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Rainy day? Bored? Usually, all you need is a little creativity to make the time fly by. There’s no need to spend lots of money on toys. Here, you’ll find new ideas for playing with your children, and you can let others know what your kids’ favorite games are.

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Kids play rock-paper-scissors on grass @Sergey Novikov

Don’t throw a 1

You need a die, a pad of paper, and a pencil. Then you’re ready to start. The players take turns throwing the die. Each player can throw as many times as they want and collect points (= number on the die). But if they throw a 1, they lose all their points for this round, and the next player is up. This means they need to consider carefully whether they should dare to take another throw, or if they should keep all the points they’ve collected and pass on the die. Whoever has the most points after the set number of rounds, or whoever reaches the set number of points first, wins.

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Age: 8 - 13 years
Young caucasian girl walks along a path, holding a bunch of helium filled red balloons @Warren Goldswain

Popping balloons

After each child has a balloon tied to their ankle, the game can start. Now the children have to try and use their feet to pop the other children’s balloons. The one who keeps their balloon the longest wins the game.

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Age: 5 - 16 years
Bubbles1 Look what a cute little ... woman and little girl watching a baby booklet @Nagy-Bagoly Ilona

Clock song

Big clocks go tick-tock, tick-tock (slow tick-tock), little clocks go tick-tock, tick-tock (somewhat faster tick-tock), and little pocket watches go tick-tock, tick-tock (very fast tick-tock). And cuckoo clocks go cuckoo cuckoo (bounce the child on your knees), and the church bells go ding-dong, ding-dong (slow, long back and forth), and the alarm clock goes ... rrrrrrrrring (tickle child)

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Age: 9 months - 5 years

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It was that tree!

One child is blindfolded. Then you spin them around a few times and lead them over to a tree. Now they have to feel the tree very carefully, smell the tree, and try to notice everything they can about the tree. Then you take them back to where they started from. Now take off the blindfold and the child tries to find the right tree. If they recognize all the features, then that means they really felt their tree. Now it’s the next child’s turn.

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Age: 5 - 12 years
Two sisters dressed as Indians (indian, girl) @waldru New horizontal

Bocce ball circle

A group of children stands in a circle with a diameter of about thirty feet. The game leader throws a jack into the middle of the circle. Each child holds a bocce ball, a marble, a piece of gravel, or something similar. The children must take turns to try and throw their object so that it lands as close as possible to the jack. The three players whose objects are closest to the jack get points - the winner gets three, the second place finisher two, and the third place finisher gets one point. Whoever has the most points after the set number of rounds is the winner.

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Age: 3 - 6 years
Two sisters dressed as Indians (indian, girl) @waldru New horizontal

Earth, water, air

The children sit down in a circle. The game leader is holding a ball. The leader throws it to another player, and at the same time says one of these three words: earth, water, or air. If they say “water,” this means that the player to whom they’re throwing the ball has to catch it and name an animal that lives in the water, like a whale. If they say “air,” then the player has to name an animal that can fly, like a bird, insect, or bat. If they say “earth,” then players can only name those animals that can’t fly and don’t live in the water, like cows.

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Age: 4 - 12 years

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