Summer in the UK is fantastic, even more so when the sun is shining and it’s blissfully warm, but what do you do on rainy days? Everyone loves being in the great outdoors but sometimes the kids need to have fun inside instead. If you’re looking for brilliant things to do indoors, we’ve pulled together a few of our favourite activities for rainy days, from the Ollyball to the Upside Down Challenge and Spinning Zzzopa Ball.
- Ollyball – The Ultimate Indoor Playball
- Brainbolt – Fast Light Up Memory Game
- Neon Effect Message Frame – Lights Up
- IQ Love – 120 Logic Challenges
- Upside Down Challenge
- Spinning Zzzopa Ball
- Xplode Reaxion
- Gross FACTopia! 400 foul facts
- Amazing Magic Pens – set of 25
- Little Pack of Optical Illusions
1 Ollyball – The Ultimate Indoor Play Ball , £16.99 £16.99
Cool ball for indoors – hit it, kick it, colour it in!
Lightweight and unique, this awesome re-inflatable ball is designed for safe indoor play and won’t damage walls or windows! Made with patented KrunchCOR technology to absorb the impact from full-speed hits and kicks and weighing just 19 grams. The outer shell is made from high-performance kite material – use any crayons or water-based markers to customise the surface and make it your own. Inflation takes only 30 seconds using the straw provided. Perfect for rainy-day boredom and indoor sports tournaments – incredible!
2 BrainBolt – Fast Light-up Memory Game , £29.99 £29.99
Can you remember the light sequence?
Think quick and challenge your brain by remembering the light sequence and pressing the new light. Every time you select correctly, the game adds another light, but which one is new?…with 21 lights, that’s the challenge! With cool sound effects, BrainBolt is great for solo play and has a two-player mode for competitive fun with a friend. There’s a timed mode for quicker games, with added pressure against the clock, as well as a tricky advanced mode for anyone who thinks they’re an expert. A real brain teaser that you can even play in the dark, so you never have to stop – brilliant fun!
3 Neon Effect Message Frame – Lights Up , £17.99 £17.99
Turn on the frame and watch it glow!
Leave notes, doodles or be wildly artistic on this cool LED light up message board. The 23cm square frame is made from plastic and features a central glass panel for writing your messages. Use the bright, vibrant neon pens to create your messages, choose from pink, green and orange. The frame can be hung on the wall or stands free on any flat surface. Turn the frame on and watch as your message illuminates with a bright neon effect glow. Simply wipe clean using a dry cloth and start all over again. Be inspired!
4 IQ Love – 120 Logic Challenges , £18.99 £18.99
Fit the pieces to complete the heart
Test your skills of logic and deduction with this single player puzzle game. Simply place the ten bright pieces into the heart-shaped game board in different configurations, completing the puzzles from the guide. There are 120 challenges in five difficulty levels to enjoy. But look out – the puzzles get more complicated as you go! With only one solution to each mind boggling task and a handy travel case, this fun set is for real puzzle lovers!
5 The Upside Down Challenge – Very Funny! , £24.99 £24.99
Hilarious upside down challenges
You’ll be amazed how difficult even the simplest tasks become when you put on these special goggles, with an adjustable strap. With your vision flipped upside down, compete to do the 100 ‘easy’ drawing and activity challenges, like putting a top on a pen, giving a high five or even just writing your name! And when you try ‘simply’ pouring water from one bottle into another, things are going to get very messy and very funny! Sure to get you and your friends laughing out loud, absolutely brilliant!
6 Spinning Zzzopa Ball – Bounce it, Spin It, Fidget! , £9.99 £9.99
Spin on your fingertips
Each Zzzopa contains a high-quality bearing that sits on an axle within the centre of the 5cm ball. This means you can smoothly spin this fun Zzzopa ball with your fingertips at speed, a spherical fidget spinner that’s perfect for restless hands! The outer poly-active surface allows for incredible crisp bounces, combine with different spins to bamboozle your friends with crazy tricks, spinning jumps and ricochets. The ultimate ball game of spin, bounce and throw – the new fidgety craze!
7 Xplode Reaxion – Stunt Domino Set , £29.99 £29.99
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Create crazy tracks & models that collapse, spin & pop!
This brilliant 230-piece kit is an innovative building system with the excitement of falling dominoes! Use the interlocking pieces and links to build vehicles, skyscrapers and more, or stack them up to create fascinating chain reactions. The set includes mind-blowing elements like boxes with popping lids and two high-speed spinning tops! Build the ultimate domino track, then watch as it all collapses in the most exciting way possible. Totally cool!
8 Gross Factopia – 400 Fun Foul Facts! , £10.99 £10.99
Fun facts from crocodile poo to the longest fingernails!
This fascinating hardback book is filled with gross and hilarious facts, all of which are verified by Encyclopaedia Britannica. Did you know that hippos spin their tails when they poo? That giraffes use their tongues to pick their noses, crocodile poo was used as make-up in ancient Rome and the Fitzroy River turtle can breathe through its bum?! Hop from topic to topic in delightfully unexpected ways to discover what connects armpits to worms and snake venom to cow poo. Follow the fact path as it twists and turns – who knows where your curiosity will take you!
9 Amazing Magic Pens – Set of 25 , £17.99 £17.99
Change colours & write invisible messages
Create amazing patterns with this clever set with pens that can change colour, erase colours easily and even write invisible messages. Built with durable, shock-proof tips, draw in one colour and the magic activator pen will change to another colour. Create 3D letters and make magical pictures to proudly display or use the special pen to reveal your secret messages. So much fun and washable too – Magical Pens!
10 Little Pack of Optical Illusions – 50 Cards , £7.99 £7.99
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Mind-bending visual tricks to baffle your brain
Get your sights in a spin with this crazy collection of optical illusions! Each of the fifty cards is printed with an extraordinary image or pattern guaranteed to make you think twice. From patterned wheels that spin out of the corner of your eye to kaleidoscopic mosaics that wiggle on the page, these visual tricks are truly brain bending. Baffle your friends and family with some truly mind-boggling illusions – sure to amaze.
Wicked Uncle is your one-stop shop for boredom busters on rainy days, but we also offer some fantastic outdoor toys for those glorious summer days – check our the full range here!
