It’s not just for fun, it’s a stress-buster, it’s an activity that keeps us alive without allowing us time to realize its importance. If children are sick of long-term learning, games are their salvation, which they look forward to. But no parents allow their children to go out and play in the Sun in this scorching heat of Summer.
It’s their summer break, you can’t keep kids out of playing. So what are you going to do? You want to play them, but you also want them to be safe. Why don’t you play indoor games with your kids and their friends? Nevertheless, indoor games mean video games or games on mobile phones for this generation’s kids. But as parents, you should show them the games of your day. Didn’t you have fun playing those indoor games right in your childhood and fighting with your sibling? So, teach the same thing to your children! You can also try brain games as they will be good for the growth of your infant.
Indoor Games for Children
1. Balancing Beam
This is an easy activity and can be great for younger children and children as well as helping them improve their motor skills and balance.
What You Will Need
- Coloured tape
- Flat floor space to play
How to Play
- Stick on the floor various coloured cassette tapes.
- Each coloured tape may have a different walking law. For example, on the red coloured tape, you can ask the kid to walk on one leg.
- The child only needs to walk on the tape. He’ll be out of the game if he falls off the tape.
- The game is won by the child who walks the whole length of the tape without falling off the tape.
Suggestion
Change the rules to make the game interesting
2. Pitching Pennies
This game can help to build the hand-eye coordination of your kid.
What you’re going to need
- Pennies or currency coins.
- Big cups of paper or plastic
How to Play
- Place the cup on a table chair in front of kids.
- Give every child 5 coins.
- You should ask the child to take a few steps away from the cup.
- Explain to your child that he must throw the coins into the cup, one at a time.
- The person with the majority of coins in the cup wins
Suggestion
You can play this game with marbles or ping pong balls instead of pennies.
3. Indoor Bowling
Build-in your house a simple bowling alley and have fun. The game is also great for children’s hand-eye coordination.
What You Will Need
- Flat floor space to play
- Ten empty bottles or soda cans
- Plastic ball or a tennis ball
- Tape
- Marker
- Spray paint (non-toxic)
How to Play
- Using the tape, create a bowling lane
- Peel off the wrappers of the cans and the bottles and spray paint them. Allow them to dry
- Arrange the bottles at the end of the lane. You may arrange it like bowling pins or stack them on top of each other to form a pyramid
- Ask the child to strike this arrangement using the ball
Suggestion
In case you have one, you can even opt for a bowling package that is readily available.
4. In and Out Hangman
To young children, this game can be entertaining and can even be a fun way to learn.
What You Will Need
- White or blackboard
- Marker or chalk
- Set of questions and answers or words and hints
How to Play
- Ask your child a question and draw small blanks on the board to correspond with the answer number of letters. Leave sufficient space between two words to make the child’s response easier to guess.
- Tell your child to guess a letter in the answer and a letter otherwise not in it.
- Seven myths are permitted for your boy, which is the number of steps it takes to complete a hangman
Suggestion
You will make the game fun for your kid by thinking about his favourite toys, movies, etc.
5. Pictionary
Pictionary is a fun game that requires one player to draw an image indicating the word, where the other player has to guess it correctly.
What You Will Need
- Paper or board
- Pencil or marker
How to Play
- Write different words on paper and place them in the bowl
- Ask your child to gather the pieces and draw them on the board without asking you what they are. You can draw, instead, and he can guess
Suggestion
Through getting groups and playing against each other, you can make this game more fun.
6. Sock Toss
You can enjoy a mini basketball game right at home with some folded up socks and a bucket.
What You Will Need
- Space to play
- Socks
- Bucket
How to Play
- Roll up the socks into little balls and tie them
- Place the seal in one place and ask your child to move away from it a few steps.
- Then you can turn and throw the balls of the sock into the bowl. After each turn, move away from the bucket
Suggestion
The use of buckets with a wider opening will make it challenging for older children.
7. Indoor Obstacle Course
You can create an obstacle course around areas that are child-proof; this is a fun choice for children of different ages.
What You Will Need
- Chairs
- Blankets
- Exercise ball
- Hula hoops
- Anything else that may be useful
How to Play
- Set the course as space allows and as you like, and make the rules.
- It may require a different way to cross each obstacle. Tell your boy, for example, to pass under a chair or twice through the blanket tunnel before he can move on to the next obstacle.
- He will only be given a point after each obstacle has been successfully completed
Suggestion
When setting up an obstacle course to avoid damage, the field is child-proof.
8. Follow the leader
This activity can be great fun if you have several kids at home and is one of the easiest ways to get the kids to follow what you’re doing.
What You Will Need
- A list of simple activities
- Space to play
How to Play
- Select different game styles. It may be physical activity, movements or phrases.
- You can be the leader or give every child an opportunity to lead.
- All players must imitate what the leader does, jump, dance, laugh, etc.
Suggestion
This game can be the perfect excuse when kids are bound inside the house to get in some exercise.
9. Puzzles
Give your child access to various fun and informative puzzles.
What You Will Need
- Different kinds of a picture or word puzzles
How to Play
- Explain to your child that in case of a picture puzzle, he will bring the pieces of the puzzle together to form a picture.
- You should try some 3D puzzles toys if you have younger kids
- To older children, word puzzles are excellent to boost their vocabulary.
Suggestion
Hold some puzzle books at home that can be given out to your child if you can’t get out.
10. Card games
Simple card games are great for children to shape their logical reasoning and recognition of colour and number.
What You Will Need
- A deck of cards or two
How to Play
- You can play simple children’s card games such as spoons, garbage, dice, memory card (needs two decks), mad eights (where you have to get rid of all your cards), etc.
- Go fish is a simple, pre-schooler-friendly card game.
Suggestion
You can always choose Uno, an option that can be enjoyable.
11. Building a Fort
Although not necessarily a game, it can keep your child engaged and occupied.
What You Will Need
- Pillows
- Chairs
- Cardboard boxes
- Blankets
- Anything else in the house that can be used
How to Play
- To make strong cardboard, you can simply stack and tie together a few cardboard boxes.
- Place pillows on two sides and throw a blanket over them for an easy pillow fort.
- A few sticks and a cover will help you build a shelter.
- Simply cover with a blanket a table or some chairs, and you’re going to have a small fort. You can also fold the fabric on one hand and label it an entrance
Suggestion
With your son, you can build a fort with pillows, boxes of cardboard and blankets.
12. Dominoes
It can be fun for people of all ages to stack dominoes and watch them fall in rapid succession. It can also give something to do to your child for a whole day.
What You Will Need
- Dominoes game set
How to Play
- Place the dominoes in your child’s chosen pattern and structure. With this, you can support your baby.
- You may ask your child to flip the first piece once all the pieces are set and watch the rest follow suit.
Suggestion
Try different patterns and capture a memory that will last for the whole thing on video.
13. Ice Tower Excavation
Excavating the ice tower is just the game that your child needs when it’s too hot to step out. It’s simple and for hours it can be enjoyed.
What You Will Need
- A tall container
- Different toys and trinkets
How to Play
- Place the toys in the tub and fill them with clear water.
- Place this jar in the freezer until the water turns into ice and inside the toys are stuck.
- Remove this ice from the jar and equip your child with water, eye drops and bottles to melt the ice and rescue the toy
Suggestion
Use a container with a standard width to make melting the ice simpler.
14. Read
Getting your child into reading habits is a great way to keep him busy for most days.
What You Will Need
- Books
How to Play
- Take a picture book and read it with your child
Suggestion
Get a new book for your child to captivate his attention every time.
15. Freeze
This simple game can be a great family activity enjoyed by both adults and children.
What You Will Need
- Music
- Space to play
How to Play
- Play the music and dance until the music stops and ask everybody to freeze in their position.
Suggestion
You can even ask the kids to pose in specific postures to make the game challenging.
