During this time, many people are struggling with the idea of being stuck at home, and it can easily take a toll if you aren’t staying busy. Here’s some fun things to do at home to help keep you busy!
Contents
- Online Activities for Kids
- Virtual Field Trips
- Farm Tours
- For the Entrepreneur Mind
- Watch a Concert
- For the Musicians
- For the Artistic Souls
- Play Board/Card Games
- Watch a Movie or Show
- Work Out
- Take a Spa Day
- Beauty
- Learn a Language
- For the Chef in You
- Things to Make You Laugh
- For the Wordsmiths
- For Puzzle-Solvers
- Other Activities
Online Activities for Kids
- San Diego Zoo has a website with free games, activities, and fun facts.
- PBS Kids Games
- Nick Jr. Games
- FunBrain
- Disney Games
- Cartoon Network Games
- Boomerang Games
- Universal Kids Games
- JumpStart Games
- AnimalJam
Virtual Field Trips
National Parks
Yellowstone
- Fort Yellowstone
- Fountain Paint Pot
- Grand Canyon of Yellowstone
- Mammoth Hot Springs
- Mud Volcano
- Norris Geyser Basin
- Yellowstone in 3-D
- Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone
Mountains & Volcanoes
Bodies of Water
Go Out of This World
Museums & Monuments
- U.S. Space and Rocket Museum
- The Great Wall of China (virtual tour)
- Boston Children’s Museum (virtual tour)
- 100,000 Paintings from Paris Museums
- The Smithsonian (virtual tour)
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (virtual tour)
- Colonial Williamsburg (live cams)
- Ellis Island (virtual tour)
- Explore the World’s Largest Cave (virtual tour)
The Louvre Virtual Tours
Take a Trip to the Zoo!
San Diego Zoo Live Cameras
Monterey Bay Aquarium Live Cameras
Zoo Atlanta Live Cameras
Houston Zoo Live Cameras
Georgia Aquarium
Other Tours:
Farm Tours
Learn about farm life including processing milk, cheese, and eggs, as well as seeing the farm animals like cows, sheep, chickens and more!
For the Entrepreneur Mind
- Start a journal or blog (learn how here)
- Open an Etsy Shop for Your Craft Projects
- Create a startup business
Watch a Concert
- Elton John’s iHeart Living Room Concert (Hulu)
- Billboard’s Live at Home Concerts
- Taylor Swift’s Reputation Tour (Netflix)
- BTS 2015 Dream Concert (Netflix)
- Homecoming: Beyoncé (Netflix)
- Justin Timberlake: The Tennessee Kids (Netflix)
- Barbra: The Music. . .The Mem’ries. . .The Magic (Netflix)
- Queen: Live at Wembley (iTunes)
- Eagles: Farewell Tour (iTunes)
- Coldplay: Ghost Stories (iTunes)
- Fleetwood Mac: The Dance (iTunes)
- One Direction: Where We Are (iTunes)
- P!nk: Truth About Love (iTunes)
For the Musicians
Learn a new instrument:
Or try out these skills:
For the Artistic Souls
- Learn Calligraphy
- Color in a coloring book
- Do Origami
- Create a book/collage of your favorite photos on your phone
- Do Lunch Doodles with your kids.
At home Paint Classes:
Play Board/Card Games
- Heads Up
- Clue
- Monopoly
- Sorry
- Trouble
- Sequence
- Apples to Apples
- Operation
- Battleship
- Ticket to Ride
- Connect 4
- Uno
- Phase 10
- Yahtzee
- Scrabble
- Guess Who?
No board games? Here’s some games you can play with just pen and paper!
- Pictionary
- Tic-Tac-Toe
- Dots and Boxes
- Hangman
You can also give these games a try – no equipment needed!
- Telephone
- Heads Up
- Charades
- Hide and Seek
- Marco Polo
Watch a Movie or Show
Below are some suggestions of some top movies available for streaming on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Video, iTunes, Broadway HD, Disney+ or HBO as of April 2020.
Trending
- Tiger King
- The Outsider
- Ozark
- Love is Blind
- The Haunting of Hill House
- MindHunter
- The Crown
- Derry Girls
- Don’t F**k With Cats
- The Good Place
Inspirational
- Pursuit of Happyness
- The Secret
- Yes Man
- The Theory of Everything
- Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
- Disney’s Miracle
Health Documentaries
- The Magic Pill
- The Game Changers
- Forks over Knives
- What The Health
Family Flicks
- Secret Life of Pets 2
- Frozen 2
- Bee Movie
- The Incredibles 2
- Mary Poppins Returns
- Christopher Robin
- Hook
- Trolls
Documentaries/Docuseries
- Abducted in Plain Sight
- Tiger King
- Amanda Knox
- Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation
- Cheer
- Don’t F**k With Cats
- The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
- Making a Murderer
- The Ted Bundy Tapes
Sci-Fi
- Aliens
- Arrival
- E.T.
- Independence Day
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Galaxy Quest
- Star Trek
- The Martian
- Moon
- Star Wars
Thrillers
- Bird Box
- The Invitation
- Drive
- Dark Places
- Visions
- The Gift
- The Craft
- Dream House
- Self/Less
Comedies
- Silver Linings Playbook
- The Other Guys
- Step Brothers
- Julie & Julia
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
- The Hangover
- Get Him to The Greek
- Hitch
- Failure to Launch
- Bad Mom Christmas
Stand Up Comedy
- Tom Segura: Ball Hog
- Taylor Tomlinson: Quarter-Life Crisis
- Bert Kreischer: Hey Big Boy
- Pete Davidson: Alive from New York
- Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh
- Adam Devine: Best Time of Our Lives
- Dave Chappelle
- Kevin Heart: Irresponsible
- Gabriel Iglesias: One Show Fits All
Drama
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
- Room
- The Social Network
- The Pianist
- Saving Mr. Banks
- Marriage Story
- Brain on Fire
- Pan’s Labrynth
Musicals
- Rent
- Cats
- Falsettos
- Sunday in the Park with George
- Billy Elliot The Musical
- Into the Woods
- Kiss Me, Kate
- Peter Pan
- Sweeney Todd
- Newsies
Work Out
Take a Spa Day
- Paint your nails
- Take a bath
- Put on a face mask
- If you have a partner, give each other massages
Beauty
- Learn a new hairstyle
- Try a new makeup look
Learn a Language
Here’s some websites where you can learn a new language:
For the Chef in You
Try a new recipe! Here’s some great apps & websites to get some inspiration from:
- Tasty
- YouTube
Things to Make You Laugh
- Turn on a show or movie and mute the TV. Create your own dialogue by voicing over the characters.
- Close your eyes and try to draw a self-portrait
- Hop on TikTok and do a voice-over, dance challenge, or just something silly!
For the Wordsmiths
- Write Poetry
- Write a Song
- Write a short story/novel
- Write a story with your family, each person taking turns writing a sentence, paragraph, etc.
For Puzzle-Solvers
- Do a Puzzle
- Solve a Rubiks Cube
- Complete the Harry Potter Online Escape Room
- Indoor Scavenger Hunt
Other Activities
- Make a list of things that you are grateful for
- Work on financial planning
