Got the quarantine crazies? Believe us, we get it! The kids are stir crazy, you’re stir crazy, even the dogs are stir crazy. I’ve been trying to focus on the positive side of this and finding the silver lining. Remember when we used to pray for three day weekends, or extra time to knock out that project, read that book you keep putting off, or make that meal for your family that seems too much for busy weeknights? While we do have *much* more time at home than we were wishing for, try to use this time to check some of those items off your list! When things are back in full swing again, (and they will be), you will look back on this time and be grateful. Check out this list of activities if you need some ideas for you and the whole family!
Take the dog for a walk
Bake banana bread
Do a puzzle
Plant a garden
Play “fetch” with the dog
Paint your nails
Find some Pinterest recipes and try them out
Wash your make up brushes
Clean out your car
Organize the junk drawer
Read a book/magazine
Listen to a podcast
Landscape with some flowers, bushes, etc
Download an app or search for an online course to learn a new language
Facetime friends and relatives
Make a tik tok video
Work out! If you are stuck making up home workouts, you can YouTube anything- 30 min booty and ab workout, 40 minute leg workout, 20 min full body workout… the options are endless!
Do an Easter egg hunt with the kids
Find all the broken crayons, place in muffin tins, and melt in the oven to make giant rainbow crayons
Google how to make “slime”
Clean the baseboards
Rearrange the furniture
Build a fort
Bathe the pets
Clean out and wash your car
Clean and organize your purse
Make a scrapbook
Find a Pinterest craft
Play Go Fish (or any other card game)
Have a virtual dinner party and FaceTime your friends while you eat
Journal
Google an online yoga/pilates class, put your headphones in and take some time for yourself
Organize the pantry/closets
Water the plants
Meditate
Clean out your closet and donate clothes you don’t wear anymore
Sweep off the porch
Work on an outdoor living space for the summer
Dye Easter eggs
Bake a pie
Make homemade granola
Paint a room in the house
by: Katey McClenny