Stuck in the house and need fun activities

[lavenderbongo]

Hi. I’m in NZ and stuck in the house with teenagers (13 and 15). I need some fun activity ideas otherwise I may not survive the next few weeks. I’ve suggested baking, board games, online gaming, exercise videos, sewing, a bike ride.....Nothing is met with enthusiasm.
Has anyone got any good suggestions?
There are six of us (My Mum and Dad plus DH)

Cone up with a jobs list instead - that will focus their minds on the fun stuff!!

Exercise - I just wouldn’t take no for an answer. Tell them what time you are going and jolly them along out the door

Teach them how to play 500

Jetpunk.com has quizzes where you compete against each other.

Assign everyone a night to cook dinner. Offer to help

Instead of exercise videos how about you do a dance off

Just get the board games out, sometimes that’s enough to get things going.

Good luck!

There's a detective game that we like to play once a day, which teaches the finer points of observation. It can get quite competitive!

When it's their turn, each player has a good look at themselves, trying to notice as many small details as they can, before being blindfolded. Everyone else then asks them a question about themselves: an easy one would be "what colour are your socks", a harder one would be "how many petals on your necklace". It's surprisingly difficult to answer questions about your own clothes, when you can't see them! If the detective manages to answer a question correctly, whoever asked the question has to pay a forfeit.

If we get bored of doing it about our clothes, we do it about other things, such as what is on the table. It's a silly game, but we love it!