13 Fun Things to Do at Home

If you’re looking for fresh ideas for a fun at home time, this is for you!

Below are 13 fun things to do at home as recommended by 8 experts.

Practice your cooking skills

When you have a few hours to kill at home, whip out that new, more complicated recipe you’ve been pushing off trying and give it a go.

Make your kitchen a Zen space by laying all the ingredients and supplies nicely, and blast some of your favorite tunes to get in a good mood. Then make the dish and revel in your accomplishment, paired, of course, with a glass of wine.

Spa night

If you’re looking for something fun and relaxing to do at home, set up a spa night! Make a DIY face mask, put on some spa music, and put your feet up to unwind.

Give yourself a manicure and pedicure as well, so that the effects of your spa night are long-lasting.

Make your own face masks

If you’re looking for a fun, unique, and actually useful activity to do at home, you can’t go past making your own face masks!

I’m working my way through making these DIY, all-natural face masks, and am having a blast! It’s definitely making me wish I started to make my own sooner – especially when I think of all the money I spent in the past on store-bought masks!

Not only is making your own masks a creative way to spend some “me time,” the masks are genuinely effective in helping your skin become more hydrated, softer, and smoother.

While store-bought masks are certainly convenient, there are usually loads of nasty chemicals in the ingredients. With homemade masks, you’ll know exactly what goes inside.

You could literally just eat all the ingredients as they’re just natural things you’ll find in your kitchen like fruits, vegetables, honey, yogurt, and olive oil.I

If your interest is piqued, I’d recommend starting off with my favorite, the Avocado Face Mask. It feels great, targets any dry skin, and involves avocados – how can you go wrong with that?

During the week, as we each are on the internet, we download photos that we think the other person will enjoy. Since we are designers, we are heavy on design ideas. But we also gather photos that are fun, interesting and inspiring.

And about once a week, we have a glass of wine and watch our accumulated photos as a slideshow. Great excuse for a glass of wine and is commercial-free entertainment.

Two things.

Periodically, (every couple months) my husband and I enjoy a movie night. Sometimes it’s just popcorn and drinks.

I’m creative, and because we have been married for over 45 years and I like to keep him on his toes, I’ll make quick mini-pizzas (a small container of Grands biscuits, flattened and topped with jar pizza sauce, cheese and pepperoni and baked for about 12 minutes). This is served with soda, wine etc.

We also enjoy entertaining at home. This is typically done on our glassed-in/screened sun porch. With white Christmas lights (which I adore) draping plants and an oriental screen etc, come dusk or night, soft music, snacks, and cocktails, the whole evening is both romantic and magical.

Play Just Dance

As a husband and father of four children under 8 years old, it is critical to me and my wife’s sanity to make sure we have PLENTY of FUN things to do at home!

Our children, in order, are three sons, 8, 6 and 3 years old, and one daughter who is turning 1 on Thanksgiving.

With all of that youthful energy, one of the things we like to do is dance! This comes in many varieties, but one of my favorite options was using pre-recorded “Just Dance” videos on YouTube.

When my boys were younger, they thought they were actually playing the video game and their movements were guiding the good scores they were earning.

Needless to say, they would get really, really excited when they would get 5 stars for their dancing.

This was a win/win for everyone!

The boys got their energy out and felt victorious in their dance moves. Mom and Dad had the pleasure of knowing they will sleep good tonight.

Have we set them up for years of future failure on wedding dance floors due to a bloated sense of dancing achievement? Probably.

But, it’s FUN to do at home! And, even more fun when the whole family jumps in. So, turn up the music and dance!

Quilling

One of the things I recently started doing at home is quilling.

My wife is interested in craft and one day she bought a quilling kit. Quilling is a technique where you use small pieces of paper and roll these to create decorative designs.

For example, miniature paper flowers or designs. This is someone you can do alone at home and I found it quite satisfying. It needed a lot of focus to create this and was a welcome change from spending time on phone or laptop.

Apart from the fun part, I also found quilling to have a similar impact as meditation. It’s a great fun thing that anyone in any age group can do.

Practice yoga at home. This not only gets your recommended daily dose of exercise but is also a fun activity that has you feeling relaxed afterward.

Find an online yoga tutorial, or purchase a specialized DVD, then lay out your yoga mat and start stretching. You can also invite your friends over to practice yoga with you, where you can all complete a group yoga workout.

This takes the costs out of visiting a gym or yoga session and provides you with a unique way to socialize with your friends during the week.

I think there are many fun things that you can do while at home.

If you are a food lover just try a new recipe or if you love reading, just get a new book for yourself.

You can also make some great crafts or try exciting DIY ideas. Just make a great piece of jewelry with a DIY jewelry kit. You can find many such kits and DIY ideas on several websites like Shop LC, Etsy, and Jtv. You can also learn a new skill or just play an instrument.

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