Did you know a child born in the UK today will spend almost a quarter of their life watching screen technology? I could not agree more. Every morning, Mr K will go downstairs and switch on the television to watch his Cbeebies or play iPad apps. When they get back after school, the first thing both children want to do is watch television or play games. They love to play in the garden or to play on their bikes but it is not always possible as it either raining or too cold. Just because the good old British Winter is back doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy fun activities indoors.
We have received a “rainy day activity pack”, which contains over 10 items such as elephant foam mask, a yo-yo, large balloon, puppet mouse, tracing book and other little great treats for us to use. It didn’t take us long to make use of these items. It has been raining cats and dogs for days now. So we have been playing with the mini fishing, pretending to be an elephant, blowing bubbles, playing with the balloon and playing with the puppet mouse. We’re grateful for this great rainy day pack. They are great! My children have had a lot of fun playing with these!
Our favourite rainy day activities are to:
- Play educational board games
- Play memory card games
- Painting and drawing
- Role play
- Puppet show
- Or to be creative with fruit! Mr K made his Mr Pear after watching Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.
So what are your favourite rainy day activities?
Disclosure: We received the sample for the purposes of writing this review, however, all thoughts and opinions remain our own.
Looks like a great and fun pack
Looks like fun, we have a no TV before 4pm rule, so on rainy days we do crafty stuff, play trains and have imaginary play fun
That looks like lots of fun. I do try and limit screen time but it’s all too easy on a rainy cold day to put the TV on or let him use the computer!
we love lots of arts and crafts and board games – mine are the same they would spend too long in front of a screen but once i drag them away from it i think they get more enjoyment from the other activities