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What to Put In a Rainy Day Activity Kit

Rainy days can either be tedious hours on end or the stuff of legend. Check out our guide to making a rainy day kit that’s sure to keep boredom at bay.  

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Herb Press

An Herb Press offers an infinite number of kid-friendly, adult-friendly DIYs. Make cards to send to friends, deck out old floral lanterns, add pressed flowers to the front of school text book coverings, or you can just preserve especially beautiful specimens in a collage. Collect leaf trimmings from house plants or use up old bouquets for a cleaning and fun all-in-one.

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Activity Book

When in doubt, it’s alway safe to bet on an activity book (paired with gnome crayons of course!). We’re personally partial to[easyazon_link identifier=”1780674880″ locale=”US” tag=”gardcoll03-20″]botanic coloring books[/easyazon_link] (they are calming, after all). If coloring isn’t your child’s thing and they need something more active, try a [easyazon_link identifier=”0399161945″ locale=”US” tag=”gardcoll03-20″]Wreck This Journal[/easyazon_link].

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Science Kit

Science kits are a fun way to pass a rainy day and can be extended into educational afternoons by looking up the theories that make them work. (Learning can be fun, we promise.) Plus– you’ll have an awesome creation to show for at the end of the day. Not sure what science kits to start with? We’ve got a list of environmental and earth-based ones.

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Gnome Crayons

We love these gnome crayons because once you get bored of drawing with them (so long as you haven’t worn them down too much!) they double as fun figurines to play with. Hide throughout the house to make your own traveling gnome postcards or turn it into a version of hide and seek! An adorable way to keep the garden inside, even when the outdoors aren’t welcoming.

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Seed Paper

Of course, having paper in a boredom-busting kit is a staple. We like using seed paper because it’s a little more environmentally friendly, and we love the idea of just taking paper out to our garden when we’re done with it. Use the paper to make tiny indoor planters, paper air planes, or just do like olden days and draw on it.

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