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.
- Go on a bug hunt
- Make a paper airplane that flies across the room
- Create a self-portrait
- Measure a tree
- Read a book
- Plant some seeds
- Draw on the sidewalk with chalk
- Make your own secret code
- #17. Create a weather station
- Make bubbles
- Dress up
- Create a time capsule
- Make marshmallows
- Make s’mores
- Create a collage out of magazines
- Make paper people
- Have a treasure hunt
- Run around the garden 10 times and time yourself
- Make a bird feeder
- Learn a new instrument
- Write a Haiku
- Make slime
- Draw a fun factory
- Have a scavenger hunt
- Make garden perfume
- Draw a comic book
- Paint a picture
- Have an arm wrestling match
- Make finger or sock puppets
- Colour a picture
- Play hopscotch
- Make honeycomb
- Draw your town
- Go on a nature hunt
- Go birdwatching
- Plant sunflowers
- Sort out your toys
- Make un shadows
- Play a game of Beggar My Neighbour
- Photograph a rainbow of things
- Make a fortune teller
- Create a Fairy Garden
- Make pizza dough
- Play Rock, Paper, Scissors
- Brush or walk the dog
- Bake cookies
- Make a family newspaper
- Make jelly/jello
- Learn a magic trick
- Write and put on a play
- Make a marble run
- Play solitaire (with cards)
- Wash the car
- Build a new LEGO creation
- Make a flick book
- Learn a card trick
- Go for a bike ride
- Make a smoothie
- Tidy your room
- Make mudpies
- Go on a sound hunt
- Do 25 star jumps or burpees
- Make play dough
- Paint a rock
- Sort out your LEGO
- Make some soup
- Sing a song
- Write a letter and post it
- Go on an alphabet hunt
- Make up a new dance
- Make a musical instrument
- Make ice lollies
- Practise napkin folding into new shapes
- Write your name in an ancient language
- Interview your grandma or grandpa
- Make invisible ink
- Create a fairy catalogue
- Make a miniature book
- Listen to a podcast or story
- Skip 100 times
- Play marbles
- Build an obstacle course
- Help make dinner
- Learn how to sew and try an easy sewing project
- Have a disco
- Help in the garden
- Write a short story in 100 words
- Build a card house
- Make lemonade
- Try blow art
- Draw your family tree
- Draw around your hands and add rings and a watch
- Fly a kite
- Make gingerbread men
- Make a sun catcher
- Look at old photo albums
- Make a milkshake
- Draw your dream house
- Learn how to knit and try an easy knitting project
- Jump on the trampoline 100 times
- Build a den or fort