Best 10 Fun Indoor Games For Kids To Play

Materials: Random objects or party favors.

Instructions:

1. Hold up an item to be hidden in the room.
2. All but one player leaves the room while the final person hides the object.
3. The trick is that at least part of the object must be in plain sight.
4. Everyone else returns to the room and looks for the object.
5. The winner is the first person to find the object. That person then becomes the hider.

Variations:

1. Take photos of a series of objects and print the images, and hide all of the items while all of the kids are out of the room. Lay the images face down and have the children turn over one photo at a time and hunt for that object. Whoever finds the object, keeps it.

Materials: Paper and pencil for each person, random small objects, a tray or plate, and a towel.

Instructions:

1. Fill a tray or plate with random small items.
2. Everyone looks at the tray for one minute and then it is covered with a towel.
3. Everyone writes down as many objects as they can remember.
4. The winner is the person who remembers the most things, correctly.

Variations:

1. Players get a point for each correct item and lose a point for an incorrect item.
2. Younger children can draw the items on any canvas they can’t spell.

Materials: Players, and pen and paper.

Instructions:

1. All of the players write funny or silly phrases on pieces of paper and drop them into a pot.
2. One player is “it” and sits in the center.
3. The other players take turns drawing a piece of paper from the pot and read it out to the player who is “it.”
4. Whoever makes “it” laugh takes over as the person in the center.

Variations:

1. Whoever is “it” sits with a mouth full of water. If they laugh, the person who made them laugh gets soaked.

Materials: Several strips of paper, pens, and pencils.

Instructions:

1. Give each child a strip of paper and have them draw a head at the top.
2. Each child folds the paper so the head they have drawn cannot be seen, but two lines to show where the neck is should remain visible.
3. The children pass their paper onto the next person who then draws the body to the waist level.
4. They fold down the paper, leaving only two lines to show the width of the waist. The paper is then passed onto the next person, who draws the rest of the figure.
5. The paper is passed again to the next person who unfolds the paper to reveal the entire figure.

Materials: Pens, paper, and a bag of small random objects.

Instructions:

1. One child sits with their back to the others.
2. The child takes an item from the bag, being sure not to let anyone else see it.
3. They then describe the item and everyone else draws what they think the item looks like.
4. The first child shows the item and the group decides who has the most accurate picture and that person wins.

Materials: A bucket for each player and candy.

Instructions:

1. Players are placed in pairs.
2. One person has a bucket tied around their waist.
3. The other person throws candy and the first person has to catch it in the bucket, without using their hands.

Variations:

1. Use loose candy and throw handfuls.
2. Instead of candy, use small toys.

Materials: Pen and paper for each player and a timer.

Instructions:

1. One person is “it.”
2. They call out the first initial of their middle name.
3. Everyone then has a predetermined amount of time to write down as many words they can think of starting with that letter.
4. When the timer goes off, anyone with a word nobody else has gets a point. The person with the most unique words wins.

Variations:

1. Instead of words, you write down animals, birds, or anything else you choose beginning with that letter.

Materials: Receipts or pens and index cards.

Instructions:

1. Create your own version of The Price Is Right.
2. Write down the cost of a number of items on separate pieces of cards.
3. Add some fake, additional prices as red herrings.
4. The first player puts the prices they think are correct on the items.
5. When they’re done, you tell them if they have any prices correct.
6. If they’re not all correct that player sits down and the next player tries.
7. The first to get them all correct wins.

Variations:

1. When someone gets a price correct, they keep that item.