Things to Read, Watch & Make When You’re Stuck At Home

The challenges of being homebound are many: bickering kids, feelings of isolation, and alternating bouts of stress and boredom. If you need a much-needed mental escape or a project to pass the time, I hope you’ll find some things here to help:

Ideas for Books

• Books For Kids: Books My Kids Couldn’t Put Down
  • Part One
  • Part Two
  • 90+ Books For Teens & Tweens
• Books For You: Books I Couldn’t Put Down 
  • Part One
  • Part Two
  • Part Three
  • Part Four
  • Part Five
  • Part Six
  • Part Seven

Ideas for Podcasts

• Podcasts For Your Kids: The Best Podcasts For Kids
• Podcasts For You: My Favorite Podcasts (Updated!)

Ideas for Movies & Shows

• Age-by-Age Ideas For Family Movie Night: 101 Movies To Watch As A Family
• Ideas for that tricky in-between age: 9 Shows For Tweens & Young Teens That You’ll Actually Enjoy Too
• Shows to stream for you and/or the kids: Shows To Watch (Updated!)

Ideas for Snacks

• Meet the Snack Platter: 3 Snack Platters For Kids
• Mega List of Snacks: 100+ Snacks For Teens + Tweens Who Are Always Hungry

Ideas for Baking

• Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
• No Bake Cookies
• Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie
• Pepperoni Rolls
• No Knead Bread
• Homemade Bagels

Ideas for Organizing

• How to Organize a Bottom Freezer
• How to Organize a Chest Freezer
• Freezer Inventory Printable 

Ideas for Creating

• How to Make Blessing Bags (for those in need)
• How to Make Oatmeal Packets
• How to Make a Recipe Binder