Borrow A Stopwatch To Play These Fun, Simple Games!
If you are finding it hard to find something for your kids to do, you can easily create games you can play with a stopwatch. This is simple and easy and just takes a bit of imagination. You might say you don’t have a stopwatch. Are you sure about that? Most cell phones have them if you do not have another ones. And if needed you can use a sand watch from an existing board game or there are even stopwatches online. Here are some ideas to get you started.
Relay games are fun and can be a lot of laughs. You can set it up outside or in a space in your house. Use chairs and a few articles of clothing such as hats, a big button up shirt, etc. Make it a relay involving running back and forth to put on articles of clothing and then back to the start line on the other side of the room or the yard.
Other types of puzzle games are also fun to do with a timed theme. You can also make up a game of memory. This is fun for a shower or even to entertain kids on a rainy day. Use a tray and fill it up with items around the house and cover with a cloth. Then let the gamers view it for one minute and time it. Then cover it back with the cloth and give them five minutes to guess all of the items.
Another fun game you can play with a stopwatch is name that tune. You have a theme, such as the word ‘baby’. Use a stopwatch and give the games five minutes to write down all the names with baby in them they can think of. This is just one word. You can make it any word you want.
These are just a few different ideas you can do with gaming and a stopwatch. You can also make picking up toys fun as well. Set a timer and let the kids know if they pick up their mess in a certain time they get something special.
Prizes for fun at home with just the family can be a movie ticket with a friend or even getting out of taking out the garbage. It does not have to be a big gift. Just a little reward for the winner can be fun. You can have fun in a simple way with just a stopwatch and your imagination.
The same is true for a shower gift and a game like this. You can even go to the dollar store or your local store and get little things for a dollar each to have on hand. You can tie a ribbon on them and make them look special. Anything looks more special with a ribbon anyway.
If you like the idea of the dollar store and have small children you can have a prize box handy for these fun games at home. Even neighbor kids will love the idea. Getting a six pack of bubbles is less that two dollars in many places and then you have six little gifts. And who doesn’t like bubbles!
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