{"id":8533,"date":"2020-04-23T10:44:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T14:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/?p=8533"},"modified":"2020-04-23T10:45:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T14:45:07","slug":"activities-in-small-spaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/activities-in-small-spaces\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Keep Kids Occupied in Small Spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"

Confined, sure. But your creativity can still run wild. Let those littles get their energy out while making the most of tight spaces.<\/span><\/p>\n

Close Quarters Freeze Dance<\/b><\/p>\n

Clear a small area and use masking tape to make Xs on the floor \u2014 one for each child playing. Have the kids show off their best moves while always keeping one body part on the X (foot, knee, elbow, head) as you stop and start the music. The last kid standing wins. (Alternatively, you could judge on style and creativity.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Snail Race<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How slow can you go? Get from point A to point B at a snail’s pace \u2014 running is an immediate disqualification \u2014 crawling, slithering, gliding, slowly and steadily to the finish line. Extra points for snail-like grace.<\/span><\/p>\n

Door Jam Limbo<\/b><\/p>\n

Use a piece of masking or electrical tape in the doorframe in lieu of a broom or stick. Play music at intervals, with kids passing under the tape without letting it touch their body. Start high, go low. And go.<\/span><\/p>\n

Homestyle Scavenger Hunt<\/b><\/p>\n

Write the letters of the alphabet on cards and throw them into a bowl. Have the kids select one and send them off to find three items in the house that start with that letter. Bonus match: After playing several rounds, make the kids form a sentence using all the objects they’ve collected.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bathtub Puppet Theater<\/b><\/p>\n

All the world’s a stage \u2014 even the bathroom. Have kids perform puppetry from inside the dry tub or behind the shower curtain. Audience members take their seats wherever they see fit. Flush for an encore.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Confined, sure. But your creativity can still run wild. Let those littles get their energy out while making the most of tight spaces. Close Quarters Freeze Dance Clear a small area and use masking tape to make Xs on the floor \u2014 one for each child playing. Have the kids show off their best moves […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":8534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[468],"tags":[44,492,48,456,560],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8533"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8536,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8533\/revisions\/8536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nickelodeonparents.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}