Screen-Free Ideas to Keep the Kids Busy During Spring Break at Home Get outside Rain in the forecast? Try some of these fun mud-play ideas or, better still, build your own mud kitchen or sandpit to keep them entertained all year long. Create some whimsical fairy crafts using recycled and foraged materials from around the house. Rethink your backyard (and start getting ready for summer) with these awesome outdoor play-space ideas. Buy some seed packets or vegetable starts and help the kids to plant their own veggie patch. Up next: Get active 2/5