Indoor Activities For Kids To Keep Them Engaged When They Are Bored

1. Kitchen – now your kid’s domain too!

I remember whenever my mother took me to the kitchen, how outwardly the entire thing felt! But soon I developed a taste for cooking and everything changed. I actually started enjoying cooking with my mother and that’s perhaps the only reason that I am a decent cook now! (*mama modest*).                 

My history inspired me to plan some fun cooking activities with my cute heart and let me tell you how I executed them!      

All about pancakes

My kid loves to eat pancakes and that’s the first dish we prepared together. While I let my kid mix all the ingredients together, I took charge of the hot griddle. (Obviously, I don’t want my kid to be around that ‘danger’ area – mama will manage that all). I taught him how to flip pancakes and told him not to get upset if the shapes don’t appear alright. He did exactly the same (Oh! my quick learner). 

We used butter, vanilla, and eggs to prepare the batter mixture. The electric mixer was well avoided though. I was constantly looking at his small hands when he was mixing everything so well. The batter came out oh-so-perfect and I planted a well-deserved kiss on his adorable face. He smiled at me and resumed his work (Pinch me, someone!)  I heated the griddle. He flipped them under my supervision. Pancakes were ready to be served. I cut some bananas and he insisted on adding some chocolate sauce. I did the same – obviously, he deserved a chocolaty reward!      

We also prepared some other hearty dishes together – simple, kid-friendly dishes. We baked muffins, prepared dosas, cookies, veggie pizza and so on!  His boredom definitely took a backseat after we did some really fun cooking together and the saga still continues. 

If you are not much of a cook and find it difficult to manage things, I suggest you get some readymade powder mixtures and prepare healthy snacks for kids, with kids.  You can go for Slurrp Farm’s Millet Pancakes and Millet Dosa mix and make your cooking session with your kid extra scrumptious and definitely healthy! 

 2. Other Indoor Fun Activities For Your Kid

From creating a scavenger hunt where you let them find a treasure using quirky cues to playing a board game together, from organizing your kid’s personal jingle singing competition (where you must lose, mark my words!) to let your kid write a fun story or a poem, there are numerous ways in which you can discourage your kid’s boredom (and yours too). You can also inspire your kid to take up small cleaning tasks or plan a cute sunbathing session with him. For the latter, use your courtyard or terrace, get the most comfortable chairs out, prepare a cool kid-friendly summer drink and embrace the sun like never before. 

If you are a working mother like I am, you can also go for kids’ movie screenings or bowling over the weekends. You can also take your little heart to kids’ karaoke singing sessions or maybe organize one at home (if that’s not too much for you to do)!

In the end, you know your kid better. So plan everything that your kid would love to do and kick-off the boredom like it never existed in the first place! 

Take my blessings already!