The other day I wrote a post about how to keep the kids busy indoors during cold or rainy days. There are a lot of ideas in that post that really work for us.
One activity I mentioned is to set up an obstacle course. On Monday, building off of that idea, I set up ‘workout’ stations for the kids on the main floor.
They *loved* them. They were happy to be moving and active and I choose activities that would keep their interest.
I set up three stations:
Jumping Jacks
The Plank (they lie on the floor and kind of ‘fly’ like Superman)
The Maze
For the Maze I used painters tape and made a low section to jump over, then two higher ropes to glide under.
The kids had a blast, each taking turns going through the course over and over again (and I got to sneak in some indoor exercise for all of us!)
How are you keeping active in the cold weather?
This is such a great idea when it’s too cold to go outside! We find on the rainy weekend days, that we will pull out all of our fav. board games and or puzzles and try to play as many as possible! It keeps everyone busy, and really passes the time and the bad weather
Great Post -Kate
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Love it! We SO need this stuff in rainy, windy Seattle!! TY for sharing with us!
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