--- title: Rain, Rain, Don’t Go Away | Seven Fun Ways to Play with Your Kids in the Rain description: April showers can also give you and your kids a chance to make some wonderful, wet memories. Top seven ways to play with your kids in the rain. --- Hello, Friend[Access Your Account](https://www.housefairy.org/my-account) ### Happy Kids,  Happier Moms [![facebook](https://blog.housefairy.org/hs-fs/file-422096398-png/social_buttons/facebook.png "facebook")](http://www.facebook.com/therealhousefairy) [![twitter](https://blog.housefairy.org/hs-fs/file-426374790-png/social_buttons/twitter.png "twitter")](https://twitter.com/HouseFairyPam) [![pinterest](https://blog.housefairy.org/hs-fs/file-426359165-png/social_buttons/pinterest.png "pinterest")](http://www.pinterest.com/thehousefairy/) [![youtube](https://blog.housefairy.org/hs-fs/file-426364010-png/social_buttons/youtube.png "youtube")](http://www.youtube.com/user/MakeItFunVideo/featured) [The House Fairy](https://www.housefairy.org/) ## [Rain, Rain, Don’t Go Away | Seven Fun Ways to Play with Your Kids in the Rain](https://blog.housefairy.org/seven-fun-ways-to-play-with-your-kids-in-the-rain) Living in the northwest, I learned early on, that I couldn’t let the rain dowse our fun outdoors. Just make sure you all have play clothes, so you don’t have to worry about messing up your good clothes. Whether it's just misting or pouring cats and dogs make the most of the wet weather with these family-tested outdoor activities. **Puddle Play** Mom, you usually discourage your kids from jumping in puddles, so they’ll be shocked and excited when you suggest a splashing contest. Get your play clothes and rain boots on and head out looking for the biggest puddles you can find. Let your kids get soaking wet! Let the child who makes the biggest spray, get to pick the movie the family will watch or be freed from some chore. Give points for the one who gets the wettest. If you’ve got dancers in the family, have them practice some steps they’ve learned. Mom, come on; get in the puddles with them! Motherhood is not a spectator sport. Let your kids splash you. All it takes is saying, “Don’t you splash me,” in a way they know you’re daring them to do it. Oh and just think how good a hot shower will feel after the fun! **Sprint through a Storm** When was the last time you ran in the rain for fun? Get your play clothes on and run with the kids. Dare to get soaked! Kids love fantasy. You could pretend you’re all dressed up to go to church and you’re caught in a storm. “Oh, no, we’re getting soaked! Run!” Kids also love to *pretend* they’re in trouble. “Oh, no, Rachel! You’re all wet!! What’ll we do now!” ### **Out with the Bath Toys** B![bath_toys](https://blog.housefairy.org/hs-fs/file-585777903-png/Blog_Photos_/bath_toys.png?width=175&name=bath_toys.png)ath toys like Rubber Ducky, toy boats, squirt guns and balls are just as much fun to play with outside in the rain. Your kids will love getting to take their bath friends outside. When you hear the forecast for rain, put out some containers and let Mother Nature fill them for some good outside bathtub fun! **Shooting on a** ** Rainy Day** ![Cameras](https://blog.housefairy.org/hs-fs/hub/341571/file-581358209-png/Blog_Photos_/Cameras.png?width=175&name=Cameras.png)   Photography, that is. Give the little photographers in your family disposable, waterproof cameras so they can capture the stormy weather on film. Spring rain provides a perfect opportunity to capture rare images of water droplets, beautiful cloud formations, reflections in puddles, and colorful rainbows. Let them shoot away, then drop off the cameras at a same-day photo processing center and go home with the prints for lasting memories. Or use your smart phone. **Raindrop Art** ![Paint_in_Rain](https://blog.housefairy.org/hs-fs/hub/341571/file-581329224-png/Blog_Photos_/Paint_in_Rain.png?width=175&name=Paint_in_Rain.png)Let Mother Nature’s spring showers assist in creating works of art. Start by putting several colors of powdered tempera paint into empty containers with plastic shaker tops. Give each of your little artists a sheet of heavy white construction paper and allow them to sprinkle their choices of color onto the paper and lay them out in a light rain. They’ll love watching as the drops turn the powder into liquid as very interesting abstract art appears. Bring finished art inside to dry. **Don’t Forget the Mud** Mud is one of spring’s gifts to children. Kids and mud just go together. Loan them some of your kitchen utensils and let them stir up some tasty mud pies. Who knows, today’s kids in the mud could be tomorrow’s chefs. Mom, don’t be a fuddy, muddy duddy, let’em get dirty. ### **Swimming in the Rain** Pull o![Kiddy_Pool](https://blog.housefairy.org/hs-fs/hub/341571/file-585899108-png/Blog_Photos_/Kiddy_Pool.png?width=180&name=Kiddy_Pool.png)ut the plastic waterslide and let the rain fill the inflatable pool. Unless you’re in the tropics, let your kids play in the pool in their play clothes until they get cold and want to come in.    Question for you: Do you have any fun, wet memories? I’d love you to share them. 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