100+ Screen-Free Activities For Kids (with printable)

Last year, we spent eight months in a caravan. A lot of that time we didn’t have electricity, only solar power, which meant we relied heavily on the sun for our power. This meant we had to be very careful with our power usage. This also led to many screen-free activities; no tv, video games; screens of any kind. This actually turned out to be a real blessing to our family. We started spending more quality time together and really enjoyed it. If you too are crazy about seeing your kids glued to a screen, then this is the list for you!

For ease of use, I have categorised the 100+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids  into 3 parts: activities you can do at home, activities you can do out and about and activities that you can do weather-permitting.

At Home:

1. Read a Book
2. Make Super Soft Playdough or Scented Playdough
3. Make Slime
4. Build a cubby house or fort
5. Blow bubbles
6. Play handball
7. Draw a picture with chalk on the driveway or side walk
8. Do some bird watching
9. Hunt for bugs and insects
10. Jump rope
11. Write a poem
12. Paint a Picture
13. Read the Bible
14. Create with Lego
15. Bake some cookies or a cake
16. Throw a frisbee or boomerang
17. Make some crayon shapes with broken crayons
18. Make some Fake Snot
19. Make some Fake Blood
20. Create with kinetic sand
21. Play a board game
22. Play a card game
23. Build a marble run
24. Complete a Lego Bible Challenge
25. Make a Bird Feeder
26. Make Lavender Wands
27. Make some Sherbet
28. Make some Bath Fizzies
29. Make some Marbled Paper to write letters on
30. Hid some treasure and make a treasure map to find it
31. Make some musical instruments and start a band
32. Write a Play, practice it and then put on a show
33. Make some Story Stones and then write a story with them
34. Make some puppets
35. Play hopscotch
36. Race toy cars
37. Sew some clothes for your dolls
38. Make some paper doily flowers
39. Write a letter or postcard
40. Help clean the house or your bedroom
41. Water the plants
42. Ride your bike / scooter
43. Play catch
44. Make mud pies
45. Play freeze tag
46. Play hide and seek
47. Pick a topic and make a sensory bin
48. Make people out of toilet rolls and put on a play
49. Make paper planes and race them
50. Build a tower out of plastic cups
51. Make light sabers from pool noodles
52. Write a song and sing it
53. Turn on some music and dance
54. Create origami
55. Plant some sunflowers seeds and watch them grow
56. Make a catapult
57. Make a simple compass
58. Make some Colour Changing Magic Potion
59. Stick a Skewer Through a Balloon
60. Make shadow puppets
61. Play dressing up
62. Make some salt dough ornaments
63. Decorate some flowerpots
64. Create a self-portrait
65. Create a fairy garden
66. Start a journal
67. Make some jewellery
68. Shoot hoops
69. Wash the car
70. Make a boredom buster jar
71. Create your own crosswords or word searches
72. Have a clean out and create a sculpture with your junk
73. Make wooden spoon puppets
74. Write your own joke book
75. Make a paperweight
76. Collect some twigs and make a sculpture
77. Write secrets messages and try to decode them
78. Write your own comic strip / book
79. Have a bubble bath
80. Write to a pen pal
81. Start a Lemonade Stand
82. Do a puzzle together
83. Look through family photos and share your memories
84. Build an obstacle course and see who can run it the fastest
85. Make a string telephone to talk to each other
86. Make a bubble wrap painting
87. Paint with toy cars by rolling the wheels through paint and rolling them onto paper
88. Do some straw weaving
89. Make a collage with pictures you have cut out from a catalogue

Out and About:

90. Go on a picnic
91. Go on a hike
92. Visit the library
93. Go for a walk
94. Visit a playground
95. Go on a scavenger hunt
96. Skip rocks
97. Start a rock collection
98. Make a kit and then go fly it
99. Go for a bike ride / scooter
100. Go fishing
101. Go to a museum
102. Go geocaching
103. Head to the pool or a swimming hole
104. Go to the zoo

Weather Permitting:

105. Go to the beach
106. Build a sandcastle
107. Build a snowman
108. Make a snow angel
109. Run through the sprinkler
110. Look at the clouds and make them into shapes
111. Have a backyard campout
112. Have a water balloon fight
113. Have a bonfire
114. Jump in the puddles

To make it easier for you, I have made these Screen-Free Activities into a printable list for easy reference. Print it out on white cardboard, laminate it and pin it up where the children can easily read it.

DOWNLOAD THE PRINTABLE LIST HERE