Childhood seems to be as magnificent, as it is distant, but there are always ways to bring it back for a few seconds without any wizards. Try to remember, how little things made you happy, when you were a kid. It could’ve been anything, but here is a list of things you can do to wake up the inner child in you.
- Make a little shadow play on the wall.
- Build a blanket fort.
- Shake a branch of the tree to make leaves, rainwater or snowflakes fall down from it.
- Listen to birds singing.
- Look at the clouds and try to think about what they resemble.
- Cut out fake teeth or little figures from tangerine and orange skins.
- Make a birdhouse.
- Watch the sunset or the sunrise.
- Jump into the center of a puddle.
- Start your lunch with dessert.
- Fix and wash your favorite toy.
- Cut out different shapes of cookies.
- Decorate a Christmas tree.
- Create hand-made postcards and greeting cards.
- Talk about your dreams.
- Let a balloon fly up into the sky.
- Climb up a tree.
- Draw on fogged up glass.
- Make handmade caramel candies.
- Draw a cartoon on the corners of a notebook pages.
- Paint the palm of your hand in different colors and leave a handprint somewhere.
- Think of masquerade costumes you would like to wear one day.
- Make a handmade masquerade costume by yourself!
- Eat your favorite kind of chocolate by biting it off the piece by piece.
- Watch cartoons for a whole day.
- Build a dollhouse and give it as a present to your sister, cousin or neighbor.
- Play with bubbles in the bathtub!
- Switch off the phone and read for the whole evening.
- Repeat one word a lot of times, so it starts sounding like a different word.
- Take electric lights and little candles and light them all up.
- Make a few cups of cocoa with marshmallows and treat your relatives.
- Draw pictures on the snow – little ones with your fingers, big ones with your feet!
- Look at the starry sky.
- Make wreaths and hang them on the door.
- Cut out paper snowflakes and stick them to the window.
- Plant a flower and watch it grow.
- Travel to a place you remember since you were a kid.
- Think about who you want to be when you grow up.
- Ask your mom or grandma to cook you your favorite meal since you were a child.
- Get yourself a funny scarf or hat of bright colors.