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 rainy day boredom busters, 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
- Stand Up! Sit Down? – Active Quiz Game
- Gross FACTopia! 400 foul facts
- Amazing Magic Pens – set of 25
- Little Pack of Optical Illusions
1 Ollyball – The Ultimate Indoor Play Ball , £12.99 £12.99
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 , £18.99 £18.99
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 , £19.99 £19.99
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 Stand Up! Sit Down? – Active Quiz Game , £18.99 £18.99
Every question has two possible answers
There are 400 question cards with two possible answers, you just have to decide which one is right. You don’t shout out the answers, you don’t even need to know them, simply stand up or sit down to show your choice. Stand Up if you think that the strongest animal for their body weight is an ant…Sit Down if you think that it’s a gorilla. Which grows up…stalactite or stalagmite?
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
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 rainy day boredom busters, but we also offer some fantastic outdoor toys for those glorious summer days – check our the full range here!
We have scoured the world to find a really useful selection of fun, unusual and different presents for children. Our Elves test every potential present before it goes on our website – we build the robot kits, paint the fairies, doodle with the pens, play the games and yes, we even wear the t-shirt.
We also have a brilliant gift wrap service, with lots of cool designs available. Simply select this option at checkout and one of our expert Elves will wrap your order with care. It will look as good as if you’d done it yourself – or better.
