Kids Games

Play Kick the Can with three or more friends in any outdoor area that has safe, reasonable places to hide, day or night.

Capture the Flag is played outdoors with two teams. It's best with teams of three or more players and can be played almost anytime, anywhere.

If you've never made a snow angel, it's time to give it a try. This is winter fun at its best.

Not having fun with your new beach ball? Maybe there's no air in it! Follow these simple steps to fill your ball with air and wait for the fun to begin.

True classics never die, and this childhood game doesn't require much to keep it thriving: a little bouncy ball, at least 10 jacks, and a hard, level playing surface.

Riddles consist of a question and answer and rely on wordplay. One of the most famous riddles is the Riddle of the Sphinx. The Sphinx ate whoever couldn't answer her riddle: What has one voice and...

Astound your friends! Confound your enemies! Amuse your acquaintances!

Although store-bought bubbles are fairly inexpensive, with this recipe, you can make more than a quart of bubble liquid for practically nothing.

It was fun to annoy your friends and family by speaking pig latin when you were eight, and it still is! Use it in your e-mail messages to your boss or in your credit card applications - if you dare.

Anyone can play this simple game.

Kids love a good hunt - and this kind is limited only by your imagination.

Trick your teens into learning something with a cool scavenger hunt.

Be ready for some fun when blindfolded players try to guess what they're tasting.

You'll need sharp hearing for this game.

Find out how much your nose knows in the Smell Test Game.

Players try to come up with animals whose names begin with each letter in their own names. Children need to be able to write moderately well to be successful.

Players identify food after hearing the ingredient list from the packaging.

Players take turns connecting dots to make squares. This simple game involves a lot of strategy.

Play this funny word game, where you make up funny abbreviations, with children of all ages.

Players take turns thinking of homophones and using them in sentences in this word game.

Players rack their brains to guess which homophones are being used in a sentence in this silly and challenging game.

Players take turns describing something using words in alphabetical order.

Try this fun and sometimes silly game where players hit a ball over a net with books.

In this crazy game, players take turns seeing who can kick off their shoes the farthest.

Players in this game must hunt through magazines to find pictures of items on a list they are given.

Players hit a balloon back and forth over a net or divider in this game, which is like volleyball.

Players will enjoy looking through magazines to find pictures for each letter of the alphabet.

In this game, children take turns trying to drop decorated clothespins into a plastic container.

Players must try to cover a quarter at the bottom of a bucket of water by dropping pennies.

This game sends players burrowing through a pile of leaves to find a prize.

Get your kids on their bikes and have them try to balance beanbags on different parts of their bodies while riding. There are sure to be lots of giggles during this game.

Enjoy this hide-and-find game with children of all ages.

Players design and race their own paper airplanes.

In this game, children take turns acting something out during the time it takes a ball to come down after being tossed in the air.

Building a snowman provides an entertaining, creative way to get some fresh air on a lazy winter day. You'll need a few inches of snow on the ground; wear gloves or mittens.

Kindergarten means "child's garden" in German. Select games that nurture the developing senses - sight, smell, taste, hearing and touch - of 4- to 6-year-olds.

Players team up to race as human wheelbarrows in this fun party game.

Runners use teamwork to win a race in this great outdoor party game.

Players race to the finish line while hopping inside burlap bags.

Play this classic relay game on Easter, or on any warm-weather day.

All this game requires are some willing players, enough uncooked eggs for every other person, and the great outdoors. (We recommend that you have plenty of paper towels on hand for the cleanup!)

Players take turns trying to guess which nearby object has been selected.

Players take turns making up stories about nearby strangers.

Players try to spot license plates from all the states.

Players take turns hopping over each other like frogs.

Children take turns being "it" and trying to catch each other.

Players take turns bouncing a ball into each other's squares in this game, which is a bit like tennis.

This group dance is popular at family events and children's parties.

In this game, players must ask "Mother, may I?" and receive a "yes" before following any instructions from Mother.

This activity keeps kids busy and cool - conditions that are hard to come by in the summer.