300+ Rainy day activities

Rainy Day Activities

All the activities shared here on Bath Activities for Kids make perfect rainy day activities for kids!  Putting together a fun bath is a great way to keep kids occupied during a long day stuck indoors. Spring is upon us here in the states so when deciding which topic to collect for The PLAY Group collective this month,  rainy day activities seemed like the perfect fit!  Not only are these all great for a rainy day but they are SCREEN FREE too!

Rainy Day Activities for Kids

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Compiled by The PLAY Group

Survive dreary rainy days with this amazing collection of indoor fun

Indoor Games & Sillies

DIY Paper Climber Toy
Elastic Band Launchers

Ice Cream Math Games

Swim in OODLES of Noodles

Cardboard Tube Marble Run

Color and Movement Game for a Rainy Day

Counting Coins
Floatacious ~ Minute To Win It Game
Cup Stacking Game

Silly Sock Matching Game

Creative Magnets and a Marble Run

Cereal Box Spinner Top Arena & Races

Don’t Blow the Joker ~ Minute to Win It Game

Exploring the Sense of Smell with a Game

Bit Me and Don’t Blow the Joker ~ Minute to Win It

Pipe Cleaner Challenge

Funny Bunny Faces Game

Get Up & Move Dice

Imaginative & Inventive

Barbie Hair Salon

Bath Turned Boat

Bath Turned Race Car

Pretend Elevator Play

Magic Treasure Rocks

DIY Cleaning Slippers

Make Your Own Wood Block Puzzles

Make Your Own Little Sandbox

Submarine Play

Pretend Indoor Lemonade Stand
String Telephone

Construction Site Small World

How to Make a Light Saber

DIY Dry Erase Tiles

Storm Fort

Indoor Snow Day for Kids

Pretend Ice Cream Parlor

Indoor Gardening Play

Escape to the Rain Forest

Jello Ocean Small World

Make a Robot Helmet

Outer Space Bath

100 Baths to Keep Kids Busy on a Rainy Day

Tinkering Around - Making Robots

Antarctica: Small World Play with Penguins

Town & Country: Messy Sensory Shower Play

Imaginative Play Activities Collection

Tissue Box Play for Babies

Building with Plastic Plates and Bowls

Paper Mache Light up Globes

Building with Cardboard Boxes

15 Fun Ways to use Contact Paper

Escape to the Beach from the Comfort of Home

Keeping them Moving

Gross Motor Activity to Practice Skip Counting

6 Indoor Games to get Kids Moving

Rhythm and Movement for Kids

Sight Word Twister

Plastic Bottle Bowling

Shape Toss, Hop, Skip and Jump

Moon Balloons

Music and Movement Games for Kids

Mini Trampoline

Soft Toy Toss

The Stuffed Animal Run

Rainy Day Outdoor Play

Playing in the Rain

Flower Experiment for Kids

Rainy Day Puddle Jumping

Fanciful Puddle Jumping

Science Fun

Colorful Dancing Milk

Rainbow Science Experiments for Kids

2 Fun Egg Experiments for Kids

See Through Egg Experiment

Glowing Jello Experiment

Giant Volcanic Eruptions

Thrifty Science: Growing an Avocado Houseplant

Tornado in a Bottle

Weather Experiments Bath

Chocolate Eruptions

Making Beeswax candles with kids

Dinosaur & Volcano Small World Play

Submarine Science

How to Grow Crystals

Science Experiments in the Bath Tub

The Coconut Volcano Science Experiment

15 Fun Science Lessons

15 Favorite Science Experiments for Kids

Scented Vinegar and Baking Soda Reactions

Penny Experiment

Faux Lava Lamps

Crystal Egg Geodes

Experiments with Ice Eggs

Homemade Bouncing Balls

Fun with Food

Fishing for Lunch
Bugs for Lunch

Slinky Apple Snacks

Introducing Kids to Coconut

Picky Eater Taste Test (with Printable)

Cooking Cookies with Kids

Ideas for Cooking with Kids

Decorating Cupcakes

What makes a Rainbow?
All About Me Edible Face

Play Dough

Homemade Mexican Chocolate Play Dough

Playdough Tea Party

Play Dough Monsters & Creatures

Erupting Monsters

No Cook Jello Playdough

Painting Playdough Letters

Beautiful Confetti Play Dough

Playdough with Pipecleaners and Beads

Playdough Imprinting

Learning Numbers with Playdough

Birthday Party Playdough

Open Ended Play Dough Fun

Play Dough and Beads

Painting with Playdough

Crockpot Playdough

No Cook Playdough

Fancy Chocolate Play Dough Cupcakes

Simple Play Dough Recipes

Soothing Therapeutic Play Dough

Painting & Art

Sticky Table Art

Bubble Wrap Painting and Printing

Painting GIANT Rainbows on a Rainy Day

Easy Clean Up- Creative Art Station

Contained Body Painting

Sensory Painting with Kool-aid

Oil Pastel Drawings
Erupting Kool-aid Paints

Salt Watercolor Painting

Cotton Ball Painting

Microwaved Puffy Paint Art

Handprint Farm Animal Art
Bubble Bath Spray Painting

Painting with Water

Dripping Salt Painting

Eraser Dot Art

Finger Paint You’ll Want to Frame

Painting with Cars

Mosaic Rainbow Art

Salad Spinner Art

Mess Free Pour Paint Rockets

Coffee Filter Art 3 Ways

Secret Message Art

7 Ways to Paint with Kids

Cookie Cutter Print Making

Raised Salt Painting

Painting Rainbows with Marshmallows

Bubble Art & DIY Wrapping Paper

Homemade 3D Puffy Paint

Toilet Paper Heart Stamping

Shower Art

Glue Canvas. Kids Art

Crafts

Finger Knitting

Build an Egg Carton Fort

Musical Instrument Crafts

Toddler Sewing Activity

Popsicle Stick Harmonica

Paper Plate Zoo Animals

Flowers Egg Carton Craft

Straw Jewelry and Creations

Shaving Cream Craft

Recycle CD's to Art- 5 Fun Crafts

Play Recipes

Homemade Finger Paint

Homemade Face Paint

How to Make Bath Salts for Sensory Play

Fizzing Bath Paint Recipe

Modeling Clay Recipe

Two Ingredient Baby and Toddler Safe Paint

Recipe for play- Clean Mud

Homemade Puffy Paint with 3 Ingredients

Slimey Putty

Two Ingredient Homemade Silly Putty

Glowing Paint Recipe

Calming Lavender Cloud Dough

Erupting Snow Recipe

Play Recipes Collection- over 100 Recipes from Growing a Jeweled Rose

Sensory Bins

7 Must-See Sensory Bins
Cooking Sensory Bin
DIY Sensory Bin
A Sensory Bin for Two
Soccer Sensory Bin
5 Simple Sensory Bins for Babies and Toddlers
Seasonal Jello Sensory Bin
30 Creative Sensory Bins from Growing a Jeweled Rose
The Lorax Sensory Bin
Baby Discovery Bin
Ocean Wonders Sensory Bin

Yellow Sensory Bin

Water Bead Sensory Bin

Winter Sensory Bin

Other Indoor Sensory & Messy Fun

Cleaning with Shaving Cream

Gluppity Glup and Schloppity Schlopp

30 Ways to Play with Baking Soda and Vinegar

25 Ways to Play with GOOP

Indoor Messy Car Wash

Princess Pies

Rainbow Discovery Bottles

Glitter Bottles

Glowing Clean Mud

Bartholomew and the Glowing Oobleck

Glowing Ice

Fun with Sensory Bags

Rainbow Bubble Sink Play

40 Ways to Play with the Items in Your Pantry

Water Beads, Glass Gems and Light

Bath Time Water Wall

Shaving Cream Play

Water Beads and Glow Sticks

Quick and Easy Water Exploration

Alphabet GOO

Gingerbread Cloud Dough

Two-Ingredient Cloud Dough

Ocean Themed Sensory Bath

Colored Bubbles

Homemade Bubble Solutions & Indoor Bubbles

30 Ways to Play with Kool-aid

Slime Baskets- ULTIMATE Rainy Day Fun

Literacy & Reading

125 Ways to Practice Making Letters

Musical Alphabet Game

Goodnight Moon Storybook Bath

DIY Lego Reading Rods

Alphabet Letter Cubes

Alphabet Letter Hunt

Cheap & Easy DIY Salt Trays for Writing Practice

Magnetic Letter Painting

7 Activities to Play & Learn Letters

An Uppercase and Lowercase Alphabet Game

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Alphabet Bath

Shower Time Letter Play

Letter Building Alpha-Bath

Peter Rabbit Book Play

Alphabet Rocks

Coconut Scented Writing Tray

Magic Tree House Activities

Pete the Cat Activities

Activities to Foster Fine Motor Skills

200+ Fine Motor Skills Activities

Activities for Kids Using a Turkey Baster

Cutting Practice and Learning Shapes
Cutting Hearts: Tracing and Scissor Practice

Contact Paper Cuffs Cutting Activity

Invitation to Draw with Blocks

Rainbow Fruit Loop Towers

Fine Motor: Making Snowflakes

Hole-Punch Art

Make a Cereal Bracelet

Keeping them Learning

Shapes Bath

Bottle Top Calculator

Early Learning Activities with Beads

Fishing for Numbers

Math in the Bath

Invitation to Play with Numbers

Water on the Chalkboard

Sorting the Rainbow

Popsicle Stick Patterns

Sizing & Ordering a Rainbow craft
Dr. Seuss’s ABC Sensory Writing Activity

3 Ways to Explore the Sense of Hearing

Exploring the Sense of Touch

5 Ways to Explore the Sense of Sight
Water Bead Subtraction

DIY Light Table and Shapes

Duplo Number Cards for Fun with Duplo

Duplo Game for Toddlers

Indoor Glowing Activities- glowing play is a great way to keep kids occupied on rainy days

Grow Glowing Crystals

Glowing RAINBOW Goop

Glowing Rainbow Water Beads

Glowing Rainbow Water

Glowing Rainbow Eruptions

Glow in the Dark Glue

Mad Science Lab & Experiments

Black Light Sticky Table

How to Make Glowing Water

Glowing Homemade Bath Paint

Space Activities- GLOW Rocks

Glow Dough

Whew!  This collection should keep the kids happy and entertained for quite some time!  Not only is this collection full of fabulous rainy day activities but all the activities here are screen free too!  You might want to keep this one on hand for Screen Free week which is fast approaching   We participate and always feel so revitalized after.