How to Have Picnic on Rainy Days

It's official, you have seen the last of the summer days and you are thinking about bringing out the cardigans and umbrellas for the impending autumn months. Though the weather can be nice at this time of year its not always as easy to have an outdoor picnic with your family, so what are your options.

Rainy days don't mean that you need to feel down in the dumps and curl up on the sofa with a cup of cocoa. The kids don't need to be glued to the television if you use your imagination you can have a fantastic picnic even on a rainy day.

The planning is the real key to having a successful indoor picnic, spontaneity is a fantastic thing but if you start picking up bits and pieces a long the way it will make your picnic a day to remember. Of course indoors doesn't always mean inside the house so if you have a family tent that you uses over the summer than can easily be put up recruit your husband to pitch the tent in the back garden. Put a rug and some warm blankets inside to make it snug and comfortable for you and your family to sit in. There are small picnic tables that you can get hold of or you can just use a small picnic blanket and lay it out in the middle of the tent.

If you don't have a tent then pick the spare room or living room push the furniture to the sides and set out your picnic in the middle of the room. Of course cold food is the easiest way to go for picnics but if it's a rainy day then why not improvise a little? Do the kids like alphabet soup? You could cool down the soup so they can drink from their mugs whilst you tell a story from their favorite story book? Why don't you try grilling some marshmallows in the grill? If you are lucky enough to have an open fire at your house then you can toast your marshmallows yourself keeping your kids at a safe distance and making it clear that adults are only allowed to be near the fire.

You can warm bread up in the oven and set simple sandwiches for the children. Try to keep some plastic Tupperware, how they operate in a safe and simple and are easy to clean and put away for another time.

The picnic will be inside your imagination could be a bit 'hard for you to have their high level of play, where children are able to walk around, but this does not mean that you try and do yours. Ask them if they write their stories and sit with them and I want to writeas they tell it to you helping them along the way.

Rainy days don't need to be boring days, they can be just as much fun as being outside in the sun if you put your mind to it and use your imagination. Make the most of the time you have with your children when they are young and bring out the kid in you, you'll see that a fun cozy picnic is a great winter warmer!