Top 5 tips for a rainy day

We've all spent an afternoon stuck inside, as the rain poured down - hoping for a brief reprieve so that we could go out and do... outside stuff... the kind of stuff you never want to do until it's raining and you can't do it. Well here are my top 5 suggestions for something to do;

 

5. Jigsaw

4. Rain drop races

3. Hot chocolate

2. Drain Generator

1. Old tin Karaoke

5. Jigsaw

Jigsaws are under-rated. If you're an adult with no kids you might not even own one. You can cheaply rectify this by taking a picture and chopping into lots of small asymmetric pieces and then rearranging them on a flat surface. Use sticky tape if you wish to make the repair permanent. A good motivational tool is to cut up a favourite picture although this may make you unpopular - especially if it's someone else's favourite picture.

 

 

4. Rain drop races

Droplets are forming on the windows and pretty soon they'll be heading south. Pick two and choose which one will move first. Hours of entertainment can be had. But don't get too attached, or give them names, because they'll be gone as soon as the sun comes up and this may lead to depression.

 

 

3. Hot chocolate

Grab the biggest mug you can find and fill it with delicious and sweet hot chocolate. Then go stand and look wistfully out of the window, clutching the mug to your chest and staring into the middle distance. I have never tried this but they do it in films all the time so it must be good. Combine with tip 4 for even more fun!

 

 

2. Drain generator

This one takes some careful planning and preparation but might just be worth it. Simply rearrange the drainpipe  on your house so that instead of simply running down a pipe into the ground it forces the water over a small wheel or turbine assembly.  Depending on how much it rains where you live you could power something very weak for a short or slightly less short period of time and lessen the burden on fossil fuels.

 

1. Old tin karaoke

An advanced tip this ...and you'll need props - so maybe prepare in advance. You'll need at least one old biscuit tin, even better if there's more and different shapes. Then simply toss them outside and listen to the rhythm of the raindrops on the metal. Close your eyes and try to think of a song that goes to the rhythm and then sing it. But open your eyes when you do because singing with them shut makes it look like you're too into the song.