Rainy Day Activities to Keep the Family Entertained

Even though we are situated on beautiful grounds, we know that British weather can be unpredictable and unforgiving. If you’ve got family staying with you at our caravan park in Lancashire and are looking for some rainy-day activities – we’ve got you covered. From card games to baking, we can guarantee that all the family will be entertained with this list of activities.

Card Games

If there is one item you should always remember to pack for a holiday, it’s a deck of cards. With so many games to play, a deck of cards can keep you and the kids entertained for hours. One of our favourites has got to be Gin Rummy:

Rules:

Each player is dealt 7 cards, and the remaining cards are placed in the centre, face down. The aim is to make a sequence of 3 and 4 cards with your hand. This can consist of 3 or 4 in the same rank, such as 3 kings, or a run of 3 or 4 cards in consecutive order as well as in the same suit, such as 2,3,4 and 5 of diamonds. Each player takes turns to draw a card from the pile and decide whether they wish to keep the card or place it face up. You may only ever have 7 cards in your hand, so the real trick of the game is in making the right choices!

Consequences

Each player is handed a piece of paper; they write down a word or phrase from the sequence listed below, fold the area of paper they have written on over, and hand it to be written on by the next person in the group. The sequence is as follows:

• (name)
• Met (name)
• In/at/on (where they met)
• Person 1 said (what they said)
• Person 2 said (what they said)
• They (what Person 1 did)
• They (what Person 2 did)
• The consequence was (what happened)

Use the prompts provided in the brackets as a starting point, and feel free to switch up the points in the sequence to be more personalised to your family. The fun is when each person unravels a piece of paper, revealing a story that is unique and funny.

The Seven Second Game

This is a game that is sure to keep the parents entertained as well as the kids! The rules are simple – you have seven seconds to complete a task. Write down imaginative and fun tasks on strips of paper and take it in turns to pull one from a bowl. Here are a few suggestions to get you started:

• Name 5 female celebrities
• Count to 5 in another language
• Make up a word and give its meaning
• Say the 3 times table up to 30

The possibilities are endless with this game, and it’s one that everyone can get involved in on a rainy day in the caravan.

Baking

You can’t go wrong with some good old-fashioned baking. It’s fun and educational for the kids, and even better yet, everyone gets a sweet treat at the end! There are so many fun bakes to choose from, so it’s up to you and your family to decide what you like to eat. An easy one to start with is cupcakes, here is a quick and easy recipe to get you started:

• Heat the oven to 130°C and fill a 12-cupcake tray with paper cases.
• Whisk together 110g butter and 110g caster sugar until fluffy, then whisk in 2 large eggs.
• For vanilla cupcakes, add half a teaspoon of vanilla extract, 110g self-raising flour, and a dash of flour. Fold these into the mix and spoon the combined mixture into the cases.
• Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown, and until a skewer comes out of the cakes completely clean when inserted.
• After the cakes have completely cooled, whip up some buttercream using 150g butter, 300g icing sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract, a pinch of salt, using a whisk.
• Spoon or pipe the buttercream onto the top of the cakes and add any additional food colouring or sprinkles at this stage.

There are plenty of activities you can do to keep everyone entertained on rainy days, and our holiday homes in Lancashire are kitted out to give you a luxurious and comfortable holiday. If you would like to learn more about our holiday homes, touring options, or the caravan park itself, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.