In a culture of junk food and excessive screen time โ we encourage kids to HAVE FUN IN A HEALTHY WAY! We compiled a list of 50 screen-free activities that will spark creativity, inspire learning, promote health, and build happy memories. These are activities that can be done alone or in groups, inside or outside! Let us know your favorite ones!
โPlay is the highest expression of human development in childhood, for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child's soul.โ - Friedrich Froebel
50 SCREEN-FREE ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS
INSIDE ACTIVITIES
Play โdentist appointmentโ with your toys/dolls
Brush & floss your teeth!
Create a friendship bracelet from string & beads
Read a novel
Coloring book, word search puzzle book
Learn something new in a how-to book
Build a fortress from cardboard boxes
Play fun music & have a dance party
Practice a musical instrument
Write a letter to a relative
Play solitaire with cards
Learn origami with paper
Paint with watercolors
Bake something yummy
Launch paper airplanes
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Grow a vegetable or flower garden
Lay in the grass & watch the clouds
Watch a sunrise/sunset
Star gaze at night
Enjoy a bonfire outside
Camp out in your backyard
Create a bouquet of wildflowers
Search for mushrooms & draw a picture of them
Gather nature items & make a collage
Go fishing or swimming
Fly a kite
Teach your pet a new trick
Wash the car
Blow big bubbles with dish soap
Build a tree fort
TEAM ACTIVITIES
Play hide & seek with flashlights one evening
Play a board game
Put on a puppet show
Have a tea party
Put on a talent show with your family & friends
Color sidewalks with chalk & invite neighbors to join
Sing karaoke
Build a tall tower from marshmallows & toothpicks
Make a marble rollercoaster
Cook a new recipe with your family
AROUND-TOWN ACTIVITIES
Get your teeth deep cleaned at Sunshine Childrenโs Dentistry
Walk on the beach & search for shark teeth
Paint kindness rocks & hide them around town
Go through your closet & find items to donate locally
Volunteer at a local non-profit
Learn something new at a local museum
Pick up litter around your neighborhood/park/school
Go to the library & pick out a fun book
Play putt-putt golf
Go bowling
To ensure all your childrenโs teeth are ready to SMILE all year long, be sure to visit Sunshine Childrenโs Dentistry. The American Dental Association recommends oral checkups twice annually for children (and adults, too). QUESTIONS? We are a resource to you and are happy to answer any questions you may have about your childโs changing smile. We believe that oral health should be FUN and something to SMILE about! f you ever need to reach us, our number is 910.762.7736.
For more helpful resources and fun activities, be sure to read our other Blog Articles.
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