Rainy Day Indoor Activities With Safe DIY Crafts and Dishes

Key Takeaways

• You don’t need technology to have fun indoors on a rainy day.
• Arts and crafts can keep kids occupied for hours and help them develop their fine motor skills.
• Fun rainy day activities for kids include crafting paper plate animals, homemade playdough, and celery stamping art. You can also bake and decorate cookies.

When the weather is wet and gloomy, it can be a challenge to keep everyone entertained. That often leads to cranky toddler moods and cries for screen time.

But you don’t need technology to keep the little ones distracted from the dreary weather. From baking to painting, these indoor rainy day activities from Abiie® are perfect for kids and adults.

Make Paper Plate Animals

Rainy day activities for toddlers are about more than just challenging boredom. They can also help with learning and development, especially crafts like paper plate animals. This activity lets their imagination run wild, allowing them to design their animals any way they’d like. It also helps them refine their fine motor skills and gives them a sense of accomplishment.

These craft projects for toddlers will need:

• Paper plates
• Paint or crayons
• Scissors
• Glue
• Construction paper

How to Do This Art and Craft for Toddlers:

1. After gathering your materials, let your child choose which animals they want to make. 
2. Then, you can cut their features (ears, nose, etc.) whilst they paint/color the plate. 
3. They can glue their animals’ features on once their plates are dry.

Worried about the mess? You can have your toddler paint their plates on a deconstructed cardboard box, they can have fun in the high chair, or you can detach the removable tray cover from your Beyond Junior® wooden high chair and have them paint over it to keep the mess contained.

Make Homemade Playdough

Why get the store-bought stuff when you can make your own playdough? It’s one of the most fun indoor rainy day activities for toddlers and kids of all ages, and requires only simple ingredients:

• 1 cup flour
• ½ cup salt
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• Food colouring

How to Make Your Playdough

1. Mix your dry and wet ingredients separately, then combine them in a saucepan over medium heat until thick. This should take around 3 to 4 minutes.
2. Remove your mixture from the heat and allow it to cool on parchment paper or a floured cutting board.
3. Knead your dough, then divide it into as many colours as you’d like.
4. Add a few drops of food colouring to each ball and mix well. Tip: Let your kids mix it in a plastic bag to minimise the colour mess.
5. Play with your playdough! Once you’re finished, it can be stored in a container or a baby feeding set with a lid.

Bake and Decorate Sugar Cookies

Baking sugar cookies can be one of the most engaging (and delicious) rainy day activities for kids and toddlers. That’s because not only are sugar cookies easy to make, but they have a super forgiving dough that can be rolled out multiple times by toddlers who want to practice.

You can decorate the cookies when you’re finished with things like pre-made frosting, colourful sprinkles, and crushed candies. You could also try ‘painting’ with thinned food colouring and brushes for even more DIY fun.

Follow these tips for no-fuss rainy day activities for kids:

• Choose an eggless recipe to avoid any concerns about dough sampling.
• Use a larger-than-necessary bowl to help minimise spills as your toddler mixes ingredients.
• Use a safe step stool so they can participate comfortably.
• They can enjoy their creations on their Octopod® silicone plate from Abiie®, which sticks to their high chair tray and features divided sections to prevent their cookie toppings from mixing.

Create Celery Stamping Art

Have extra celery in your kitchen? Then, celery arts and crafts are perfect rainy day activities for you and your kids. They only require acrylic paint, paper, and, of course, celery.

Cut one piece of celery into 5 or 6 pieces. Then, let your kid dip it into paint and stamp out their artwork. 

Have a whole bunch of celery? Kids love celery stamping because it looks just like a flower. Cut the bottom half of the celery stalk to create your flowers. Your child can then dip the celery stalk in whatever paint colours they want and stamp their flowers. 

No need to fret if you don’t have any celery. These indoor rainy day activities for kids and toddlers also work with other fruits and veggies, like apples and peppers. 

Play Until the Rain Goes Away

Don’t let the rain stop you from having fun. From paper plate animals to celery-stamped flower art, any of these rainy day activities for kids will turn a gloomy day into one filled with learning and fun. So, grab your high chair and silicone dishes from Abiie®, set out your arts and crafts materials, and make the most of your rainy day.