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STEM Toys10 National Children's Day Fun Activities For Kids
National Children’s Day is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the joy, imagination, and boundless energy of your little ones. It’s a day to appreciate them for all they do. While sweets and presents are always welcome, let’s do it a little differently this year.
You may wonder, “How?” Well, how about we try to focus on shared experiences together and activities that spark curiosity, foster creativity, and build confidence?
Whether you have a toddler or a teen, these 10 National Children’s Day screen-free activities will offer you a perfect mix of fun learning and play for a day full of giggles and growth. We hope they love these activities as much as we loved brainstorming them.
Let’s take a look!
1. Craft and Chill!
Turn a small corner of your house into a vibrant craft space. Think of all the different kinds of art supplies you can gather that are appropriate to your child’s age and interest. Some of the supplies can be:
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Stickers
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Safe scissors
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Origami papers
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Cutting machines
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Paper embellishments
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Ribbons and bows
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Jewelry findings
Creative activities like this one will fully engage your child while improving their fine motor skills. Moreover, they will find a beautiful outlet for expressing themselves.
We have a variety of arts and crafts sets to choose from. Here are some of them for you:
Foil Fun
Foil Fun is a magical, mess-free activity designed to inspire hours of sparkly fun. Transform foam stickers and magnets into dazzling works of art with shiny foil sheets! We have different types of foil fun for you to choose from based on your child’s interest. The different types are as follows:
All they need to do is select a picture canvas, apply sparkly foil sheets using the included stickers, and watch the picture come to life! While having fun, children will develop essential skills like creative expression, pincer grasp, hand-eye coordination, and bilateral hand coordination. It's an engaging way for them to enjoy, grow and learn!
Ultimate Art & Craft Activity Chest
Your one-stop arts & crafts supply kit with over 2000 pieces of art & craft supplies for kids to express themselves through the power of creativity. Use the included guide to create 20+ DIY crafts, or create your own unique work of art.
Moreover, this chest promotes skill-building and sparks creativity. Particularly, it fosters creative thinking, focus, attention, spatial reasoning, and fine motor skills. The chest comes in a box with multiple compartments and a sturdy handle, making it perfect for hassle-free storage & easy transportation.
2. Family Games Night
A good meal, comfortable seating, and a game to win — exciting, isn’t it? Turn off all the distractions and bring out a multiplayer game that brings everyone together, sparks laughter, and encourages healthy competition. Here are some suggestions for your screen-free family game night:
Charades
Charades is hands down the most popular family game of all time. 1 movie, no words, just action. Let’s see who can act out the movie title in a minute and who’s the first one to guess! To make it interesting and challenging, you may want to go beyond movie titles and include other categories such as cartoons, series, TV shows or any category of everyone’s interest.
Who Knows You Best?
It’s the ultimate card game for hilarious family fun. Inside the box, you'll discover 200 family-friendly who knows you best question cards guaranteed to spark laughter and reveal hidden secrets. From silly scenarios to heartfelt inquiries, these questions will keep the whole family entertained for hours. But that's not all. With 12 dry-erase answer cards and markers, you can jot down your guesses and reveal your answers in style.
Rapid Rumble
Rapid Rumble is the fastest, funniest, and most clever category game. Roll the die, set the timer, and get ready to rumble! Think fast and shout answers that match the category while using up as many Letter Cards as possible. The first player to get rid of all their Letter Cards wins! With 120 category cards spanning Animals, Things, Culture, Science, Nature, and more, no two rounds are the same. The challenge keeps changing, ensuring hours of laughter and fun.
You’ll find more fun options in our family games collection.
3. Bake Together
If your children enjoy cooking and love desserts, baking together might be a good option. Let them wear the apron and step into the role of a mini-baker for the evening. Choose a simple recipe like a mug cake, cupcakes, banana bread or cookies.
Take them along to shop for the ingredients and let them take the lead. Allow them to stir, pour, sprinkle, and taste along the process (with clean hands, of course). Baking will teach them measuring and patience. Moreover, when they see and taste the final result, they will feel a sense of accomplishment. Not to forget the joy of having a dessert you made with so much effort — it tastes 100 times better!
4. Build a Fort!
Looking forward to spending a lazy yet fun time? Build a fort with your kids. All you need is some bed sheets, cushions, and clothespins. Help your kids set up a magical fort in the living room. Put on some fairy lights if you have them. Arrange for some snacks to munch on and a drink to sip.
Make yourself comfortable inside the fort and let the night begin. You can read a book together, create a story, play guessing games, or watch a feel-good movie.
5. Who’s Got Talent?
It means the world to your kids when they see you cheer for them loudly and happily. Give them this feeling on National Children’s Day. Host a home talent show for your kids and invite their friends (and their parents, too).
Encourage everyone to prepare a short act of their choice — singing, dancing, acting, beatboxing, magic tricks, or storytelling. Design personalised tickets that will allow children to enter the talent show, arrange for some snacks like popcorn, and set up a mini-stage with fairy lights or a blanket backdrop.
Do record their performances and share them with your family for a sweet surprise. It’s a lovely confidence booster and an activity they will remember for years to come.
6. Picnic in the Park
It’s time to enjoy a good spread of food and drinks under the warm sun at the park. Make sure you put together a basket of their favourite food items. Think chips, cookies, and pizzas with something to drink. If you wish, create a bowl of chits with one-minute challenges written in them to make the picnic more interesting.
7. My Scrapbook
All of our photos today exist in a digital form, saved in our galleries. Unfortunately, they fall short of the magic that scrapbooks have. The ability to flip through pages, narrate the moment captured in the picture, and laugh over it is a sweet walk down memory lane.
Make use of this National Children’s Day as a screen-free day to relive memories with your children. Shortlist some pictures of them from the previous year and get them printed. Gather a scrapbook, glitter pens, normal pens, colours, stickers, and any other decorative material you may have.
Now, sit with your children and start putting these pictures together in the scrapbook. Have your children write a line or two next to the pictures and decorate the book as they like. When they grow up, these scrapbooks can serve as excellent time capsules for them. Best of all, you can turn this into a yearly ritual!
8. Scavenger Hunt
If you are looking for an activity that engages your kids physically as well as mentally, a scavenger hunt is a good choice. Design the hunt with custom clues, each clue leading to the next and finally to the prize. You can choose a particular theme, such as numerical puzzles, riddles, or detective mysteries.
Ensure that you choose a location your kids are familiar with. You may want to invite their friends over for this one because why not? The more, the merrier!
For more ideas, read our blog, 7 Kids' Scavenger Hunt Game Ideas to Encourage Problem-Solving Skills.
9. Obstacle Course
Turn your living room into an adventurous, safe space for your kids with homemade obstacle courses! All you need are everyday items like cushions, ropes, boxes, hula hoops, and soft toys.
Start with simple tasks, moving to more complex ones. Lay out a line of cushions to hop across. Then, place a broomstick over two stools to crawl under or simulate a tightrope using a rope on the ground to balance on. You can also have your kids crawl through tunnels made out of cardboard boxes.
For older kids, include challenges like walking with a spoon and a lemon, hopping on one foot, or even timing their run. This activity will get your kids up and going, bursting with energy and laughter.
10. I Spy!
Keep them guessing until they get it right! I Spy is a screen-free outdoor learning game that makes your children more observant while keeping their curiosity at an all-time high. Take your kids to a park or your backyard for this game and watch them enjoy their time.
Conclusion
National Children’s Day is an excellent opportunity to celebrate your children and spend some quality time with them. Whether it is playing a sport outdoors, creating a fort indoors, indulging in artistic activities or cooking together, each of these activities is aimed at developing cooperation and strengthening the bond you have!
Product links:
Foil Fun Range
Foil Fun Unicorns and Princesses
Foil Fun Magical Card-Making Set
Skillmatics Ultimate Art & Craft Activity Kit