Top 6 indoor games you can play with kids - Desi Nuskhe

Top 6 Indoor Games You Can Play With Kids

No game is played just for the fun but it also reduces the stress. Even if we do not realize its importance but activities help us to stay healthy. After studying for a long time, children often want to go to play, but playing in the hot summer sun can also harm children. Due to the hot sun and heat outside, no parents let their child go outside.

Children cannot be prevented from playing during the summer holidays, but parents often do not allow children to play because of the strong sun outside. So what should you do? You want your child to play but you also want him to be safe. So why not keep your child busy playing indoor games? Indoor games for the children of today’s generation mean video games or mobile games. But as parents, you can also give children to play their time games. You must have had a lot of fun while playing those indoor games and you used to fight with your siblings for these games too, right? So you can teach the same to children. You can also play brain games with the child as they help the child's development.

6 Best Indoor Games for Kids Enjoyment :

There is nothing better than a better game to bring the whole family together. Here is a list of indoor games for children. The best games mentioned in this list are very good for you and your child's enjoyment. If you can spend quality time with your whole family or if it is not possible to go out, then all the indoor games given in this list can make your time better and better. If your child is bored at home, then by playing these games you can reduce his boredom.

1. Balancing Beam :

This activity is best for young children and toddlers and it improves the child's motor skills and control.                                                                                                                                           

What do you need : Color tape, Flat place to play

How to play :

1. First you paste different colored tapes into the ground.
2. There will be different rules of running on different colored tape on the ground. Like, tell your child to walk on a leg over a red tape.
3. The child has to walk only on the tape. If the child withdraws from the tape, he or she will be out of the game.
4. The child will win this game if he is able to walk directly over the tape without falling.

2.  Pitching pennies :

      This game improves the coordination of children's hands and eyes.                       

What do you need : Coins or currency coins, a large size paper or plastic cup

How to play :

1. You place the cup on a chair or table in front of the children.
2. Give 5 coins to each child.
3. Ask the child to step forward and stand at some distance from the cup.
4. Tell the children that they have to toss the coin in a cup at a time.
5. The one who gets the most coins in the cup will win this game.  

3. Indoor bowling :

    You should build a bowling lane at home and enjoy. This game also improves children's         hand and eye coordination.                                                                                             

What do you need : Flat place, 10 empty bottles or soda cans, Plastic or tennis ball, tape, Marker, Spray paint (non-toxic)

How to play :

1. Make a bowling lane using tape.
2. Remove all the cans and bottle wrappers and spray them and let them dry.
3. Apply all the bottles properly at the end of the lane. You have to arrange these bottles in the same way as bowling pins are arranged or make them like pyramids by placing them one on top.
4. Finally ask the child to drop the bottles using the ball.             

4. Musical Chairs :

     This game is for all family members or groups of children.

What do you need : Music, Chairs

How to play :

1. First of all, round all the chairs (one less than the number of people playing).
2. Play music and ask all the players to walk around the chairs dancing.
3. All the players have to sit on their nearest chair as soon as the music is closed. The player who cannot sit on the chair will be out of the game. It is very fun to play musical chairs.  

5. Puzzle :

You can also give different types of puzzles to the child to play as these games are engaging and educational.

What do you need : Different types of photos and puzzles

How to play :

1. You tell your child that he has to set all the pieces of the puzzle together and make a photo.
2. If your children are small then you can also give them 3D puzzle.
3. Word puzzles are ideal for older children because it improves their vocabulary.                                         

6. Paper bag sticks :

    This creative game is good for elder children and they can play it together during        sleepovers.

What do you need : A paper bag filled with small things such as spoons, jewelry, balls, socks and etc.

How to play :

1. You give all the children in the group a paper bag filled with different things.
2. Ask them to make a skit using these things.
3. After 15 minutes ask everyone to say what they have thought.