We have had some of the wettest weather this year than I can remember us ever having. One of the worst things for a mom who works from home is to have 2 kids who have exhausted their creative juices trying to find something to do. The words we parents hate to hear, “We Are Bored” have been flung around my house for weeks now. I had thought of jumping out the window, but we are on the ground level, so all I would do is get wet! So, I decided to do a search online and get some rainy day fun ideas. Here are a few I thought would be fun to try:
- Ignore The Rain: Who said we had to keep the kids inside when it rained? Heck, my kids have rain boots and coats, so why not put them to good use? What exactly did I buy them for if not to be used, right?
- Forts: A rainy day is the perfect day to build a fort and my kids are expert fort builders. These two have gotten their fort building down to a science. They have their computer to watch videos, popcorn to munch on and every stinking pillow and blanket, throw or sheet we have in the whole house!
- Bake: There is nothing better than the smell of fresh made cookies, so we do that a lot when it is gross outside. I always keep the ingredients on hand, so if the weather dictates, we can bake some fresh chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies. I bet it is no surprise that my husband loves it when it rains!
- Arts and Crafts: While the rain is pounding on the windows, let the kids put their art supplies to good use. My kids can come up with some pretty clever ideas, and they love to color, paint, staple, tape and glue whatever they can. The last time we did this, they made a really cool paper chain with a ton of different papers and we hung it in the family room.
- Board Games: Board games does not spell bored in our house! We love to play games, and I always have a ton of them on hand. When we have friends sleep over, we always have out at least 2-3 games that the kids play. One of my favorite companies to go to for awesome board games is University Games. This company has been in business for 24 years, have created over 200 games and quite honestly, they know their stuff!
Inspirations For Rainy Day Fun
Oddly enough, the day the games I was sent from University Games arrived, my friends kids were spending the night and it was raining cats and dogs. The kids were all too happy to tear them open and play one almost immediately. Talk about finding inspirations for rainy day fun! We had 3 brand new ways to break the monotony of the rain! With any of the games from University Games, I know the kids are going to have a blast playing them. The games we received were: Zombie Bowling, Sort It Out and Scavenger Hunt For Kids. We decided on the Scavenger Hunt game and it is so dang fun! The object of the game is to find objects in the house on the card and moving the pawn once space for each item found. It was pretty funny watching the kids running around, bumping into each other and screaming with laughter. It was hilarious! We also had a lot of fun playing Zombie Bowling because the boys are really into zombies lately, so they loved knocking those suckers down! You can purchase Scavenger Hunt for $24.99, Sort It Out for $29.99 and Zombie Bowling for $24.99, as well as the many other University Games online at Amazon.
I wanted to tell you about a really great project the folks over at University Games has created. The National Young Game Inventors contest has been going on for 12 years now. The contest is open to kids ages 5 to 12 and they are asked to invent a board game. The kids submit their game with hopes of claiming the grand prize, which is a $10,000 savings bond. Other prizes offered include a game library and a trip to San Francisco. The game submissions are accepted from May through October, and you can read about the contest and download the form here.
One reader will win one game of their choice from Scavenger Hunt for $24.99, Sort It Out for $29.99 and Zombie Bowling for $24.99 US only
I love the 3D Crystal Puzzle – Horse: 100 Pcs!
Toty looks like fun
the zombie bowlling looks fun
I like the pirate ship Deluxe 3D Crystal Puzzles™
The Brain Quest Smart Game looks fun!
Pub Trivia Game is my favorite
Zombie bowling for sure!
Zombie Bowling looks awesome
I would love to have the Angry Birds Action Game
Brain Quest Smart Game
I like the Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Game. My 2 neices love games. Thank you for the fun giveaway 🙂
I think the sort it out game.
I like the Scavenger Hunt
I like the Original 3D Crystal Puzzles, especially the Teddy Bear! How neat!
Sort It Out looks like fun!
i like the Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Game
The 3D Castle puzzle.
Sort it out looks like fun!!
The scavenger hunt game looks fun thank you
5 little monkeys jumping on the bed
I like Sort it Out!
I like the 5 little monkey’s jumping on the bed game
We like the Zombie Bowling, and Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Game.
Step On It Game
the sort it out game
Sort it out
I used to love the colorforms as a kid. My kids would love the zombie bowling.
i like the sort it out game
jagar0047 at yahoo dot com
I think my daughter would like the puzzle books.
Sort it Out looks like fun.
I would love to try zombie bowling
angry birds
My granddaughters would love the Fancy Nancy dress up game
Zombie Bowling! How awesome!!! hstorm799{at}gmail{dot}com
Angry Bird Fever
Zombie Bowling is my fave.
Pub Trivia Game
3d crystal skull puzzle
sort it out game
I like the Sort It Out game.
the last one listed there – Brain Quest Smart Game
The Brain Quest Smart Game.
Brain Quest Smart Game
I like the Brain Quest Smart Game.
I love the Fancy Nancy Dress Up Game
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Fancy Nancy
I love the zombie bowling!
I would like to have the Skull 3d crystal puzzle
I like the 3D Castle puzzle.
I like the Fancy Nancy Dress Up Game
The Angry Bird Action Game
I like the 30 second mysteries
my daughter would luv the FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS JUMPING ON THE BED GAME:)
jmatek AT wi DOT rr DOT com
Zombie Bowling is my favorite!
PUB TRIVIA
I like The Five Little Monkeys!
I like the Brain Quest Smart Game.
Zombie Bowling
I love the Angry Bird Fever.
I like the Zombie Bowling.
My favorite product is Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Game.
My favorite game is – Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Game. This game would be a prefect birthday gift for one of my grands. thank you
I like the Angry Birds game.
Zombie Bowling for sure
Zombie Bowling!
Angry Bird Fever
take a letter
vmkids3 at msn dot com
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Game
i like the Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Game!
i like the argue board game
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Game
I like the Angry Birds Action Game.
sort it out
ohhhh, I love crystal puzzles! I want them all. I really want to try the SORT IT OUT game too, that ones sounds like loads of fun.
Zombie bowling my boys would love this
Sort it out looks like a fun game. Thanks!
Ross Olson
LOVE the angry birds game 🙂
scavenger hunt I think my kids would like.
Sort it out looks like a lot of fun!
Treasure Chest
sort it out
Brain Quest Smart Game
Brain Quest Smart Game
Sort it out.
Angry Birds
My favorite is the Angry Birds game!
five little monkeys on the bed
i like the angry birds action game
Love trivia games. Pub trivia sounds great.
Sort it out
we LOVE the 3d crystal puzzles! So much fun and not your typical puzzle!
I think the Zombie Bowling game would be fun. It’s something a little different from the average board game.
Zombie Bowling looks so fun!
five little monkeys
we love the Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Game
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Game
I like The Very Hungry Caterpillar Game. Looks pretty fun!
love the pub trivia game
My kids would love the University Games Catches Angry Bird Fever
Definitely Brain Quest!
Pub Trivia looks interesting
I like Pub Trivia.
3d crystal puzzle
I love the giant selection of colorforms, esp the hungry caterpillar.
lol zombie bowling … that is soooo awesome.
The brain quest smart games looks pretty fun.
Like the The Very Hungry Caterpillar game
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Game
I like the Brain Quest Smart Game.
I want the Pub Trivia Game!
I think the zombie bowling would be fun. Plus, it would be something that all 3 of my kids, at their different ages would have fun playing
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed looks like fun.
The Angry Birds Action Game would be a big hit with my children.
Angry Bird Fever!
brain quest
My favorite product is the Mini 3D Crystal Puzzles
I like the fish in a barrel game.
The Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed game looks fun.
The Anti-Monopoly Game looks fun
Brain Quest Smart Game
Zombie Bowling!!!
Zombie Bowling–what fun!
Worst-Case Scenario Office Board Game
I think the University Games Catches Angry Bird Fever looks like fun
The Brain Quest Smart game looks great
Definitely the Zombie Bowling!!!
Spongebob colorforms
Sort it out
I like Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Game
I like Brain Quest Smart Game
University Games Catches Angry Bird Fever
Sort it out.
Thanks for the chance.
mogrill12@gmail.com
Brain Quest Game
Brain Quest Smart Game would be a perfect game to donate to my daughter’s classroom
Like the Angry Birds game
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Game looks like fun for the little guys!
Would like to play the Pub triva game with friends.
I like the Murder on Misty Island Murder Mystery Party and the Scavenger Hunt board game.
Scavenger hunt looks like a blast.
Angry bird is fun.
I love the 5 little monkeys jumping on a bed game
angry birds
I have three boys so my choice would be The Game for Boys. 🙂
Angry Birds Action Game
Pub Trivia Game!
My favorite is the Angry Birds Action Game.
hschonrock at yahoo dot com
Oh, yeah, baking is fun, and it’s the promise of relish *after* the activity fun has ended. One of my favorites for rainy days!
SORT IT OUT looks like it would be fun for the family. My teen grandsons would like the ANGRY BIRDS GAME and my granddaughter, the NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPING ON THE BED GAME.
I like Sort it Out
I would like to get University Games’ The Curse of the Feline Pharaoh Mystery Jigsaw Puzzle
I like the Brain Quest Smart Game!
I like the Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Game
My daughter would love the 3D Crystal Puzzle – Dolphin: 95 Pcs!
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