150 Screen Free Activities for Kids

Looking for something the kids can do? Check out 150 screen free activities for kids — you’re sure to find something they’ll enjoy!

When our oldest two were younger, we had video games in the house. We quickly realized those games had a tendency to be a little addictive. Not only that, playing the games altered their personalities for hours afterwards. They were cranky and unresponsive. Activities our kids used to love fell by the wayside. We removed the video games, and things improved. We soon realized, though, that TV had a similar effect.

Today, our family watches a few educational YouTube videos or short movies (like What’s in the Bible with Buck Denver?) a week, and maybe a family movie a few times a month. The rest of the time, we’re screen free. It works for us.

Last year, I made a list of 100+ Screen Free Activities for Teens. Here’s a fun list of activities for your younger kids. These screen free activities are all tested and approved by my four kids.

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Screen Free Activities for Kids

1. Read a book.
2. Keep a daily journal.
3. Play a card game.
4. Write to a pen pal.
5. Draw a picture.
6. Start a nature journal.
7. Build with LEGOs.
8. Ride a bike.
9. Go swimming.
10. Collect and press leaves.
11. Jump on a trampoline.
12. Ride a skateboard or scooter.
13. Practice shooting hoops.
14. Paint with watercolors.
15. Write a poem.
16. Learn to do a handstand.
17. Play a board game.
18. Learn to play solitaire.
19. Put on a skit.
20. Make a Bible craft.

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Make popsicle stick puppets with cardstock and markers. Act out a Bible story.
Read a Bible story.
Draw a picture of a favorite book character.
Memorize a Bible verse.
Learn how to make a simple meal.
Collect stamps.
Clean your room.
Make a snowman.
Learn how to French braid hair.
Play with K’Nex. Build a historic building or vehicle.
Make a city out of blocks.
Put together a floor puzzle.
Visit a waterfall.
Do a challenging dot-to-dot.
Color in a Dover coloring book.
Look through an atlas and draw a continent or country.
Learn to use a pogo stick.
Visit a science museum.
Go for a walk.
Make a sandcastle.
Have a snowball fight.
Draw a map of a fantasy world from a book–like Narnia.
Learn to crochet.
Visit a retirement home.
Read a book to your parents or with your parents.
Do a chore for mom.
Build a dam in a creek. Stay with a parent around water.
Decorate a hat.
Make a scrapbook.
Have a playdate.
Collect coins.
Back and decorate cookies or cupcakes.
Make and paint a birdhouse.
Build a playhouse.
Plant some seeds and care for them.
Learn to weed.
Go to the zoo.
Get a fish and care for it.
Visit a children’s museum.
Dig a hole. (This was a favorite in our home.)
Fill your hole with water. (Another favorite.)
Put leaves and sticks in your water-filled hole. (Hours of fun!)
Take a bath.
Look at a magazine.
Jump rope.
Listen to an audio adventure.
Go sledding.
Play hide and seek.
Visit a mountain.
Read a Bible story to a younger sibling.
Build a train track and play with the trains.
Go to the park.
Write a story.
Build a fort.
Have a water balloon fight.
Swing.
Play with PlayDoh.
Pretend play.
Have a NERF battle.
Join a soccer team.
Play a pretend game.
Build with Lincoln Logs.
Play dress-up.
Cook something in your play kitchen.
Take a family day-trip.
Play with a doll house.
Put on a puppet play.
Sword fight.
Make jewelry.
Climb a tree (if your mom or dad approves)!
Decorate a shirt.
Play tag.
Visit a farm.
Play foosball.
Draw a comic book.
Decorate a walking stick.
Collect stickers.
Draw on your driveway or sidewalk with sidewalk chalk. Look out for cars!
Play in the sprinkler.
Build an igloo.
Visit a creek–look for crawdads. Be sure to stay with a parent.
Go camping.

We live in a great big world. Encourage your kids to get out there and live a little!

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Puzzle-Based Independent Bible Study for Kids!

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” – Romans 12:2, ESV

Bible Investigators | Bible Puzzles for Kids

Good Bible Investigators:

- Observe: They pay attention to what they’re reading.
- Interpret: They figure out what the Bible means in that section.
- Apply: They decide how the truth of God’s Word impacts their life today.

There are a great many truths in life to be found—some interesting, some boring, and some that really matter. You can be the kind of investigator who spends time puzzling out important truth so that you can know all the knowable knowledge that God has given us. That’s right. God, the Creator of the Universe, gave you a great big letter from him to explore and study so that you can discover the truths that really matter to your life!”

Bible Investigators: Creation, (The Good Book Company, 2024), page 7

The Bible Investigators: Creation Bible study for kids, written by Danika Cooley and published by The Good Book Company, is 272-pages of learning, puzzles, and fun activities designed to help your kids become amazing independent Bible investigators–observing, interpreting, and applying God’s Word as they learn what the Bible teaches on a particular subject.

Bible Puzzles for Kids

Middle grade kids, aged 8-12, love puzzles. After all, their brains are just built for figuring things out and memorizing facts. Puzzles are a wonderful way to help kids develop logic skills and retain important information. And, the book is written in a fun, conversational tone your children are sure to love!

What types of puzzles and activities will you find in Bible Investigators?

- Word Searches
- Crosswords
- Rebus Puzzles
- Dot-to-Dots
- Logic Puzzles
- Missing Letter Puzzles
- Cryptograms
- Word Sudoku
- Mazes
- How-to-Draw Pages
- Matching Pairs
- Word Scrambles
- Journal Pages