Fun Kid Games to Play - Free Kid Games
and Other Useful Activities for Youngsters

Use a pop-up tent or a homemade tent (using a sheet or blanket).

Organise an overnight (or at least evening) camping trip - but indoors.

Pack some food, drink, clothing, torch, sleeping bag, pillow - use backpacks if you can.

Absolutely no TV's, mobile phones, ipods or in fact anything electronic.

Variations Use your garden...better still, use your friends back garden!...

This Treasure Hunt game requires some preparation...some red/blue/green/yellow colored card - each about 1"(1.5cm) by 2"(3cm).

Hide the red card under something red, the blue card under something blue, the green card under something green, the yellow card under something yellow.

Tell the kids to find the red/blue/green/yellow cards after explaining they are under objects of the same color.

Variations To make it more challenging only tell them the first color to search for e.g.red! --- but you will have to prepare as follows:

if the first card is red write on that card the next color to search for e.g. blue, - on the blue card write green - and on the green card write yellow

Also try using more and/or different colored cards to extend the hunt

Again this is a blindfold game for each kid in turn.

Fill several bowls each with different cold food products e.g. baked beans, mashed banana, tomato ketchup, dried rice, fruit jelly, cereal, mashed potato, Brussels sprouts, sardines, etc..

Present the bowls one at a time to the blindfolded victim...see if they can feel...smell...taste?...what it is.

Keep a bowl of water handy...to wash their hands with...between samples! - and probably a towel may be needed.

Variations Slip in some bowls containing other items e.g. Dads smelly socks....mud from the garden...leaves (use only herb leaf!)...salt ...sugar...mustard...vinegar.

Get them to spell out the name of their favorite movie...using their bottoms.

They cannot make any noise but they can nod and shake their heads.

Variations Spell out their favourite book...colour...friends name...what they want for their next birthday.

Get some marshmallows and dried sticks of spaghetti.

Challenge the kids to make the tallest shape they can...for guidance suggest a box framework design.

Variations Get them to work cooperatively...challenge them to build a pyramid structure...suggest they don't eat the marshmallows.

Give them a simple word of about five letters e.g. scarf.

Tell them to find objects and items around the house which start with the letters S - C - A - R - F, e.g. Sock, Cup, Apple, Rug, Flag.

If they really cannot find an item beginning with a letter they need...let them make the shape with their body lying on the floor.

Variations Only allow items from the kitchen...how about food only...toys only...see if they can spell a word using different objects for you to work out.