3Milemom ideas for being quarantined with your family

Thoughts on a Walk by 3Milemom

I am trying to shift my perspective and thinking about this as a sabbath, instead of a snow day. It’s going to be a time to rest, without distractions of our own obligations. It’s a time for us to love the people best right within our own walls. It’s a time to slow, and find new rhythms, to try new things and things we haven’t had a time for. It’s a time to cook and experiment, and a time to be lazy, and watch movies and read books. And also a friendly reminder, mostly to myself, this is going to be a marathon, not a sprint… So let’s do this. Together. Thanks for listening!

Quarantined activities

• Outside
  • Walk
  • Run
  • Do speed work in your driveway! Try Sprints
  • Bike
  • Clean up your yard, pull weeds, pick up sticks, rake your leaves
  • Chalk! Play hopscotch, chalk your driveway, your neighbors driveways with a fun message
  • Fly a kit
  • Bubbles!
  • Plant something
  • Play sports!
  • Make a compost pile for gardens/plants
  • Make a bird feeder
  • Bird watch, catalog the birds or animals you see every day

Write

• Write and send letters
• Keep a journal, prayer journal, gratitude
• Write a store
• Write a prequel/sequel about your favorite movie

Books

• Read books (Books I read in 2019)
• Virtual book club
• Read books via facetime to others
• Listen to audio books
• Book swaps
• Write a book review, video it!

Music

• Make and share Playlists
• Listen to podcasts
• Make up dance videos
• FaceTime others and practice singing, or playing instruments song together
• Write a song
• Learn something off YouTube – how to sing, play, read music

Exercise

• Run / Walk – doesn’t matter what shape you are in!
• Yoga
• Competitions – push ups, jumping jacks, planks, sit ups

Cooking

• Top chef
• Bake off
• Bake cookies
• Bake bread
• Cook around the world
• Progressive dinner, each person make/pick one part of the meal
• Picnic in your home/yard
• Fancy dinner where everyone dresses up
• Chocolate chip cookie contest, try a few different recipes and have test testers to make a vote
• Pretend cooking shows, record making something
• Make something you don’t normally have time to do

Games

• Board games
• Board games tournament, like a bracket style
• Puzzles
• Blocks
• See what you can build or repurpose from recycling
• Make your own pictionary, or charades, or “fishbowl”
• Make up your own scavenger hunt
• Easter egg hunt (put puzzles pieces, or clues in them)
• Have a fashion show! Pick themes and find outfits in your own closets to dress up and give fun prizes or awards

Art

• Paint rocks of encouragement and leave them around your neighborhood
• Paint recycle goods
• Make a comic strip/ flip books
• Make a birdhouse
• Draw your back/front porch
• Draw your family
• Print your pictures and make a photo album, or scrapbook
• Look at old photos and tell the stories, memories together as a family

Organize

• Pantry
• Kitchen
• Basement/Storage
• Clothes & Closets
• Toys, books, games – see if you can do a book swap or a game swap
• Movies/DVDs
• Photos