110+ Things To Do At Home
The Youth Center staff wants to let you know we are thinking of you during these difficult times. We have created a wonderful list of 110+ activities for the whole family! It is a perfect combination of today's tech kid and good old fashion fun, which is sure to bring back fun memories from your childhood!
Click the links to either pull up a document full of ideas/bring you to a website.
Parents: Please note some of these activities require adult permission and/or supervision.
Youth: Please be sure to ask permission before: gathering supplies, doing anything messy, doing anything noisy, using tools which require supervision, touching anything hot, downloading apps, moving furniture to make space for an activity, throwing out/donating items, etc.
110+ Things To Do At Home
2. Workout Challenges (click #1)
3. Family Workout Challenge (click # 1)
4. Yoga
5. Read Something New
6. Read a Childhood Favorite
7. Read to a Younger Sibling
8. Listen to an Audio Book
9. Listen to a Book Read by an Astronaut in Outer Space
10. Write a Letter to a Relative or Friend
11. Write a Thank You to a Soldier, Veteran, Emergency Personnel, Medical Personnel, Teacher, etc.
12. Write a Thinking of You Card to Relative, Friend, a Senior in Nursing Home, etc.
13. Write a Memory
14. Make a Book of all Your Family Members Favorite Memories
15. Creative Writing (a poem, story, song, play, etc.)
16. Learn Script
17. Learn the States & Capital Song
18. Learn /Research a Skill Set You Have Always Been Interested In
19. Learn a Language
20. Study Your Heritage
21. Make a Family Tree/Talk to Family Members to Learn Your History
22. Make a Family 2020 Time Capsule
23. Organize Your Family Photos
24. Organize Your Family Recipes
25. Make a Diorama
26. Watch Zoo Live Cams: San Diego Zoo; Smithsonian Zoo; Houston Zoo; Bronx Zoo/NY Aquarium
27. Take a Virtual Tour of a National Park
28. Take a Virtual Tour of Museums from Around the World
29. Make Mother’s Day Gifts & Cards
30. Make Father’s Day Gifts & Cards (click # 29)
31. Make Holiday Gifts & Cards (click # 29)
32. Create Beautiful Art Work; Donate to a Nursing Home (click # 29)
33. Macaroni Art (click # 29)
34. Make Homemade Play-Doh (click # 29)
35. Make Homemade Sidewalk Chalk (click # 29)
37. Learn to Draw With: The Hub Family; Young Rembrandts
38. Learn to Draw with Author Mo Willems
39. Make a Buzz Saw
42. Go Through All Your Art Supplies and Create Something
43. Leaf Rubbings
44. Bake
45. Cook (click # 44)
46. Taste Test Challenge (click # 44)
47. Create Your Own “Family Cooking/Baking Competition” (click # 44)
48. Cook with a friend over Zoom, Facetime, Google Hangouts, etc.
49. Bubble Gum Blowing Contest
50. Indoor Picnic
51. Surprise Your Parents: Clean a Common Space (like: the car, family room, kitchen, bathroom, windows; chores are made fun with singing and dancing)
52. Surprise Your Parents: Fold and Put Away the Laundry
53. Downsize Your Belongings (Clothing, Accessories, Toys, Books, Electronics, Movies, etc. – throw out the junk and donate the rest!)
54. Play a Game With Just Paper & Pen
55. Make Origami
58. Play a Card Game
59. Play a Board Game
60. Do a Puzzle
61. Play Hide & Seek
62. Play Hide the Object / Treasure Hunt
63. Play Charades
64. Play 20 Questions
66. Play Hot Potato
67. Play Limbo
68. Thumb/Arm Wresting
69. Play Minute to Win it Games
70. Create an Egg Hunt
71. Indoor Scavenger Hunt Riddles
72. A-Z Scavenger Hunt of Items in Your Home
73. Musical Chairs
74. Make-up Your Own Game
75. Make-up a Guessing Contest
76. Learn to Juggle
77. Play Keep It Up With a Balloon
78. Family Movie Night
79. Family Fashion Show
80. Spa Day
81. Learn the Lyrics to Your Parents’ Favorite Song (at your age, make up a dance to it, and then perform it for them! Variation: have your parents do the same for you!)
82. Learn the Lyrics to Your New Favorite Songs
83. Make an Instrument and Start a Family Band
84. Put on a Concert
85. Learn a Dance
86. Family Karaoke
87. Family Dance Party
88. Family Talent Show
89. Theater/Drama Exercises & Games
90. Egg Drop
91. Bottled Egg (click # 90)
92. Dish Soap Silly Putty (click # 90)
93. Fingerprint Study (click # 90)
94. Tie-Dyed Milk (click # 90)
95. Make a Lava Lamp (click # 90)
96. Make a Tornado in a Bottle (click # 90)
97. Rainbow in a Glass (click # 90)
98. Awesome Color Blending (click # 90)
99. Dancing Gummy Worm (click # 90)
100. Magnetic Cereal (click # 90)
101. The Floating “M” (click # 90)
102. Build Structures Out of Toothpicks and Food (click # 90)
103. Spider Web Challenge (click # 90)
104. Design a Maze (click # 90)
106. Make Glow-in-the-Dark Bubbles
107. 10 Easy Science Experiments Video
108. Build a House Out of a Deck of Cards
109. Legos – Build, Create, Play; 30 Day Challenge
110. Go Through Old Toys and Repurpose Them; Create Something New
111. Wildlife Conservation Society Field Sight
112. Take a walk and count how many signs of the upcoming season you can see
113. Start a nature journal (draw and write what you see, hear and smell)
114. Create your own fossils (press items like leaves, twigs, shells into clay and let harden)
115. Go Bird Watching (Apps: Merlin Bird ID, iNaturalist, Scistarter)
116. Go for a hike
117. Learn how to weed a garden
118. Learn how to change a tire on the car
119. Practice counting money
120. Surprise your parents: wash and vacuum the car
121. Surprise your parents: sweep your front porch/deck daily
122. Shine your family's shoes with shoe polish and a soft brush or rags
123. Make a healthy shake with almond milk, berries, banana, yogurt, ice & honey
124. Invent a new type of sandwich
125. Make ice pops out of fresh fruit & fruit juice
126. Make edible glitter and decorate cupcakes, cookies, ice-cream, etc.
127. Make a list of what you are grateful for
128. Make a list of all the places you want to travel (national & international)
129. Virtual Vacation (research & make a video of another country's culture, food, population, sights, etc.) share with your family
130. Indoor activity fitness trail (line hallway with different fitness activities to do throughout the day)
131. Outdoor activity fitness trail (using chalk write down different fitness activities and quantities, draw a hop scotch board, etc.)
132. Outdoor obstacle course (use jump ropes, hula-hoops, old tires, sticks, etc.)
133. Citizen Science Projects from National Geographic
134. Make a Kite
135. Paper-Mache projects
136. Meme baby pictures of yourself/family
137. Re-arrange your bedroom for a new look
138. Stargaze & learn the constellations (Apps: Night Sky, Star Gazer+, and Star Walk)
139. Cortlandt Recreation Stay At Home Activity Videos
140. Sign-up for the YC's programs (or even better, create a program for the YC)
141. Learn how different Animals Use Smells to survive