Keeping Kids entertained...and keeping yourself sane.

As the weather goes from sunny blue skies and gray, snowy ones, the kids go from playing outside to staying indoors. Indoors means kids running through the house like there is something on fire, all members of household are deaf, and the mountains of toys that fill every corner of your house now seem invisible.

Sigh.

How to keep the kids busy when the weather isn't too friendly for the kids to go outdoors?

I tend to lean toward arts and crafts. My kids tend to LOVE doing all sorts of different things like painting, cutting out paper and glueing... here's a list of some of the arts and crafts we've tried out.

1.
Assorted Animals Puppet Kit By Martha Stewart Create

2.
Zoo Animal Puppet Kit by Martha Stewart Create

3.
The Usborne Book of Art Ideas (Usborne Art Ideas)

4.
Elmer's Fantastic Finger Paint Pack of 32, with Paper, Smock & Table Mat Included

5.
Melissa & Doug Dinosaur Stamp Set

6. Spider-Man 3: Coloring and Activity Book and Sticky Spider


So the last two might be a little boy-centric - but that's what I got. Most of the time, I've seen that if the kids are occupied with something constructive, they tend to not act so much like maniacs. And non-maniacal kids means a happy afternoon for momma.