Turn Your Living Room into an Adventure Playground

It isn’t always possible to go places during the summer. There will be some days when you’re at home with the little ones, and keeping them entertained isn’t always the easiest.

A little imagination and using what’s around you can go a long way. Our ways to make your living room an adventure playground are full of simple activities you can organize from home.

All of the ideas use things you should already have at home, and will set you back little to nothing. Try more than a few of the ideas, and enjoy some quality time at home together. Save these ideas for those days you can’t go to parks, the swimming pool, or summer events.

Bowling with a soft ball and plastic bottles.

‘Floor is Lava’ course with cushions.

Painter’s tape maze on a hard floor.

Limbo dance with mop, two high stools or chairs, and music.

Crawl-through tunnel with dining room chairs or tables.

Paper airplane races.

Hoops challenge with a ball of rolled socks and a laundry basket.

‘Egg and spoon’ race with spoons and some type of spherical object, like a foam ball or marbles.

‘Find the toys hidden in the living room’ timed contest.

‘Between-the-knees’ waddle race with a balloon.

‘Get to the island’ with a rug as the island and sheets of paper on the floor as stepping stones with challenges or ‘go forward/backward’ written on them.

Blanket fort movie night with two dining room chairs, a large sheet, cushions, and a tablet to watch a movie on.

Bounce a balloon or beach ball as many times as you can before it touches the floor.

Painter’s tape tic-tac-toe or hopscotch.

Simple challenges written on sticky notes and placed around the room (e.g., jumping jacks).

Plastic cup tower building or knock-down points scoring with a ball of rolled socks and increasing distances.

Get the Turn Your Living Room into an Adventure Playground printable here.