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14 Fun Things To Do When It’s Raining Outside (3 of 5)

Map Out A City

If you’ve got a massive roll of butcher paper, one consideration is to draw a city.

These long pieces of paper make it ideal to create a map of a city or to draw out a city skyline. Overall, it’s a great way to provide plenty of distraction and entertainment for a while.

Another way to extend the fun is to encourage drawing more than just roads, bridges, cul de sacs, and neighborhoods. Consider lakes, playgrounds, schools, shops, hospitals, and restaurants.

If you don’t have all of that paper lying around, you can also consider doing this with Legos and blocks to build buildings or characters.

 

 

Go Camping

While this is a bit of an odd one on this list, this one takes some creative liberties.

After all, who said anything about camping outside? Depending on your space, you can easily pitch a small dome tent and let the kids camp indoors.

Another alternative is creating a fort out of sheets and connecting them to couches and other items in the house.

 

 

Leverage No-Batteries Games

There are plenty of board games you can consider that don’t require batteries. That said, there are others that don’t even require you to have a board or other materials to play. Here are some suggestions that come to mind:

  • One-word stories: Starting off with “Once upon a time,” you’ll be going around the table with each person contributing one word to the story. One good tip to do in advance is determine the genre of the story to offer some direction.
  • Improvised poetry: Similar to one-word stories, this is making a poem, though each person is contributing a line instead of a word. The catch is to have each line rhyming like a traditional poem would. If kids are involved, get them to say the first lines as a start.
  • Yes, and… monster! – In this game, you’re inventing an imaginary monster with each person adding a characteristic based on the first person’s monster description. Every new idea introduced has to start with “Yes, and…” followed by building on what’s described.

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