Now that the winter months are here, I am dreading staying indoors, and finding things to do with my son. I mean, we do like the warm weather, but when it’s cold and snowy, we’d rather find things that keep us busy indoors. There are SOO many fun and different options for you to choose from.

Here are a few of our favorite indoor activities.

ABC Mouse More than 850 Lessons Across 10 Levels. The Step-by-Step Learning Path presents the full ABCmouse.com curriculum in a carefully designed program of more than 850 lessons in ten levels. As your child completes each lesson, he or she is guided to the next one and is motivated to continue learning by ABCmouse.com’s Tickets and Rewards System.
Discovery Box for Sensory Play – Dinosaur Theme Fun Sensory Play in a fully contained box. Explore different tactile materials such as water beads, modeling sand, or assorted beans..Find, hide, bury, or play with the included artifacts, rocks, gems, or figures.
A&M Pro Giant Kid’s Play Parachute Canopy with 16 Handles Engaging Fun & Learning: This parachute for kids color wheel helps encourage physical fitness while promoting social bonding, teamwork, and cooperation. Kids, Students and Teams: A wonderful way to teach important team and social values, this 12 foot child’s play parachute is great for backyards, gyms, or elementary schools.
Education Step-a-Logs – Balance Beams for Kids Stimulate creativity and gross motor skills. Balance beams are great for improving coordination and teaching confidence, while Step-a-Logs has convenient storage nesting inside each other. Connected with nylon rope, your child can create many different obstacles and the ribbed tops help prevent them from slipping.
Learning Advantage Joey Jump – Stomp and Catch Board Stomp and Catch your way to fun! Made to last out of a hard-wearing plastic, the Joey Jump teaches hand-eye coordination when they stomp on the board and launch a bean bag up to catch in mid-air.
Disney Coloring Books for Kids Toddlers Bulk Set (8 books and sticker pack) Coloring + Disney (mostly Mickey Mouse in this bundle) = a good time for any kid. These Disney and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse coloring books will provide many hours of fun with games, puzzles, mazes and coloring activities. Learning and art all rolled into one.
Creativity for Kids Hide and Seek Rock Painting Kit – Spread Kindness and Customize 10 Rocks Hide & Seek Rock Painting is a fun way to spread kindness, encouragement and happiness throughout your community – one rock at a time. Plus, you can share your rocks on Instagram and Facebook or local rock groups. To make this an indoor activity, simply hide and seek them inside rather than outside. This kit easily can make for a morning or afternoon of fun.
Melissa & Doug Jumbo Extra-Thick Cardboard Building Blocks – 40 Blocks in 3 Sizes You can find these building blocks in almost any daycare center. They are great for stacking, balancing, knocking down, engaging large muscle groups, and improving core strength due to their size (reach, twist, bend, and balance while your child builds). The bright colors just adds to the learning possibilities.
Little Tikes 3′ Trampoline – Amazon Exclusive Jumping on a trampoline means great exercise for your child and using up some of that pent-up energy from being inside. Designed to be easily moved allows you to bring it to different locations in your home so you can be productive while they are busy bouncing.
Fun Kids Bowling Play Set by ZenTeck [12-Piece] Thanks to the vibrant colors and light-weight material, this bowling set by ZenTeck is perfect for indoor play. Set up in a hallway, living room, even the kitchen and roll for a strike! Set up the pins and try again. Great for practicing math, numbers, and colors without even realizing the lessons.
Melissa & Doug First Play Wooden Spin & Feed Shape Sorter Shape Sorters are wonderful for matching, color and shape recognition, and fine motor skills. The tray attached provides an easy storage solution for the shapes. A cute puppy design attracts your child’s attention for playing.
TOP BRIGHT Activity Cube Toys Baby Educational Wooden Bead Maze Shape Sorter 7-in-1 Toys Created out of a durable wood, this activity cube inspires your kid’s creativity, develops their thinking and coordination skills, and enriches their cognitive ability. Each side has a different activity, including bead maze, color counting beads, rainbow gear, recognition clock, shape matching, digital animal flip board and fun maze. Surely, this cube will keep your kid busy on the cold, winter days.
Water Beads Sensory Bin Therapy Kits – 4 Dew Drop Sets Included Perfect for early childhood education and development and sensory play. Water beads swell to marble-size when hydrated for a fun area to play in and shrink back to size once dry. Each set includes 15 toy animals. Make a whole new world to explore!
Li’l Gen Water Beads with Fine Motor Skills Toy Set, Non-Toxic Water Sensory Toy for Kids These water beads swell and shrink like the previous, but are wonderful for color sorting. Non-toxic and soothing, they will provide hours of inside playtime interest. The two scoopers and two tweezers enhance hand-eye coordination through motor skills. They can scoop, tweeze, and grab their way to a well-rounded development!