How is your weekend during this rainy season? For sure, your answer would sound like, “I just stayed at home, eat, stream movies, sleep, then repeat.” But while all these, as well as catching up on your favorite series on Netflix, sound fun, eventually you’ll find yourself with more spare time. You’ll start to think it could be more exciting and productive. Continue reading for a list of suggested things you can do indoors while stuck in the rain.

Summer is long gone and the rainy season is here. While classes are often canceled for students, adults like you only get to enjoy the cold climate in the weekend. The bad weather and the constant rain showers wouldn’t let you out of your house. What fun ideas do you have? Here is a list you may use for reference:

Make Some Music

Hey, don’t laugh! Making some music at home while it is raining outside may sound silly, but it’s totally fun. After all, the rain never fails to set the mood for some drama. It can suddenly make you nostalgic, feeling deep, and able to write some lyrics. Make the most of the opportunity to be extra creative and compose songs.

Tidy Up Your Room

Don’t you think it’s time you change the arrangement of your bedroom furniture? While it’s raining, you can enjoy the quietness and slowness of time to de-stress and tidy out your room. Arrange your clothes according to color or place of use, prepare your OOTD for the rest of the week, or clean up your desk. Seems like work, but you’ll thank yourself for this idea afterwards. For parents, you may ask your kids to do the same – imagine what you’ll feel when they associate rain with room cleaning.

Make A Home Cinema

Fret not, this does not require you buying a 70-inch TV or reconstructing the house for a home theater. All you need is a projector, which you can buy at various designs and sizes at affordable prices today. Then, a wall where you can project the screen. Your family would surely love you for this treat! So go, heat those popcorn and agree on which movie you’d like to see first.

Play Board Games

The rainy season can make you realize why every house should have at least one board game. This after all, wouldn’t be a classic in this digital age if not for a reason. Board games doesn’t need any battery for you to have fun with it. The challenge it offers also make you think and be sharp, and playing with your family would surely leave you with fun and happy memories.  Chess and scrabble – among the many – never get old!

Finish a book

Everybody would agree life is so busy nowadays. So busy that you no longer have time to read a book. You’re rushing to go to work in the morning and excited to sleep at night and this is understandable. This makes rainy weekend the best time to actually read and finish that book you’ve always been curious about. Such a perfect way to relax and really maximize the weekend.

Learn a new dish

Learning how to cook is always a good idea even without the rain. It’s just that now with the continuous raining, you have no excuse to practice your skills. Search the Internet for a new recipe and try it – if you have the ingredients in your fridge. Surely, this would make your family or friends happy to have you stuck with them. Always a time well spent when you learn something new!

Make the most of the rainy season and enjoy it with your family and friends. Spend quality time together and try out these fun ideas. You’ll find out many things about each other, which would only bring you closer. Who said being stuck at home because of the rain should be boring? It could even be memorable than your last summer, for all you know!