100 Plan B Homeschool Day Ideas

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Plan b-days. You know the ones I’m talking about.

The field trip was canceled, someone throws up, you’ve had a headache since last night… There are about a million ways your day can go sideways and you’ll need a plan b.

So, having a list of ideas is a great way to inspire you to find fun ways to salvage a suddenly unplanned day and keep everyone busy and maybe learning a little too. Keep a few of these ideas in mind during the school year or better yet, plan ahead for a few of them so you can pull them out at a moment’s notice.

100 Plan B-day Ideas

Some of the things on my list could fill up hours, while others would only last a few minutes.  Some days you need a plan for the whole day and sometimes a few minute breather will get you back on track.

I pull one or more of these out at different points during the year, not just as a plan b-day but also as a pleasant surprise for my kiddos. And a nice break for all of us from our normal routine.

Hopefully, you’ll find a few new ideas in this list of our favorites.

1. Read a favorite book
2. Watch Mythbusters
3. Cook a meal together
4. Play Legos
5. Pull out a board game
6. Play Cards
7. Bake Bread
8. Play outside
9. Watch a documentary
10. Watch a movie
11. Listen to an audiobook
12. Plant a garden
13. Call a relative
14. Sing to the radio
15. Have a dance party
16. Say tongue twisters
17. Write a letter
18. Tell jokes
19. Do magic tricks
20. Go Swimming
21. Blow up some balloons
22. Have a pillow fight
23. Go for a walk
24. Fly a Kite
25. Go hiking
26. Blow bubbles
27. Go to the park
28. Play basketball
29. Play soccer
30. Do yoga
31. Paint
32. Draw
33. Learn some words in a new language
34. Watch you-tube videos
35. Play with playdough
36. Go to the library
37. Play dress-up
38. Order pizza
39. Make ice cream sundaes
40. Scrapbook
41. Read Funny poems
42. Knit
43. Sew
44. Do baking soda and vinegar science
45. Make lemonade
46. Have a tea party
47. Make hot cocoa
48. Go to the movies
49. Play hide-and-seek
50. Tell each other stories
51. Play Pictionary
52. Go to the Beach
53. Play Charades
54. Do origami
55. Have a water balloon fight
56. Pick wildflowers
57. Make Paper
58. Have a green-up day at a local park
59. Do a favor for a neighbor
60. Bake cookies
61. Visit a retirement home
62. Clean out the attic/garage
63. Make a sculpture
64. Play on google earth
65. Write or draw with your toes
66. Take a nature walk
67. Go bird watching
68. Start a family bucket list
69. Build a fort
70. Race remote control cars
71. Play video games
72. Go on a picnic
73. Do a jigsaw puzzle
74. Make a tinker tray
75. Make recycling bin projects
76. Talk in pig latin
77. Take a virtual field trip
78. Look through photo albums
79. Make a journal
80. Put on a play
81. Make something out of a cardboard box
82. Play an instrument
83. Make a collage
84. Play with Rubik’s Cubes
85. Build block towers
86. Run through a sprinkler
87. Go day camping in a tent in the yard
88. Make a list of things you’re thankful for
89. Read Bible stories
90. Memorize a poem
91. Teach your dog a new trick
92. Make rubber band balls
93. Make duct tape projects
94. Put on a puppet show
95. Make sidewalk chalk art
96. Learn how to twirl a hool-a-hoop
97. Ride bikes
98. Cuddle on the couch
99. Make a fairy garden
100. Watch a musical

I hope this list gives you some good ideas for those plan b-days.

What do you do on plan b-days? Let me know in the comments.

Heidi

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