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Looking for fun, creative ways to keep the kids busy and entertained during the school holidays? You’re in the right place! These school holidays are the perfect opportunity to spark curiosity, encourage imagination, and enjoy special family moments at home.

Children learn best through play, and even simple activities can unlock hours of creativity and learning. With just a few basic ingredients, a little guidance, and lots of imagination, kids can turn everyday objects into inspirational creations.

Whether it’s building, painting, baking, or exploring, these activities aren’t just fun—they help children develop important skills, express themselves, and create memories that will last a lifetime.

Here are 170 ideas to keep your little ones entertained, engaged, and happily occupied together. Embrace this time, enjoy the little moments, and make these school holidays something truly special.

Enjoy!

  1. 🎨 Creative & Artistic Play

    1. Paint a picture

    2. Colour in colouring books

    3. Make papier-mâché creations

    4. Hand-make birthday cards for friends and family

    5. Hand-make Christmas cards for friends and family

    6. Make your own puppet and put on a puppet show

    7. DIY Halloween decorations 

    8. Face painting

    9. Bath paints

    10. Cookie cutter painting

    11. Paint leaves

    12. Handprint art

    13. Paper crafts – fold and cut coloured paper

    14. Yarn-wrapped vase

    15. Tissue paper flowers

    16. Melted crayon art

    17. Window painting

    18. Cardboard box colouring

    19. Create art from recyclables

    🧩 Brain & Learning Activities

    1. Learn origami

    2. Practice spelling

    3. Learn basic phrases in another language

    4. Learn to read and write basic phrases in another language

    5. Practice another language

    6. STEM activities

    7. Science experiments

    8. Brain teasers

    9. Learn about insects

    10. Learn about history

    11. Learn to draw like a pro

    12. Create a daily routine schedule

    13. Create a family tree picture

    14. Create a map of the house

    15. Write a poem

    16. Write letters to friends

    🏃 Active & Outdoor Fun

    1. Play hide and seek

    2. Indoor scavenger hunt – give kids a list or draw pictures for younger children

    3. Indoor obstacle course

    4. Balloon volleyball

    5. Play Twister

    6. Hopscotch

    7. Water fight

    8. Run through the sprinkler

    9. Jump on the trampoline

    10. Ride your bike or scooter

    11. Play ball games

    12. Play Frisbee

    13. Backyard camp

    14. Build an outdoor cubby

    15. Shoot indoor baskets with newspaper balls

    16. Mini golf course

    17. Leg wrestling

    18. Pillow sumo wrestling

    19. Potato walk

    20. Foot race

    21. Take a walk around the block – count rainbows or teddy bears

    22. Run and count jumping jacks

    🍳 Cooking & Baking

    1. Bake cakes and cookies

    2. Cook something together – take turns preparing meals

    3. Cook a special meal for Mum and Dad

    4. Make necklaces with cereal or pasta

    5. Put fruit into ice cubes

    🎭 Imaginative & Role Play

    1. 70’s Fancy Dress Dance Party

    2. 80’s Fancy Dress Dance Party

    3. 90’s Fancy Dress Dance Party

    4. Play dress up

    5. Make your own superhero costume

    6. Tea party

    7. Set up a play store

    8. Mirror, Mirror game

    9. Animal charades

    10. Fancy dress party using old clothes

    11. Puppet show

    📚 Reading & Storytelling

    1. Read out loud

    2. Listen to audiobooks

    3. Tell jokes

    4. Create homemade bookmarks

    🎵 Music & Movement

    1. Put on music and make up a dance

    2. Create a TikTok dance video

    3. Disco – play music from 2000–2010

    4. Homemade musical instruments

    5. Do a workout session together

    6. Online yoga class

    🛠 DIY & Building

    1. Build a cubby house using blankets, pillows, and chairs

    2. Make a cardboard fort

    3. Create DIY toy parachute

    4. Bowling alley – use plastic bottles and socks as balls

    5. Create DIY race track

    6. Build a cardboard castle

    7. DIY telescope with cardboard cylinders

    8. Create a car ramp

    9. Build your own game

    10. Make something out of paper towel rolls

    🌱 Nature & Gardening

    1. Plant a vegetable garden

    2. Plant spring seedlings and bulbs

    3. Go hunting for bugs

    4. Fairy garden

    5. Wash the car

    🎯 Games & Puzzles

    1. Board games – bring out the old favourites

    2. Card games – Go Fish, Snap

    3. Complete a puzzle

    4. Connect the dots

    5. Puzzle piece hunt

    6. Racing pompom balls

    7. Play bingo with words

    8. Indoor hide and seek

    💡 Life Skills & Family Bonding

    1. Help Mum sort the washing

    2. Help feed pets

    3. Clean up rooms together

    4. Organise bookshelves

    5. Teach kids to recycle

    6. Create clothes for toys using old clothes

    7. Create a thankful jar

    8. Family chores together – maybe for pocket money

    🎉 Seasonal & Special Activities

    1. Indoor picnic – invite teddy bears

    2. Backyard camp

    3. Make fake snow

    4. Blow bubbles

    5. Make your own bubble mixture

    6. Create a salt volcano

    7. Play with jelly

    8. Redecorate a room

    9. Build an outdoor cubby

    ✅ Miscellaneous & Fun Extras

    1. Learn to braid hair

    2. Try listening to kids’ podcasts

    3. Sort toys to give to charity

    4. Create a playlist

    5. Make slime

    6. Fold coloured paper and cut into shapes

    7. Do jumping jacks and count who does the most

    8. Create a touch and feel box

    9. Make mud pies

    10. Draw with chalk on driveways or nature-strip

    11. Make papier-mâché creations

    12. Play balloon volleyball

    13. Play red light, green light

    14. Create DIY toy clothes

    15. Create a mini golf course

    16. Create homemade musical instruments

    17. Play racing pompom balls

    18. Play mirror, mirror

    19. Create a scrapbook

    20. Video chat family members

    21. Do animal charades

    22. Make a cardboard castle

    23. Create a map of the house

    24. DIY doll house

    25. Make papier-mâché creations

    26. Build a pool noodle house

    27. Cotton ball painting

    28. Balloon stamp painting

    29. Paper bag mask

    30. Tissue paper flowers

    31. Yarn or wool wrapped around a vase

    32. Put fruit into ice cubes

    33. Shoot indoor baskets with newspaper balls

    34. Make necklaces with breakfast cereal/pasta

    35. Window painting

    36. Play pillow case race

    37. Leg wrestling

    38. Skip rope – count the jumps

    39. Create DIY tissue box monsters

    40. Make homemade bookmarks

    41. Do brain teasers

    42. Learn about a country

    43. Build your own game

    44. Take a walk around the block – count rainbows or teddy bears

    45. Do virtual field trips

    46. Create clothes for toys using old clothes

    47. Have a fancy dress party using old clothes

    What would you add to this list?

 

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