with parents day falling on july 26 its time for some bonding with the bachcha party if a few days of rain have put a dampener on your childrens playtime these indoor activities will keep them entertained plan a garage sale get your kids to sort through their old toys with the promise of new ones after they are sold off have them suggest prices for the items they are giving away and ask them what they would like to do with the profits this could include making a donation to their favourite charityput on a fashion show bring out all the play clothes your junk jewellery high heels and silk ties have the music pumping on the home theatre system create a runway out of cardboard paper covered with gift wrap or a shiny rug runner let your kids put together the wackiest outfits they can think of give chocolates as prizes to the most creative outfitscreate a race car track line up all the kiddie toys and dinky cars and rally the kids around to create a race track stick two layers of masking tape in a continuous line throughout the house the kids will enjoy zooming across with their cars run the tape around walls and turn the rugs into obstacles avoid using the tape on painted walls make a memory jar prolong the joy of your holidays long after youve come back with a holiday memory jar it will have the little ones retain all their favourite souvenirs from trips whats more they will be able to take it to school for the show and tell segmentdirect a fictional show challenge your kids to script and direct their own television show or short film participate in the process if they are too young to do it all by themselves volunteer to handle the camcorder when its time for them to say lights camera actionwrite letters to their idols talk to your kids about their favourite world leaders athletes and other achievers they look up to sit down with them and write letters to these personalities who knows the letters might even reach their role models some dayindoor treasure hunt keep the kids busy with a treasure hunt make one set of clues for every player each clue leading to the next one and finally to the treasure seal them in envelopes marked with a clue number or have your kids play as a team to solve the clues and uncover the treasure togetherhave a karaoke noon why should only nighttime be karaoke time afternoon is great for kids to unleash their inner rockstar bring out the karaoke machine if you dont have one your cable operator probably offers a channel with karaoke musiccreate food art making creative displays of food is a great way to rouse the appetite of your little one involve your child into rustling up some salads in the shape of faces or sandwiches that look like double decker busesmake organic play dough