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Rainy Day Activities

• Clean the house together; it can be great exercise.
  
  
• Play arts and crafts with different items such as construction paper, pipe cleaners, cotton balls, markers, etc. Let your kids’ imaginations go wild!
  
  
• Make decorations for an upcoming holiday.
  
  
• Play hide and seek in the house.
  
  
• Turn the radio on and let the kids have a dance party.
  
  
• Play Twister.
  
  
• Build an obstacle course in the basement and let the kids come up with the different route to follow.
  
  
• Make hand puppets out of old socks or brown lunch bags, then put on a puppet show.
  
  
• Make an exercise video of the family exercises.
  
  
• Play a game of charades.
  
  
• Read a story and have the kids act it out as you read.
  
  
• Make your own musical instruments. Make a shaker by filling an empty paper towel roll with dried beans and sealing the ends with tape. Make a guitar with an empty Kleenex box and attach rubber bands. Let the kids put on a concert.
• Take the family to the grocery store; it involves lots of walking and rolling and everyone can help pick out some nutritious snacks.
  
  
• If your kids enjoy videogames, incorporate some physical activity with them, such as stationery bikes that are coordinated with the screen action.
  
  
• Take a trip to the local museum or mall. This also involves lots of walking or rolling.
  
  
• Play board games.
  
  
• Let your child help in the preparing dinner or in baking something for dessert.

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This fact sheet was last updated on 02-08-2008.