9 activities to do indoors

These games are fun for kids to play with each other but they will have a blast if their parents play, too! Make exercise a family occasion by playing:

• Simon says

  • Example: Simon says, stand on one foot and count to six

• Follow the leader

  • Example: do jumping jacks, crawl on the floor, crawl over the back of the couch

• Baseball with common household items

  • Use tinfoil for a ball and the cardboard tube from paper towels for a bat

• Mirror dancing

  • Put on music

  • Face each other

  • One person leads a dance the other attempts to mimic all the moves

• Climb up and down stairs

  • Think of all the different ways you can climb up and down

  • Example: sideways, on hands and knees

• Balloons are the best indoor ball ever you can play all sorts of games

  • Volleyball

  • Dodgeball

  • How many times can you hit it before it touches the ground

• Obstacle course

  • Create a course using furniture, pillows, clothing etc

• Freeze dance

  • Play music

  • When it stops everyone freezes

• Create your own game

  • Grab random items from the kitchen and other parts of the house

  • Everyone comes up with a way to use all the items