Being cooped up is not fun, but it is a necessity to stop the spread of COVID-19. We know that it’s been hard on parents, kids, and employees, so we’ve created a list of fun things that can be done without spreading germs! Let us know if you have any other fun ideas in the comments below!

Indoor Activities:

• 1. Read a book
• 2. Start a journal or scrapbook
• 3. Write a letter, card, or ecard for a friend or family member
• 4. Call a friend
• 5. Call your family
• 6. Create your own MadLibs
• 7. Make paper airplanes and have a competition to see who’s can fly the farthest, the highest, or the longest.
• 8. Work on a puzzle
• 9. Tell Jokes
• 10. Gather recipes from family and friends and make a Cook Book
• 11. Learn one word a day in a different language
• 12. Get to know someone that you haven’t talked to as much. You can ask questions about their hobbies, favorite movies, food preferences, what they would do with a millions dollars, and more.
• 13. Watch a Movie
• 14. Perform a cool science experiment
• 15. Build with Legos
• 16. Make cookies
• 17. Rearrange your furniture
• 18. Draw animals using the outlines of your hands
• 19. Stretch
• 20. Try to grow an avocado
• 21. Try a new hairstyle
• 22. Try to Tie Die a T-shirt
• 23. Explore World Tour 360 (360 degree views of all sorts of travel destinations)
• 24. Explore a museums that have virtual tours
  • https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/
  • https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
  • https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/
• 25. Check out live feeds and virtual tours at zoos and aquariums
  • https://zooatlanta.org/panda-cam/
  • https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/videos
  • https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams
  • https://aqua.org/media/virtualtours/baltimore/index.html
  • https://explore.org/livecams 
• 26. Ride a virtual roller coaster
  • https://www.visitorlando.com/en/things-to-do/virtual-tours/seaworld-orlando
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLtcPTm5dTg
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lsB-P8nGSM
  • You can find a lot more on Youtube
• 27. Participate in an Online Exercise Routine
  • Download the 7 Minute Workout app
  • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaDYCB5WgxlSUMEhZbmDYkQ
  • https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene
  • Look for other online workouts
• 28. Ask Google Home to ‘Tell me a riddle”
• 29. Learn a New Musical Instrument
• 30. Set a morning routine

Games:

• 31. Eye Spy
• 32. Charades
• 33. 20 questions
• 34. Indoor Scavenger Hunt
• 35. Card Games
• 36. Hide and Seek
• 37. Indoor Bowling
• 38. Spoons… or get crazy and play ultimate spoons!
• 39. Minute to Win it
• 40.Indoor Camping
• 41. Set up a Photo Booth
• 42. Dance Party

Outdoor Activities:

• 43. Have lunch on your front lawn
• 44. Drive to somewhere you have never been before
• 45. Go for a bike ride
• 46. Play basketball, soccer, Frisbee golf or other outdoor sport
• 47. Participate in an outdoor scavenger hunt
• 48. Drive around town and see how many license plates you can find from other states
• 49. Visit a drive through restaurant
• 50. Try geocaching
• 51. Grab some sidewalk chalk and decorate your driveway or the sidewalk in front of your house
• 52. Play Pokemon Go

(Credit goes to Jamie Curtis)

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