05/23/2025
⬇️⬇️⬇️🌦️Fun indoor activity ideas below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
☀️Sending sunny vibes your way this Memorial Day weekend! 🇺🇸 If the rain clouds roll in, don’t worry—we’ve got you covered with fun indoor occupational therapy tips and activities to keep the kids engaged and regulated. Let the cozy creativity begin! 🌧️🖍️✨
💪 Gross Motor Activities (Burn Energy Indoors)
1. Obstacle Course – Use pillows, chairs, and blankets to crawl under, jump over, and climb through.
2. Animal Walks – Crab walks, bear crawls, and frog jumps help with core strength and motor planning.
3. Dance Party – Freeze dance or follow-the-leader improves coordination and self-regulation.
4. Balloon Volleyball – Great for visual tracking and upper body strengthening.
5. Yoga for Kids – Calms the nervous system and builds balance and body awareness.
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✋ Fine Motor Fun
1. Play Dough Creations – Strengthens hands and fingers; add tools for extra challenge.
2. Lacing Cards or Beading – Promotes bilateral coordination and visual motor skills.
3. Sticker Art or Tearing Paper Crafts – Builds finger strength and control.
4. Indoor Scavenger Hunt with Clues to Draw or Write – Enhances fine motor, visual scanning, and literacy.
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🧠 Executive Function & Sensory Play
1. Build a Fort or “Calm Cave” – Encourages planning, creativity, and provides a cozy sensory retreat.
2. Baking Together – Teaches sequencing, measuring, and following directions (plus great tactile input!).
3. Sensory Bins – Fill containers with rice, beans, or kinetic sand and hide objects for discovery play.
4. Board Games or Card Games – Practice turn-taking, focus, and problem-solving.
5. Make Your Own Mini “OT Gym” – Rotate stations like wall push-ups, jump count challenge, and balance beam with tape.
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