bowling alley!
What's great is that kids won't be able to break grandma's favorite vase while playing this game!
Then make little paper balls and throw them on the canvas so that they cling!
All you need is a box... and an adult to supervise it all :-)
What you will need:
- a plastic bottle
- a sock
- Scotch
- food coloring
- washing up liquid
Cut off the bottom of the plastic bottle and put a sock on it. It also works with a glove. Put some food coloring on the sock. Mix dishwashing liquid with water in a container. Dip the sock into the soapy mixture and start blowing into the neck of the bottle. Discover the tutorial here.
To make a giant soap bubble, you need soap bubble liquid and a special medium. You can use a hoop or two sticks connected by a rope.
You can even turn your new toys into funny figures by drawing eyes and a mouth on the balloons.
All you need are markers and an old t-shirt, then let their imagination run wild!
Have you tried these budget ideas to keep the kids busy on vacation? Let us know in the comments if it worked for you. We can't wait to read you!