For many kids, electronics are the only things that are actually fun. But, you can still have fun if you think outside of the box! Here are our ideas for tech-free fun:
📵 Ride bikes
📵 Read a book
📵 Play Barbies
📵 Take a nap (Moms love this one!)
📵 Color
📵 Play with your stuffed animals
📵 Use a hula hoop
📵 Go shopping
📵 Make a shopping list
📵 Go to a friend's house
📵 Invite a friend over
📵 Play outside
📵 Make lunch for your family
📵 Water balloon catch
📵 Paint a picture
📵 Decorate a family member's bedroom door with positive words that describe them
📵 Play hide and seek
📵 Play Sardines
📵 Set up an obstacle course
One of our junior reporters writes a list of ideas for tech-free fun
📵 Cool off in a sprinkler
📵 Play a board game
📵 Play puppies
📵 Create your own carnival
📵 Play horses
📵 Sell lemonade
📵 Play catch
📵 Sing karaoke
📵 Make a fun snack
📵 Play with your pet
📵 Make a sign for your bedroom door
📵 Do a craft
📵 Learn about a new subject
📵 Make something out of a cardboard box
📵 Decorate a t-shirt
📵 Write a letter to a friend
📵 Create your own invention
📵 Take a walk
📵 Make popsicles
📵 Make-believe
📵 Do a science experiment
📵 Math facts
📵 Make up a new game
📵 Play freeze-tag
📵 Put on a play
📵 Have a dance party
📵 Create your own snack mix
📵 Paint your nails
📵 Pretend restaurant
📵 Write a bucket list
📵 Make your own band instruments
📵 Scavenger hunt
📵 Prank war (👀)
📵 Paint rocks
📵 Write funny poems
📵 Read a joke book (and then tell jokes)
📵 Beauty salon
📵 Write a book
📵 Create your own coloring book
📵 Bake a treat (with help)
📵 Go to the library
📵 Make a fort
📵 Clean the house
📵 Indoor picnic
📵 Nature walk
📵 Do a family puzzle
📵 Contests with balloons
📵 Write a letter to your favorite restaurant
📵 Games or drawings with sidewalk chalk
📵 Blow bubbles
📵 Make pool noodle boats -- check out the "how to" here!
📵 Make slime
📵 Write a letter to your favorite author
📵 Look for a 4-leaf clover
📵 Play flashlight tag
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