Playing indoors
If your children enjoy arts and crafts, keep some cardboard boxes back before putting them in your recycling, these can be used to make anything your child imagines! Painting, drawing or using playdoh can also keep the kids busy. Have a look in the kitchen cupboards and enjoy some cooking or baking with your children, remember it doesn’t have to be complicated.
Board games and puzzles are a good way to keep children occupied, and if you need some new ones, these can often be picked up in charity shops for much cheaper than buying new. If your children enjoy teddies, why not bring them downstairs for a teddy bear picnic? Reading together is also a lovely, free way to spend quality time with your child, you can snuggle up on the sofa with a book or a children’s film with some snacks.