Wondering what to do on a rainy day this spring and April break? With this article you don't have to wonder! We have provided over 40 ideas for you and children to enjoy.
Make some great spring memories with these activities!
Apex Entertainment - Marlborough
Are you ready for some thrills? Apex Entertainment has your all-day pass to fun!! Strike out in bowling, race your way to the finish with their go karts, experience mini golf in a whole new light, navigate their ropes course, don't get tagged in their laser tag area, and so much more! It's great for birthday parties and they even have parties for a more mature audience for teenagers and adults. You don't want to pass this up!
Chunky's Cinema Pub - Nashua, Pelham, & Manchester
Chunky's is your go-to movie location! They have the biggest blockbusters, trivia nights, stand-up comics, and an amazing food menu. They also offer private theater rentals with a wide range of additional amenities for more than just movies such as video game play, laptop mirroring (great for corporate presentations), sports for those big game days, and wireless microphone. Why would you see a movie anywhere else?
Rage Cage - Nashua
Rage Cage NH is the best place to smash your way through fun! Choose a milk crate full of items to break during your one hour session and you must be at least 13 years old. But that's not the only messy fun they offer. Check out their glow paint splatter experience too! It's a great way for everyone of all ages to express themselves through art. It's one hour of splattering fun with up to 15 cups of washable UV reactive paint for an 8x10 canvas, with the option of additional add-ons.
Cooking/Baking Food Ideas:
- Make bite-sized sugar cookie fruit tarts
- Make breakfast for dessert
- Enjoy dutch oven bread
- Whip up a delicious chocolate Easter nest treat with remaining candy left over from Easter
- Cook homemade kale chips
- Use avocados to create a new recipe you haven’t tried before
- Be creative with watermelon (You kiddos can even make watermelon popsicles)
- Bake worm and dirt cupcakes
- Try this salted caramel skillet brownie for dessert one night
- Start off the morning right with these delicious energy bites
Crafts:
- Grow an indoor plant and take care of it
- Play hide and seek with your dog or make a doggy toy
- Make a salt painting
- Create a paper plate suncatcher
- Make an exploding volcano
- Decorate your windows at home
- Design your own scratch art
- Bring old crayons back to life
- Make fizzy dinosaur eggs
- Miss the Snow? Make fake snow at home
Games:
- Do you have left over plastic Easter eggs laying around your house, here are multiple plastic Easter eggs games to play at home
- Six Easy Letter Recognition Games for Toddlers and Preschoolers
- (sponsored deal) Set of 8 building block mini figures - 8 to choose from
- Pick out rainbow food for your kids and play the guessing game
- Play a brain game and knit
- Bring Broadway to you with this (sponsored) Broadway Murder Mystery Party Game
- Pull out board games and have a family game night
Indoor Fun Away From Home:
Indoor playgrounds
Salem
💙 The only Disney Junior Play Zone in New England! (Rockingham Mall)
Nashua
💙 Fun World
💙 Rage Cage
💙 Vertical Dreams
💙 Simon Mall Kidgits Play Area (Pheasant Lane Mall)
Merrimack
💙 Nuthin' But Good Times
💙 Altitude Trampoline Park (also a location in Pelham)
Amherst
💙 Break Free 603
Additional
💙 Apex Entertainment in Marlborough
💙 Action VR (virtual reality) in Londonderry
💙 XtremeCraze in Londonderry
💙 Fun City in Goffstown
💙 Cowabunga's in Manchester
💙 Vertical Dreams Rock Climbing in Manchester
💙 Nuthin' but good times in Merrimack
💙 Kids world in Salem
Gym/indoor sports
Nashua
⚽️ Leda Lanes in Nashua
Merrimack
⚽️ Merrimack Ten Pin Center
⚽️ Merrimack YMCA
Additional
⚽️ New England Sports Center (Sportszone) in Derry
⚽️ My Gym in Bedford
⚽️ NH Sportsplex Bedford
⚽️ Park place Lanes in Windham
⚽️ King Bowling Lanes in Manchester
⚽️ Yankee Lanes in Manchester
⚽️ Phanzone in Hampstead
⚽️ Tri-Town Hockey Arena in Hooksett
Museums/Centers
❤️ Science Museum in Boston, MA
❤️ Currier Museum of Art Manchester, NH
❤️ New England Aquarium in Boston, MA
❤️ Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA
❤️ Children’s Museum in Boston, MA
❤️ Children’s Museum in Dover, NH
❤️ SEE Science Center in Manchester, NH
❤️ Discovery Museum in Acton, MA
❤️ Seacoast Science Center in Rye, NH
❤️ McAuliffe Shepard Discovery Center in Concord, NH
❤️ Aviation Museum in Manchester, NH
❤️ Boston Tea Party and Museum in Boston, MA
Art/music/culinary
Nashua
🎨 Time to Clay
🎨 The Painted Turtle Studio
🎨 Arthub
Merrimack
🎨 The Painted Leaf
Amherst
🎨 Board and Brush Creative Studio
Brookline
🎨 Studio at Andres Institute of Art
Hollis
🎨 Wild Salamander Creative Arts Center
Additional
🎨 Chunky's Cinema Pub in Manchester, Nashua, and Pelham
🎨 Culinary playground Derry
🎨 (sponsored deal) Muse Paintbar in Manchester
🎨 You’re Fired in Salem/Bedford
🎨 Kindermusik in Salem
🎨 Tuscan Village in Salem
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