Games For Kids

Babysitting games are a necessary and fun part of taking care of children. Kids are difficult to keep busy, or at least busy doing something that we want them to do. Usually your energy level is much lower than that of your charges, so it’s a good idea to have some games to keep them entertained.

Marco Polo is a great kids’ game. Blindfold one child and tell them to yell “Marco!”. The other children all yell “Polo!”, and the person who is “it” can move closer to them by listening to where their voices are coming from, until they get close enough to touch someone else, and then they’re “it”. If it’s a nice day outside, do this activity out of doors, where there aren’t as many breakables around.

“Red Light-Green Light” is an old favorite among babysitting games. You can play it best in a big indoor area, or outside. Have one person stand with arms stretched out, and yell either “red light” or “green light”. Everyone else must run on green, and stop on red. The winner is the first one to arrive at the designated spot, while anyone who runs on red or stops on green is “out”.

“Duck-Duck-Goose” has been a favorite game for many years. It helps keep young kids amused for awhile, which can be a very good thing. Have the children sit in a loose circle, and have the person playing “it” go around this circle while they say “duck” or “goose”. When they tap and say “goose”, the person who was tapped has to run with the tapping child around the oval. If the tap-ee reaches their seat first, the “goose” has to stay in the center, also called the “pot”.

One good old stand-by among babysitting games is coloring. It sounds boring if you’re an adult, but when the weather is bad, it’s a very good project for filling time. If you have younger children, you will want them to color with crayons, since they are non-toxic. If they’re a bit older, you can use markers or colored pencils, but be careful none get chewed on, as they can be dangerous if swallowed.

It’s fun for kids to create different food ideas, especially if the weather outside is frightful. Use bananas and add candy pieces and raisins to them, in order to make them into people. When you make sandwiches, use various shaped cookie cutters that make sandwiches different shapes. Use healthy and natural foods whenever you can, so they’ll have a fun and healthy treat.

All of these babysitting games can be used to help keep your children occupied, but you should always be in the room with them, so you can monitor them and make sure all is OK.

An explosion of online games for girls had flooded the online gaming world. You can find a variety of cool and exciting types of games featuring activities such as dress up, makeup, cooking, and hair styling. A few creative game creators have even designed games centered on role playing as a certain celebrity. One of these games is Movie Star Planet.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to walk in the shoes of a movie star? Do you wish you could be a movie star for a day? In this game you will be helping your character get through their schedule for the next three days. As you play Movie Star Planet you will appreciate the bright, bold colors and sharp, high quality graphics. You will also find yourself playing this game again and again, taking advantage of the fun variations of the game the creators have incorporated into it.

Movie star planet is a combination of several different types of games. The result is an imaginative experience that caters to an escape from the everyday routine. It combines the entertainment of a dress up game as you get to dress your character in several chic styles. It involves a little bit of action, too, as you maneuver the character between photos and autographs to get the best score. This segment may take a little bit of practice to get a perfect score.

It also contributes to reading and comprehension skills. You will notice that the TV interview offers several multiple choice answers in response to the interview questions. You can express your characters attitude and personality according to the answers you choose. Finally, the end results of the game display an attractive magazine article where you can practice your reading skills by finding out what the media has to say about your Hollywood icon.

At the beginning of playing Movie Star Planet you are presented with the option to choose from one of three famous female celebrities. The first scenario involves you as the celebrity character preparing to attend a movie premier where paparazzi and the press will be present. The celebrity has to look her best for the photograph taking and autograph giving. You will notice that the agenda has different suggestions for each character based on the event they’re attending. Next, you have a choice of four outfits to select the most appropriate one.

The next level involves a little more skill as you move the character back and forth between picture taking and signing autographs. You have one minute to try to pose for as many pictures and sign as many autographs as you can to get the best score. Remember, the media is judging you by how well you pose for pictures and how generous you are with your autographs. Next your character will participate in a TV interview. You will be asked a series of questions where you can choose from several different answers. Your results are then displayed in the form of two pages of a gossip magazine. Check out your star score to see how well you did!

You can continue playing by proceeding to Day 2 and following the schedule on your agenda. You will be going to a cafe so choose an appropriate outfit for your setting. Once again you will need to pose for photos and sign autographs. Get ready for another TV interview and answer a few more questions. The game will follow a similar form for day 3 as well. You can mix and match your choices of outfits and interview answers but remember, the better you do the higher your star score will be. Try and score all five stars!

Finding kids birthday party games to work with this great party theme isn’t as easy as finding LEGO decorations and other LEGO themed items to spend your money on. What your LEGO party really needs are good games that you can tweak to fit the LEGO theme- birthday party games that keep the kids busy and having fun. Turning a dozen preschoolers loose on a table full of LEGO’s doesn’t cut it- your LEGO party needs more structure than that if you’re to keep your sanity.

Just Google ‘LEGO party ideas’ and you’ll find tons of great decorating and food ideas, so that’s not the focus of this information.

Here are several preschool appropriate games that tweak beautifully for a LEGO themed birthday party:

LEGO Door Prize: Have a nice sized jar full of LEGOs at your party entrance along with small pieces of paper and pencils. Each party guest (plus the birthday child) gets a guess at how many LEGOs are in the jar, and at the end of your party the closest guess gets to take the jar home. Parents can help the preschoolers write down their guess and their names as they all arrive. LEGO Ring Toss: Create a narrow tower of LEGOs with a LEGO base that you can duct tape to the floor or rug for stability. Create 3-5 rings by cutting the center out of plastic plates (sturdier than paper plates). Experiment with your preschooler to find the right distance for the ‘stay behind’ line, and mark that out with more tape on the floor or rug. If you use different color plates for the rings, the scoring for each can be different. If you choose to score the game, it can be done either individually or by teams. LEGO Pitch: This is an alternative to the LEGO Ring Toss. Assemble a variety of different shaped targets such as cut down milk cartons, bowls and boxes, all placed at different distances from a ‘stand behind’ line on your rug or floor. Put a point count number on the front of each target (the farthest away the higher the point count), and give each child 5 LEGOs of different shapes and sizes. Keep score either individually or by teams. LEGO Drop: From either a standing position or kneeling backwards on a chair, the kids will drop 3 or 4 LEGOs from their nose into a jar or bowl. The wider the mouth on the target, the easier the game for the little ones. If backwards on the chair, have a helper hold onto the chair so there aren’t any accidents. LEGO Spoon Relay Race – Part 1: Place a bowl or bucket full of various LEGOs a good distance from the kids, and have a ‘stand behind’ line on your floor or rug. Divide the kids into two teams, each with a spatula or big spoon- the spoon is easier because of the sloping sides. Make the two teams implements the same, ie. either both spoons or both spatulas. On ‘Go’, one child from each team races down to the bucket, picks up as many LEGOs as they can on their spoon or spatula- no hands- and takes the LEGOs back to their starting position where they hand the spoon or spatula off to the next team member to repeat the process until all the LEGOs have been retrieved. The winning team will have accumulated the most LEGOs. LEGO Spoon Relay Race – Part 2: Once all counted up and a Part 1 winning team declared, set each team the task of building the tallest tower with their accumulated LEGOs. Cooperating to build that tower as a team will be a challenge, and that’s the point. LEGO Bingo: Use this game when the excitability level needs to be brought down a bit. Have these downloadable bingo cards pre-printed and ready: LEGO Scavenger Hunt: Have your LEGOs well hidden before hand, inside or out. For the youngest ones, just score it by how many they find and bring back. For older ones, you can score different values for different colors and/or shapes. Send them out with a key card so they know what to look for that scores them the most points. LEGO Lift (for kids too old for the LEGO Drop): Either with a small pile of LEGOs for each child or a big communal bowl of LEGOs, each child is tasked with lifting out as many LEGOs within 1 minute as they can with chopsticks. Give them all a few minutes to practice before the competition. If they’re older, you can increase the challenge by adding other small items in with the LEGOs that they then have to avoid picking out. LEGO Building Competition: Give each child or pair of children an equivalent number of various LEGOs and challenge your LEGO Lovers to build either a bridge or a pyramid within a 10 minute time frame (the bridge for older kids, the pyramid for younger ones). Working in pairs increases the challenge in this game.

You may need or want to add to your existing LEGO collection to have enough for these games, but that can be part of the birthday gifts and if you’ve got a LEGO lover who wants a LEGO party, you know these will be dollars well spent.