Fun for a rainy day

I love the colors of the trees and the fresh, cold air on my face in the Fall. Although I love this time of year, Summer so quickly turns to Fall here in the Northwest, and It can be challenging to go from staying outside all the time to being confined indoors. Once your reading is done, the board games get a little old and you have eaten all the homemade rolls, what else is there to do?

Well here are a couple of suggestions:

Make a ship and launch it.

Fold a paper ship, maybe even decorate it to get a little more creative! Wait for a break in the rain (if one ever comes) and go outside and in search of a big puddle, they shouldn’t be hard to find. Launch the ships and watch them float, or have a race with them. You can create your own wind by blowing on them if it’s not gusty enough outside for them to move on their own. If it is just too wet outside, the sink or a bathtub are also great places to try out your new creation.

 

Leafs can be fun too. They are more than just pretty colors in the Fall!

After you have thrown them in the air, jumped in them and covered yourself with them, gather different types of leaves. Once you’re back inside, make a little “Leaf Notebook” (you can even press them between the pages to flatten them out). Find a reference book or search leaves online to see if you can identify what type they are, then write down the names and draw the tree they belong to. Remember to make room in the notebook for fresh leaves you find when you come back in the spring/summer. You can also make collages with what you find and decorate your room. Or, tie string on the leaves and hang them from your windows. Maybe you’re having a party (or save them for Thanksgiving) and make nametags for the table with them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

That one thing you never use–use it!

Go in the kitchen and find that one machine or fancy utensil I bet you have stored away but never use.  Now is the time. Get the kids to help you. Pretend like you don’t know how to use it and have fun with it. Maybe they can give you some pointers. Maybe it’s a mini bread loaf pan. Those are so cute, but I never have a reason to make a mini loaf of bread—well, now is the time!

Use your imagination.

Throw all of your pillows and blankets on the floor and pretend like it the room is one big ocean with sea monsters that will catch you if you fall in. Climb and jump the room while you make up stories. This is so much fun for the parents too because you get to be a little silly. It’s like Dr. Seuss said: “I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”

If you have any other fun fall games to play please share them here.