Spotlight On Rainy Days

The summer weather does not seem to want to stay! So we’ve been thinking about rainy day activities for our children (and us!)

Many indoor activities can be adapted for disabled children and adults.

Need to burn energy? Have a kitchen dance party.

Enjoy making things? Cornflour, water and food colouring mixed together makes a natural play dough.

Or maybe a day snuggled up on the sofa watching films is more your style.

Personally, my family used to like putting sandwich bags on our feet and "ice skate" on the kitchen tiles!

Let us know what you're doing and share your suggestions below. We can also answer any questions you may have about keeping your child entertained on rainy days.

Look forward to chatting soon!

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Rachel_Scope

These are great ideas but I must say that putting sandwich bags on your feet and 'ice-skating' is a new one on me 😂 I will definitely be trying it.

When I was young we used to have 'raves' where we'd turn the light off and my mum would quickly turn a torch on and off while we danced!

Jemima_Scope

These ideas sound like lots of fun! We love a living room rave in my house too @Rachel_Scope

You can buy glow sticks and glow paint in your local craft shop to make it extra fun 😊

Jemima

Rachel_Scope

That's a great idea @Jemima_Scope! I love a glow stick.

SaraC_Scope

I love baking and on a rainy day, I'd bake with my gran. She'd be making an apple pie and I'd use the left over pastry to make jam tarts.

They never looked the prettiest when they came out of the oven, but what 7yr old doesn't love pastry and jam. 😊

Sara

Albus_Scope

Well seeing as the skies have opened today, this discussion seems like a great idea!

I'm a big fan of watching a movie together in the front room, but then you face a few hours arguing over what to watch. So maybe that's not such a great idea. 😆

Baking some fresh bread is always a great idea though, it makes the house smell so good.

Steve_in_The_City

Personally I love the rain. I don't like the cold or wind, or days that are too hot, but when it rains I always feel happy, even though it means I can't go out on my mobility scooter. On one occasion when I was able-bodied we were in Rhodes Town and the weather was hotter than hot. We were due to fly home and I told my partner I don't care what the weather is like in London I am going to sit in the front yard and have a G&T with lots of ice and cool down. We got home and it was pouring down! So I sat in the yard with a G&T and then toddled off to bed as unfortunately it wasn't that day's first G&T! I have stood in more rain storms than enough! I know it is a tad weird to like the rain, but hey….

Lola_Scope

Hi @Steve_in_The_City I don’t think liking rain is weird. They say there’s no such thing as bad weather just the wrong clothing! When my kids were little, we loved a wet weather walk with umbrellas and wellies jumping in puddles and playing Pooh Sticks. It also makes you appreciate coming back into the warm and having a hot chocolate complete with marshmallows. 😊

Steve_in_The_City

Hello @Lola_Scope I've never heard the saying "just the wrong clothing"! I've never heard of Pooh Sticks and I had to Google it! So I guess I am living proof that the older you become, the more you learn!

One of my favourite movie scenes of all times that make me feel so happy is Gene Kelly "Singing in the Rain".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swloMVFALXw

I have sung and danced in the rain, but obviously not like Gene Kelly! If I could sing, dance and smile like him I would be a millionaire!

Lola_Scope

Hi @Steve_in_The_City Well, they do say you learn something every day and although I’m not sure that Pooh sticks is a vital addition to your knowledge bank it’s good learn new things 😊

Singing in the rain is an excellent example of happiness in the rain. I also like Breakfast in Tiffany’s, very wet happy, ending.

Doris_Scope

Like @Albus_Scope I used to love (and still love) snuggling under a blanket and watching movies. I love seeing the wild or wet weather outside, knowing I am cosy inside.

Also like @Steve_in_The_City I love being out in wet weather. Especially at the beach with the roaring waves and the wind. As @Lola_Scope said, as long as you are dressed in the right clothing, there is no such thing as bad weather.

@Doris_Scope

Steve_in_The_City

Hi @Doris_Scope Here goes! I loved your post about roaring waves and the wind! When I was a young lad, about 11, we moved from London to Kings Lynn in Norfolk. Hunstanton was our local seaside resort and wasn't very far away. My late and much loved Aunty Ardrey came to visit from California, and brought her son Craig who is my cousin. He had been brought up in the best circumstances (think middle/upper class California) but like me he is completely adaptable to whatever situation he finds himself him so he settles down into our Council House no problems!. He tells me he wants to go swimming in the sea so that when he goes back to Calif he can tell his friends he went to England and swam in the sea. So I took him to Hunstanton on a bus. He had never been on a bus in his life. The weather was terrible. It was pouring with rain, the wind (which is bad in East Anglia) was blowing a gale and the waves were rocking. Anyway, we went skinny dipping in the roughest of seas and wind. We had a great time swimming together in a unfriendly sea and couldn't stop laughing. It seems to me that some of the best times I have ever had has involved wind and rain.

Doris_Scope

That's fantastic @Steve_in_The_City

What a memory ☺️

Steve_in_The_City

Hi! I know I am off topic and thread, but anything to do with wild weather gets to me. I am sorry about that. Yet like the poem says "way leads onto way". You get a thought in your mind and suddenly so many memories come flooding back. The memories are happy and it is all to do with being in wild and desolate places. I was in a sandstorm once in Nevada and I just loved it. Travel was impossible (I was meant to be going to The Grand Canyon). Yet I just liked the feeling that The Universe has different plans for me; you know what they say about the plans of mice and men. Anyway, I was in Jersey on a bus and completely lost. The most wondrous storm was brewing. The driver brought the bus to a halt and told us this is the end of the line. So a handful of us got off the bus - I don't think anyone knew where we were. At least I didn't. I walked along the beach. The rain was lashing down, there was plenty of thunder and lightening and I just felt so happy. So to get back on topic/thread before I get told off, what you do with kiddies on a rainy day is take them to the seaside!

Lola_Scope

I get that @Steve_in_The_City the power to nature is awe inspiring and ultimately we are all at its mercy. As far as going off topic is concerned, it's a community so no worries. Also there is the coffee lounge if you have something you'd like to share and chat about anytime. You don't need to stick to the conversation starters posted there 😊

Steve_in_The_City

Thank you @Lola_Scope Your words are nice and I feel ok.

deldora333

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/903509#Comment_903509

the best film ever singing in the rain I like being in the rain too

Razr

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/902239#Comment_902239

I bet they tasted just as nice

Razr

My Mum used to take me and my brothers on to Dartmoor and get MUDDY/WET and laugh our socks off

egister

Who can say how the climate in his place of residence has changed over the past 20-30-40 years?

bashaa

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/903758#Comment_903758

He tells me he wants to go swimming in the sea so that when he goes back to calif he can tell his friends he went to England and swam in the sea

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