Young kids- rainy lockdown weekend

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How do you keep your children from killing each other on long rainy weekends? This one coming will be worse than ever, with there being nowhere indoors to visit!! (No swimming, no soft play, can't go and see relatives). The weather looks awful for the whole weekend.

Our house isn't massive, and my 3 and 7 year old tend to quickly default to annoying the hell of each other.

I am living for the weekend at the moment (stressful job), and really want to enjoy time off.

How can I avoid this weekend descending into horrible drizzly grouchiness?

Thank you 😊

Maybe try to impose a bit of structure with some activities? Like baking, or working together on a specific art project, making a lego kit or even just watching a film.

We go out in all weathers.

We live in Cumbria though so if we waited for nice weather we'd never leave the house

Crafts, movie day with popcorn, build a sofa fort, have a scavenger hunt, indoor obstacle course, tell them they can earn pocket money helping with the dusting, baking, make slime.

Screens.
Screens.
Screens.

I try to get mine out at some point in most conditions, but sometimes you have to get through in the easiest way possible.

If the rain isn’t torrential, get them out for a bit anyway. It can really save everyone’s moods.
Kids live splashing in puddles. Make paper boats and see if you can find a big puddle for them.
If the weather is really bad then play some music and do some kids exercise or dance videos in the morning so they burn off some energy.
A plan for the day usually helps. Some crafts or baking, some homework, something physical, some playing, then screens.

I'd definitely still get them out for a bit. Even if it's just round the streets if you don't have suitable muddy puddle clothing.
Lots of the big Country parks have hardstanding paths for you to walk on. Then home, long bath to warm up (and pass an hour)
Reading, poems, play and a movie?
Board games, lego, challenge yourselves to build something? We often work together to build a zoo then every one can do a different bit.