Play mail man

What you need:
Envelopes - you can buy at dollar store
Boxes - recycle your cereal boxes..etc
Sharpie/marker

Address envelopes and boxes with shapes, letters, numbers, or zip codes. Depending on your child's age. Stretch their minds a little ok?

Start by putting all boxes in one room, but in different areas.

Give kids envelopes to deliver explain how to do it and how the mail men do it.

If they do this well spread boxes to diffrent rooms. If they struggle try putting all the boxes on one rug and let them slowly work their way up to spreading out the boxes. :)

I promise it's fun and they'll get the hang of it!

Pretend Grocery shopping/clothing shopping

What you need:
Play food
Play appliances
Baskets/buggy
Books
Pretend money/ fake debit card
An object to use as a "scanner"
A calculator
A play phone
Toy computer (optional)
Space!

First bring out everything you need. Let kids help you sort foods putting food groups together. Use a cardboard box or whatever you can find to put foods that should be cold. Set up an appliance/book counter..etc set up your register station. Let kids take turns being shopper, stock boy/repair man, and clerk. Don't forget to ask customers if they need help. For older kids make shopping list and make sure they get what's on their list.

Camping indoors

Set up the tents, maybe a blow up boat, some lawn chairs, put a fire on the tv, turn off the lights and go camping. If your doing this at night you can use tin foil and flash light to make stars or a pillow pet. We like to tell stories pretend to go fish the works. It's a great expierence!  A should do! Prepare smores in microwave and roast weenies over the oven and tada indoor camping is a great success! And don't forget the campfire stories!!!

Indoor bowling

Use paper towel/Toliet paper tubes or recycled bottles

Decorate for fun

Use a soft ball as not to break the tubes

Set up 6-9 pins in the order of bowling pins.

Tape down a line or make a lane using ropes, blankets, rugs..etc

If ball goes out of line no score is held.

If you knock down all pins first go strike you get 15 points.  If you get a spare it's 10. Other than that you get 1 point per pin knock down.