Best Indoor Activities for Kids in Melbourne for those Cold Rainy Days!

A list of rainy day indoor activities in Melbourne for kids. If you are looking for a family day out but bad weather is about, it doesn’t mean you need to stay inside all day. There are many indoor things to do and see with your kids on a rainy day.

Make sure to also check out our post with 50+ Things to do with kids at home if you can’t go out.

Indoor Activities for Kids in Melbourne

Here is a list of our favourite indoor activities for kids in Melbourne. For those rainy days when you need to get the kids out of the house, but with bad weather it seems impossible, we have some rainy day activities in Melbourne to keep you and the kids busy.

1. Indoor Climbing

Do you have little monkeys who love to climb? Then and indoor climbing centre is perfect! Spend your rainy morning or afternoon having a coffee watching your little ones burn off their energy climbing and running around. Many indoor climbing centres have playzones too which gives them something else to do once they have had enough climbing. Most have on site cafes where you can have snacks, lunch or dinner! Funtopia and Go Climb are our favourites.

2. Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium

Experience life under the sea with the kids at the Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium. Sea Life is a great day out for the whole family and is perfect for an indoor activity with the kids if you are visiting Melbourne in bad weather. Read More: Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium

3. Bowling

One of our favourite indoor activities to do with the family is go Bowling. A game or two will kill a couple of hours at least, and will keep the kids entertained striving to bowl that perfect strike! Go for dinner and make an afternoon or evening out of it. Check out King Pin at Crown, Strike at Melbourne Central.

4. Indoor pool

Cold outside? No problem, indoor pools are usually nice and warm and you won’t even realise how the weather is outside. There are plenty of indoor pools in Melbourne including some centres with wave pools and waterslides! Check out Aquapulse in Melbourn’es West which has waterslides, or Kingston Active in Melbourn’es East which has a wave pool,

5. Trampoline Park

Let the kids bounce around and burn off energy at a trampoline park. There is so much fun to have and a great indoor activity if you have been cooped up inside for a few days in a row. Check out Airodrome or Bounce which has locations all over Melbourne.

6. Play Centre

We love to send our kids to run outside as much as possible, even in the Winter time. But on cold rainy days it is sometimes impossible and staying inside all day with energetic kids seems unbearable. There are various play centres all over Melbourne including Rabbit Hole, one of the largest, where children can let of steam and run around, and parents supervise while enjoying a well deserved coffee break!

7. Visit a Museum

A kid friendly museum is a great way to spend a rainy day indoors with the kids. With a range of museums around Melbourne there are a few to choose from.

Melbourne Museum in Carlton is perfect for all ages and includes a children’s gallery for younger ones up to 5 years old. The exhibition features various activities that allow children to play, discover, and learn.

Scienceworks in Yarraville, just west of Melbourne is perfect for feeding the curiosity of young minds. Scienceworks makes learning about science fun and exciting and is perfect for a rainy day activity in Melbourne.

Melbourne Planaterium is perfect for little space lovers. Children can learn about planets, constellations, and their home planet earth at the planetarium through a kid-friendly animated film. Sit back and enjoy the show laying back on reclining seats looking up to a domed roof. 

8. Roller Skating

You don’t have to wait until Winter to go Ice Skating, you can go any time of the year in Melbourne! Head to O’Brien Ice House to get on the ice, or to Laverton Roller skating centre or Skateworld Mordialloc if you are looking for roller skating.

9. Cinema

Movies are the perfect indoor activities for kids in Melbourne or anywhere else! Grab some popcorn, and a drink and sit back and enjoy a film with your little ones. Village Cinemas have specific sessions, perfect for younger ones who may like to make a little noise during the movies. They have the room set up especially for kids.

10. Local Library

Don’t you just love curling up with the kids and reading a good book together? Well if you are bored with the books that you have at home, and the kids are driving you nuts, a trip to the library can be a fun indoor experience with the kids.

The Melbourne State Library is particularly impressive, however there are tones of local libraries in Melbourne. Most have a children’s area and usually there are days where they have story time or other activities. Gathering with other mums and kids in the library can be a calming way to spend a rainy day together indoors.

There is always dancing in the rain

Don’t be bummed about the weather. While there are plenty of indoor activities for kids in Melbourne to do on a rainy day, you can always just grab a jacket and umbrella and head out to dance in the rain!

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