A rainy day with kids at home has an unfair reputation as a nightmare. With half a dozen ideas up your sleeve, it becomes the most remembered day of the month. The secret is having options by energy level: sometimes the child needs to burn energy, sometimes they need to land.
To burn energy (without breaking anything)
- Pillow circuit: jump from one to another without touching the «lava floor».
- Treasure hunt: 5 clues written on little papers hidden around the house.
- Freeze dance: loud music, pause, everyone freezes. The Dogavios songs were made for this.
- Bottle bowling: six empty bottles and a rolled-up sock for a ball.
For mid-afternoon
- Blanket fort: two chairs, a sheet, a flashlight. Every story is better inside one.
- Board game: the classic that brings generations together.
- Cooking together: a simple recipe where the child measures and mixes.
- Sock puppet theater: the bowling sock becomes a character.
To land
- Coloring: print the 239 free Dogavios pages and let the pencil box do the rest.
- Painting on screen: no printer? The painting game solves it on the phone.
- Homemade play dough: flour, salt, water and food coloring.
- A story under the blanket: the perfect closing. Dogavios was written for that moment, and if there is battery left, the Pigúiça game makes a fine dessert. 🐾