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When kids get stuck in the house on a rainy day it can drive both the kids and the parents crazy. The Internet is a real life-saver on days when there’s not much to do. With free printable activities and online activities, families can plan a day of challenging fun. From coloring and crafts to a game of bed sheet ping-pong, the links below offer ideas for a full day of rainy-day fun. 

Coloring & Activity Pages 

• Coloring Book Fun has printable coloring sheets organized into popular categories.
• DLTK has a free coloring page that includes coloring sheets and dot-to-dot sheets.
• Free Coloring Pages has printable and online coloring activities.
• Mirror Eyes has printable crossword puzzles and word searches suitable for older kids.
• ABC Teach has educational crossword puzzles based on subject and grade level.
• Livewire Puzzles has a slew of printable word searches, including a section for kids.
• Wordplay Puzzles has an assortment of brainteasers, anagrams, and puzzles that can be printed and played at home.
• Free Sudokus is a free printables site that offers Sudoku puzzles for beginners to advanced.
• Brain Teaser Worksheets is a site that offers free printable brain teasers that offer differing degrees of challenge.
• Dot to Dot Printables is an assortment of dot-to-dot activities arranged in fun categories. 

Arts & Crafts 

• Teachnet offers a variety of playdough recipes for making playdough at home. Recipes include a no-cook clay and peanut butter dough.
• 10 Paper Airplanes gives animated instructions and photos for making ten different types of paper airplanes.
• DLTK Kids gives instructions for making paper mache.
• Pioneer Thinking offers different recipes for modeling clay for projects that require the clay to harden.
• Danielle's Place has a whole section on different crafts kids can make from paper plates and cups.
• Egg Carton Crafts lists ideas for crafts made from egg cartons. Suitable for both younger and older children.
• Kaboose offers a holiday craft finder so kids can make crafts suitable for upcoming holidays.
• Family Corner offers an idea for making flowers from coffee filters.
• Make Paper! shows kids how to recycle paper by turning it into new paper. This is a great activity for multiple rainy days since the paper must dry overnight.
• Amazing Moms has ideas for creating art and sculptures from toothpicks and candy. 

Educational Online Activities 

• thebestkidsbooksite offers a hodge podge of interactive activities for kids to do online. Activities include stories, crafts, and games.
• Starfall is a beginning readers site that offers interactive learning games and phonics practice.
• FunBrain.com offers reading and math activities for kids up to 8^th grade.
• Tumblebooks is a free online storybook site offered by the Santa Clara City Library.
• Brain Boosters offers kids a chance to practice basic skills with interactive online activities. 
• The Problem Site offers activities for one or two players and is suitable for older kids who need something to do. 

Indoor Games 

• Tools for Educators offers a board game maker that allows parents to customize printable board games.
• Kids Games offers ideas for a variety of indoor games, including the rhymes for popular skipping games.
• Family Fun has an index of indoor games that include directions and variations.
• Tabletop games includes more ideas from Family Fun for games that utilize the top of a dining room table.
• Fun Kids Games includes ideas for preschool aged children to play inside, such as teddy bear games.
• University of Maryland offers directions for playing indoor charades.
• The Ultimate Camp Resource offers ideas for rainy days, such as bedsheet ping pong and balloon baseball.
• FamilyEducation.com has the rules for a variety of card games, including Go Boom and Cards in a Hat.
• Handipoints has indoor game suggestions for two or more children, including ring pencil and capturing enemy soldiers.
• Get Kids in Action has some traditional ideas for indoor games, such as hula hoops and foam ball games.

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