Who is it good for? This painted pine cone flower activity from Manda Panda Projects is great for preschool- to middle school-aged kids. Kids can create beautiful works of art just by mixing some food coloring into shaving cream. Using a toothpick and paintbrushes, have them swirl the shaving cream until they create a pattern they love.
This DIY art project from Meaningful Mama will be a winner with little ones, who will love the tactile fun of it, and older kids, who will take pride in their beautiful creations. All you need is a little soap, water, a mixer and some food coloring to create this tactile activity from Fun at Home With Kids.
Change it up by picking up some unusual food coloring hues at a local craft store. This rainbow soap foam activity is tons of fun for the preschool to elementary school set, but you should keep an eye on younger children who might accidentally get soap in their eyes.
Relaxation jars, calm-down jars, sensory containers — call them what you want, but these creations are as useful as they are lovely.
Easy and fun to put together, sensory containers , like this one from Casale Fenoglio , are a unique way to teach children how to self-regulate their emotions by looking at their jar when they feel overwhelmed. Depending on how elaborate you want to get, sensory activities can work from ages preschool on up.
In fact, you may even want one for yourself! Most kids are familiar with the many art challenges found on YouTube, and this one has taken off with kids of all ages. Have kids close their eyes and then choose three markers at random from a pile.
No matter which ones they picked, they now have to color one of the sheets in completely. The 3 Marker Challenge is great for elementary- to high school-aged kids.
These activities will thrill any kid who loves to entertain others and express themselves through the arts. Give kids a theme, such as a summertime picnic or a winter kingdom, and ask them to put together a short play to present to you later. It should have a beginning, a middle and an ending, but the rest is up to them. Encourage them to get into it by using whatever they can find to dress up as characters. This imaginative activity is best for elementary school-aged kids who are already able to dress themselves and work together to come up with a basic story structure.
Yes, older kids can create their own movie! Kids are more adept at using phones and tablets than most adults, and free editing software is the perfect way to put together their own short movies. Depending on the software, they can create a movie using pictures, their own footage or cartoons.
Try the Magisto Magical video making app or iMovie. Movie-making is great for older children, ages 10 and up, who are proficient with tablets, computers or phones.
Put together a collection of storytelling prompts in a jar and have kids choose one to work with in creating their story. This storytelling activity from Kitchen Counter Chronicles works for younger and school-aged children. While the older children may enjoy writing out their tales and eventually creating a book of their own short stories, younger children can simply tell you the story aloud. This activity uses the colors of a rainbow to help teach kids how to create a poem.
Have kids choose the colors of their rainbow, and then come up with descriptions of each color. After all the descriptions are completed, they can line them up in a rainbow to create their own poem. Help children put together simple puppets using paper bags, and then encourage them to come up with their own puppet show for you to watch. Best for elementary school-aged children, this puppet activity from I Heart Crafty Things would also work with some older siblings who can help them out.
When the music stops, they must all find a chair. You can leave the same number of chairs as there are children for the first round or two, so the kids can have some fun. Then, gradually remove a chair at a time, so the children must scramble to find a chair to sit in.
Gradually remove chairs until there are only two children and one chair left. The child to sit in that chair first is declared the winner. Children who love to sort things and enjoy competing with others will like this game. The goal is simple — to sort a bowl of objects faster than the other teams. Start by dividing the children into groups of between 2 to 4 people. Give each group something that can be sorted into colors or types. For example, a bowl of coins or colored marbles.
It can be extremely competitive with players battling it out to control the monopoly board and negotiating clever deals with other players. There is also a popular Monopoly card game available. It works in a similar way to the standard Monopoly boards game but has the added advantage of being ultra-portable. This classic game is perfect for both adults and kids. Start a game of basic dominoes by placing the dominoes face down and moving them around to scramble the tiles. In a two player game, each player will select 7 dominoes.
If there are three or four players, each player will select 5 dominoes. Players will keep their dominoes hidden from other players. The player with the highest double the same number of both sides will start the game by placing that tile on the table. Play then continues in a clockwise direction. Players must place a matching domino on any of the four exposed ends.
So, if the first domino played is a double 3, the other players can place a domino with a three on it next that that domino. Tiles with doubles must be placed perpendicular to the current tile. The winner is the first player to reach points. Moon Cake is a very old Chinese game that can be adapted to suit children of different ages.
Start by drawing a large circle on a playground with a radius of about feet. You could also use the centre circle on a basketball or netball court for smaller groups. The circle is divided into segments with the number of segments being determined by the age of the children who are playing.
If very young kids are playing, divide the circle into 4 quarters, which are marked 1, 2, 3, and 4. If older kids are involved, use up to 12 segments marked from 1 to Alternately, you could use random numbers in the segments to make the game a little more interesting.
The children should be divided into several teams of at least 2 players each. Going in turns, one child from each team will stand them in the centre of the circle blindfolded. Turn the child around several times so they lose their sense of direction and ask them to take 4 steps in any direction. They will then take off the blindfold to see the number of the segment they are standing in.
Once every player has had a turn, all of the numbers they stood in are added up to determine the winning team for that round. Soccer Tag is an action-packed game that combines elements of tag and soccer. It requires a soccer ball and an outdoor space to play.
Once there are multiple It players, they can pass the ball to each other in an attempt to confuse the other players and catch them out. The game is over when all players have been tagged with the last player to be tagged being the winner. Kids love running around obstacle courses! You can create an interesting obstacle course in your house by using pillows, boxes, sheets, ottomans, and other pieces of furniture.
You can make the obstacle course more exciting by having participants perform challenges at certain points. This could be answering a tricky question or performing a physical activity like 10 pushups or 5 jumping jacks. The winner will be the child who completes the course in the shortest time. You can make rock paper scissors more competitive by holding a rock paper scissors championship.
Each child will play best-of-five rock paper scissors rounds against the other children to win a prize. If you children really enjoy rock paper scissors, you could buy them a rock paper scissors card game. Also, be sure to check out this fun variation of rock paper scissors. There are dozens of classic old board games that are highly competitive yet fun. Consider purchasing a few of these classic games to help your children learn how fun competition can be.
This is a very simple game that can be a lot of fun for young kids. Start by splitting the children into teams of two. Each team will receive two plastic cups and a ping pong ball. Their objective is to throw the ball to one another and successfully catch it in their cups as many times as possible within 1 minute. The winner is the team that complete the most catches! The best competitive activities for kids are ones that combine a fun or unusual activity with a race.
This includes games like the Crab Walk Race. Have the children simply perform a crab walk from one side of the room to the other or to a finish line if outdoors. The first to reach the other side of the room wins. Other fun competitive races for kids include:.
Ten pin bowling is a one of the most fun competition games for kids. You can play it at home by setting up plastic bottles in a hallway and using a ball of some kind to knock them over. Use these rules to keep score and determine the winner. If your kids really enjoy ten pin bowling, you could purchase them an indoor bowling set. Croquet is an incredibly fun activity that kids seem to love.
If you live near a local croquet field, it can be a wonderful day out and give the kids a chance to meet some new people. The winner will be the child who completes the course using the least number of strokes. This is another silly racing game that will have children laughing their heads off as they struggle to the finish line. To play Potato Drop each child has to race to a finish line with a potato between their knees. The first player to the end wins.
If you like silly race games, consider running an egg relay race as well. Nerf Target Practice is one of the best competitive games for kids using target shooting. Simply set up a collection of empty soda bottles, plush toys, cardboard cutouts, paper towels attached with tape , and other objects.
Each child then has 60 seconds to knock down as many targets as they can. The winner is the player to hit the most targets. This nerf gun is a great choice for this activity as it has a fairly high capacity and can shoot quickly. This fun competitive activity for kids is inspired by What Moms Love.
If there are four children playing, select 4 pieces of differently colored construction paper. Find 10 pieces of same colored lego for each piece of paper 10 pieces of blue lego for a blue piece of paper etc. The children will then be assigned a color each and must find the 10 pieces of lego that match that color.
The winner is the first child to find all 10 pieces of lego and place them on their construction paper. Mini golf is great game because it can be enjoyed by children and adults alike. Either take your children to a local mini golf venue or organize a mini golf tournament at home. If you are playing with young children at home, this Indoor Golf Set is the perfect product for setting up your own mini golf course. Some of the best games include:. Set up a volleyball net in your back yard or inside the house and have the kids play volleyball with a balloon.
This is a great way to teach the kids the rules of volleyball. You could also use balloons for other games including indoor soccer and hockey using cardboard sticks. Anyone can learn how to play kickball within a couple of minutes and start having fun. However, you can play on any flat surface by using pieces of clothing or other markers for the bases and pitching mound.
Start by splitting the players into two teams with at least 5 players per team. Four corners is a simple game of chance that can energize students and keep them awake after the lunch hour. You will need: A room with four corners and enough space for a group of students to stand. This game is an interesting way to make children listen and focus on the voice of another person.
Avoid -ing or -ion words. You can increase the complexity of the game by restricting them to a particular theme or topic. The mime is a fun game to revise verbs or action words. It can be played with primary or middle schools kids. Sentence race is a vocabulary review game that works best with higher classes with more than ten students.
The team that writes the maximum correct and meaningful sentences with the chosen words, wins. Memory games are fun. They compel you to try and recall and reinforce any information that the brain has received.
Here are a few you can try in the classroom. The student with the highest number of cards wins the game. This game can also be played at home, with two or more people. This is a memory game that involves making lists. This game may seem too simple for higher classes, but the younger ones will enjoy exercising their memory. Picture this is suitable for students in high school or middle school.
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