Garbage ball
An active game to play in a gym with a big group, garbage ball can be played with anything you can harmlessly throw across the gym – yes, even garbage! Well, wadded up pieces of paper, that is.
older kids
Heads up, seven up
Heads up, seven up is a classroom game that’s quiet (hooray!) but still fun for kids. A great reward for good behavior or way to fill extra time!
Three deep
Three Deep is a big-group, fast-paced, basically strategy-less party game that involves shouting and finding your two teammates as quickly as possible. Fun!
Floppy sock tag
A silly tag game to play indoors. Step on each other’s floppy socks until they fall off. Don’t lose both your socks or you’re out of the game!
Defend the castle
Kids claim a playground structure as their castle while grown-ups or older kids with decent aim try to peg them with soft, harmless balls. An activity to do for the fun of it, no winners or losers, just play.
The monster game
A drawing game where different players draw different parts of a monster, creating a silly masterpiece…er, monsterpiece!
No, because
A guessing game similar to twenty questions where clues take the form “No, because…” It’s worked best for us when we play with a specific category, like people.