Rainy day obstacle course

You can help build your child's coordination, control and balance without expensive Gymbaroo classes! Just build your own indoor obstacle course.    

What you need:

• Furniture
• Pillows
• Towels
• Balloons
• Household items and your own creativity!

Number of players:
2+

Activity:

The idea is simple – just build an obstacle course out of your own furniture and household items.  You can do it inside on rainy days, or set up outside if you have a big backyard! Here are some suggestions, but really the possibilities are endless.

• Line up the dining room chairs to make a tunnel to crawl through. You could also throw a blanket over the top to make it really dark in there.
• Crawl under a coffee table.
• Tie a cord between two chairs for the kids to slide beneath, commando-style on their tummies.
• If you want to do this outside, you can set up a leap frog section with towels spaced apart – kids then have to leap from towel to towel.
• Tie some balloons under the table and crawl through them without moving any.
• Roll up some towels and make a long 'balance beam'.

Watch the video below for inspiration.

• Thanks to our sister company Kidspot Australia for creating this instructional video.