10 rainy-day boredom busters for 4–7 year olds

• Couch-cushion fort — then eat lunch in it
• Masking-tape road on the floor for toy cars
• Indoor scavenger hunt: “find something red, something soft, something older than you”
• Cardboard box anything: car, rocket, robot costume
• Sock-ball target practice into laundry baskets
• Build a marble run out of toilet paper tubes taped to a wall
• Kid-led cooking: they make the sandwiches, you make the rules
• Flashlight shadow puppets in a dark room
• Living-room obstacle course with a stopwatch
• Write and “record” a radio show on your phone

Dad tip: Let them help clean up as part of the game. Timer on. Beat the clock.