Nowadays kids are so glued to technology, if you’re anything like us, you’re trying to find ideas for off-line activities to encourage a break from screen time. Here are 101 Fun Activities for Kids that Don’t Involve Screen Time:

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If you are looking for ideas for things that your child can do that are screen-free, we have put together this list of 101 ideas to help. From bird watching to secret codes to making gingerbread men, there’s something for all interests and ages.

Screen-Free and Fun Activities for Kids

We’ve compiled a free checklist for these ideas so you can work your way through them and keep track of all your favourites! You can download the screen-free fun activities for kids checklist in a printable pdf here.

1. Go on a bug hunt
2. Make a paper airplane that flies across the room
3. Create a self-portrait
4. Measure a tree
5. Read a book
6. Plant some seeds
7. Draw on the sidewalk with chalk
8. Make your own secret code
9. #17. Create a weather station
10. Make bubbles
11. Dress up
12. Create a time capsule
13. Make marshmallows
14. Make s’mores
15. Create a collage out of magazines
16. Make paper people
17. Have a treasure hunt
18. Run around the garden 10 times and time yourself
19. Make a bird feeder
20. Learn a new instrument
21. Write a Haiku
22. Make slime
23. Draw a fun factory
24. Have a scavenger hunt
25. Make garden perfume
26. Draw a comic book
27. Paint a picture
28. Have an arm wrestling match
29. Make finger or sock puppets
30. Colour a picture
31. Play hopscotch
32. Make honeycomb
33. Draw your town
34. Go on a nature hunt
35. Go birdwatching
36. Plant sunflowers
37. Sort out your toys
38. Make un shadows
39. Play a game of Beggar My Neighbour
40. Photograph a rainbow of things
41. Make a fortune teller
42. Create a Fairy Garden
43. Make pizza dough
44. Play Rock, Paper, Scissors
45. Brush or walk the dog
46. Bake cookies
47. Make a family newspaper
48. Make jelly/jello
49. Learn a magic trick
50. Write and put on a play
51. Make a marble run
52. Play solitaire (with cards)
53. Wash the car
54. Build a new LEGO creation
55. Make a flick book
56. Learn a card trick
57. Go for a bike ride
58. Make a smoothie
59. Tidy your room
60. Make mudpies
61. Go on a sound hunt
62. Do 25 star jumps or burpees
63. Make play dough
64. Paint a rock
65. Sort out your LEGO
66. Make some soup
67. Sing a song
68. Write a letter and post it
69. Go on an alphabet hunt
70. Make up a new dance
71. Make a musical instrument
72. Make ice lollies
73. Practise napkin folding into new shapes
74. Write your name in an ancient language
75. Interview your grandma or grandpa
76. Make invisible ink
77. Create a fairy catalogue
78. Make a miniature book
79. Listen to a podcast or story
80. Skip 100 times
81. Play marbles
82. Build an obstacle course
83. Help make dinner
84. Learn how to sew and try an easy sewing project
85. Have a disco
86. Help in the garden
87. Write a short story in 100 words
88. Build a card house
89. Make lemonade
90. Try blow art
91. Draw your family tree
92. Draw around your hands and add rings and a watch
93. Fly a kite
94. Make gingerbread men
95. Make a sun catcher
96. Look at old photo albums
97. Make a milkshake
98. Draw your dream house
99. Learn how to knit and try an easy knitting project
100. Jump on the trampoline 100 times
101. Build a den or fort