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5 Creative Ways to an Indoor Picnic When You're Stuck at Home

Bring the joy of outdoor picnic indoors with a dose of imagination and creativity

By Donna Opelac, editor and publisher, Downtown Las Vegas Macaroni Kid April 23, 2020

Editor's Note: This article was written during the pandemic when staying at home or a shelter-in-place was ordered. But nevertheless, we can always have a picnic at home whether it is a pandemic or not.

1. Pack like you're going

Packing our picnic basket is the best way to pretend we are going on a picnic. Even if we go to a picnic in our living room or backyard, pack a basket with plates, snacks, napkins- the whole nine yards.

2. Set the scene

Make it a scene at the park. Play nature sounds. Put some potted plants close by. Lit up a candle with a scent from the park (this requires close adult supervision).

3. Unfold a blanket

Just like a real picnic, sit on a blanket for a true-to-life feeling of a picnic at the park.

4. Eat popular picnic foods

Nothing is more authentic than eating the foods that you are familiar with during a picnic.

5. Play games, sing songs, or read books

To feel like a real one, we do the things that we are used to doing at a picnic.

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