Are there any creatives in your household or group of friends? Any future screen play writers and Oscar winners? Making home movies can help bring out everyone’s inner actor and/or writer. Gather your minds together and come up with an original script and then shoot it! Filming your own movie with your family and friends can be a great creative outlet while having tons of fun playing different wacky roles.

Home movies are a great way to capture life’s first-time moments and special memories we want to keep forever. First words, first walk, first tooth lost, first date, first day of college, etc. are all great home movies everyone loves to record and watch years later. Children love to watch their first steps and first words as older kids and they can appreciate their parents more for having documented such great memories. Parent’s love to recount old memories of when the kids were younger and see how much they have grown over the years. Home movies are a great rainy day past-time for all ages.

Making and watching home movies is a great way to spend rainy days indoors. Creating fun, original movies that can be enjoyed for years while spending quality time with those you care about is a great way to spend a day indoors.