24 Awesome And Inexpensive Activities To Keep Bored Kids Busy.

Looking for ideas to keep the kids busy during the holidays?

Not easy to amuse them without putting your hand in your pocket!

Fortunately, we have selected for you 24 super fun ideas that your children will love .

The awesome thing? These at-home activities are easy and don't cost much.

Enough to occupy them for hours without breaking the bank! Watch:

1. Use masking tape to make a circuit for cars

2. Instead of using multicolored chalks, use masking tape to play hopscotch around the house

Want to play hopscotch? So start by installing the hopscotch. If you're playing indoors, use colored tape to do the numbers on the tiles of the tile. It will certainly keep your toddlers busy for a while!

3. Play a game of darts with some sponges and chalk

4. Remember those dolls you could dress up? They were made of paper and you had to cut out the clothes and accessories with a pair of scissors

Update this game and make it more realistic with the help of a box of chalks and old clothes for children who are too small.

5. Turn your driveway into a colorful masterpiece by blasting plastic bags full of paint

To make these colored bombs, you need:
- plastic zipper bags
- 2 tablespoons of cornstarch
- food coloring or liquid water-based paint
- white vinegar
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- paper towels or paper towels

Mix the cornstarch and food coloring in the bag. Then fill 1/3 of the plastic bag with white vinegar. Take a piece of paper towel and put baking soda in the middle. Fold the paper back on itself to make a bomb. Place the bomb in the bag and close it. Shake the bag very hard. The bag will expand.

And a few minutes later... BOOM! Your driveway will be covered in paint and your kids will be the happiest!

6. Paint with liquid glue and food coloring. You will be surprised by the result

To make your canvas, use for example the lid of a box of cottage cheese.

7. Use bubble wrap to paint with feet

Here's another fun way to keep your kids busy and entertained. For this activity you need bubble wrap, washable paint and a large piece of painting paper

8. Make your own throwing game

You need a tarp, thick rope, a marker and tape.

9. Build a tower with sponges cut into pieces

This activity will calm your restless kids and help them focus on something fun and colorful.

10. Tape a roll of Paper Towel on the wall to play a game of skill

Children will try to drop small balls directly into the bucket on the ground. It's a great activity for kids ages 2-3.

11. Make a sewing workshop for children with a piece of burlap

With this manual activity, you help your children develop their fine motor skills at home.

12. Use a box filled with sugar so that your children can draw like on the sand at the beach

Children love to play with sand. They can spend hours writing letters and making pictures in the sand on the beach. If you want to do this activity at home, use a box filled with sugar and a pencil. You can print letters and ask your children to reproduce them. It is an ideal activity for children from 3 to 5 years old.

13. How about going camping? Don't forget to make a small indoor campfire!

All you need is a small rechargeable lamp and a few rolls of paper towel.

14. Make a rocket out of an inflatable balloon

For this you need:
- a piece of yarn or a 2 meter fishing line
- a ball
- 2 chairs
- a straw
- Scotch
- a pair of scissors

To start, tie a piece of string to the back of a chair. Then thread the straw on the string, from the other end. Tie the other end of the string to the back of the second chair. Inflate the balloon but do not tie a knot. Tie the balloon to the straw with tape. And now let your rocket take off!

15. Do your indoor bowling using erasers and balls

The kids will love it and it will be much cheaper than going to the real local bowling alley!

16. If you create a spider's web with woolen threads and explain to the children that they are on a special mission, they will quickly turn into superheroes;-)

17. Put a piece of soap for 4 min in the microwave and get an incredible cloud of soap

18. You can organize a real tennis tournament using paper plates, wooden sticks and inflatable balls

What's great is that kids won't be able to break grandma's favorite vase while playing this game!

19. Make a giant spider web using masking tape

Then make little paper balls and throw them on the canvas so that they cling!

20. If you have a staircase in your house, turn it into an indoor slide

All you need is a box... and an adult to supervise it all :-)

21. Make a rainbow snake out of soap bubbles

What you will need:
- a plastic bottle
- a sock
- Scotch
- food coloring
- washing up liquid

Cut off the bottom of the plastic bottle and put a sock on it. It also works with a glove. Put some food coloring on the sock. Mix dishwashing liquid with water in a container. Dip the sock into the soapy mixture and start blowing into the neck of the bottle. Discover the tutorial here.

22. Or giant soap bubbles

To make a giant soap bubble, you need soap bubble liquid and a special medium. You can use a hoop or two sticks connected by a rope.

23. Put children's modeling clay into an inflatable ball to get a surprising new toy

You can even turn your new toys into funny figures by drawing eyes and a mouth on the balloons.

24. Let your children become designers and design their own collection of fancy clothes

All you need are markers and an old t-shirt, then let their imagination run wild!

Your turn...

Have you tried these budget ideas to keep the kids busy on vacation? Let us know in the comments if it worked for you. We can't wait to read you!