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Amanda Nishi
50 Things To Do At Home in Colorado in 2020
Due to the unprecedented effects of COVID-19, we're all searching for a little fun here in Colorado, even if that means staying home.
303 Magazine has come up with a great list of activities that don't require going out! Stay home, stay safe!
Watch a local live stream concert
Make an at-home cocktail with recipes from local bartenders
Tip a Denver bartender while imbibing on cocktails at home
Take this virtual street art tour of Colorado
Buy a round of drinks for your friends from a local restaurant or bar via delivery
Take an online writing class with Lighthouse writers
Send a curated gift box to your friends or family from a Denver start-up
Do an escape room in a box designed by a Colorado escape room company
Relieve stress and print a new coloring page to do every day, designed by Boulder-based artist Debbie Clapper
Work out at home with a free Core Power online yoga class or join a local yoga studio for online or live-streamed classes like at Kindness Yoga or The River.
Buy a box of organic wine from the Denver start-up Wander+Ivy with a social distancing discount
Check out online collections of local museums like the Denver Art Museum, Clyfford Still Museum or take an online tour of the Kirkland Museum
Reach out to your favorite local artist and have an original piece of work commissioned for your home (here are some ideas, scroll towards the middle)
Buy a gift certificate from restaurants you would normally eat out at to use at a future time
Order take out or curbside pick-up from one of the 250+ restaurants that are still offering those services
Watch some digital art and support digital artists through Denver Digerati’s online streaming platform Supernova Video
Learn how to draw via online videos from an all-female owned tattoo shop in Colorado
Take a science lesson from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science at home
Start a bird watching journal and learn more about Colorado’s birds
Plant seeds and start a garden, with helpful tips from this almanac
Take a virtual photo tour of Denver during COVID-19
Make (or buy) an ultra-cozy blanket and other goods from Denver’s Broadwick Fibers
Foster a dog or cat from your local animal shelter
Live stream a film at home that would have been shown at the Sie Film Center
Listen in on one of these essential Denver podcasts
Listen to one of these creepy true crime podcasts that take place in Colorado
Follow the Colorado Brewers Guild beer-to-go map
Submit an inspiring thought or image via the Dream Yurt Project on Instagram
Participate in a virtual happy hour with a local bar or cafe like Denver Beer Co. or Postino
Join a local group or collective
Take an online stand-up or improv class via Denver’s Voodoo Comedy
Buy a paint and plant kit from Denver’s Green Lady Gardens.
Support a local bookstore with online delivery
Read an e-book from the Denver Public library (bonus points if you read a book by a local author)
Join Denver Public Library’s online book club — Big Library Read.
Support local music and buy a copy of our 303 Music Vol. 3 — an all local vinyl that also supports Denver’s Youth on Record.
Take an online dance class with studios like Tease
Take a lesson in music, cooking or yoga from talented people like The Disco Biscuits or check Melissa Harrison on the new platform called Live Lesson Masters
Tune into virtual tarot reading sessions with local performance artist Amber Blais
Subscribe to Colorado’s Coffee Club and be your own barista
Rather than panic shopping for frozen food, purchase meat from a local butcher or produce from a local farm
Send your loved ones a card from a local designer like Craft Boner
Spend a day at one of these secret Denver parks, as long as you don’t get too close to anyone else and follow the current stay-at-home rules
Contribute money, blood or volunteer your time through the Help Colorado Now program
Try an online coding workshop created by the Turing School
Compete in a virtual 5k or 10k run with Denver Parks & Recreation
Make your own macrame wall hanging with this virtual class taught by Denver-based Likewoah Handmade
Watch the Colorado Symphony’s video of 49 of their musicians playing Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” virtually
Wash your hands and stay healthy.