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Last Updated 1/23/23
Bored and Party Games
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The Classic Party Games
All Your Favorite Classic Kids Party Games can be found on
The Birthday Page
Games That Are Fun For Everyone
Through the Alphabet
Pick a category and take turns naming something that starts with the letter in sequence. First person uses A, the 2nd player B etc
Category Suggestions:
Animals
Cars
Stores
Places
Saran Wrap Ball Game
You will need:
3-5 Rolls of Saran Wrap (Dollar store size)
1 Pair of Oven Mitts
1 Pair of Dice
Large Selection of Candies, small toys, coins etc.
Crafty Fun Parties Printable Cards (Optional)
Reverse Play, Skip Your Next Turn, Trade Prize Piles With Whoever You Choose, Steal 3 Prizes and more. These cards really add to the game. Click Here for PDF File
Wrap Candies, Coins, Toys and Printable Cards into Saran Wrap continuously as to make a ball. After you get it started I have found that breaking off the saran wrap at various points and wrapping it in different directions makes it both easier to make and more difficult for players to unwrap.
Variation: I have made the ball with all tootsie roll midgets. You can buy them in large bags of like 300 at Sam's Club. All players keep whatever tootsie rolls they have collected but whoever has the most wins a special prize.
Select someone to start. That player gets the ball and a pair of oven mitts, the person to his right gets the dice. The player tries to unwrap as much of the ball as possible wearing the oven mitts before the dice roller gets doubles. At that point he must STOP, collect whatever prizes he has unwrapped and follow the instructions on the card if he releases one. He then passes the ball to the next person clockwise and the first player will roll the dice. Play continues until the ball is gone.
Toilet Paper Wrap
Divide into teams and see who can cover one of the team mates with the most toilet paper in the allotted time
Backwards
Wearing Body Parts backward is optional :D
Have all your guests attend the party with their clothes on backwards. Vote on a winner.
Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest
Vote on whoever has the best masterpiece.
Fun and it decorates the neighborhood,
Until the next Rain.
Marshmallow Construction
Divide into pairs or individually, have all construct their marshmallow masterpiece using marshmallows and toothpicks. Vote on the whose is the best or whoever's is the tallest wins
Crafty Games
Paper Plate Ring Toss
Cut once inch slices into the bottom of a paper towel roll and fold them outward to make tabs and glue it to a paper plate to make the post. Cut circles in the center of a paper plate to make the rings. Paint them Fun colors.
Skittles Toss
Paint and glue toilet paper rolls together.
Take turns tossing the Skittles into the rolls.
1 Point if it's in a tube
2 Points if it's in the right color
Recommend this is played on a carpeted surface for easier retrieval and clean up
Gone Fishing
Fishing Pole is made from a Aluminium Foil tube wrapped with Jute. The hook is a plastic clothes hanger hook glued and ties on with the jute. Buoys are pool noodles cut at various heights with rope glued to them.
Plan B : You want to catch FISH ?
Cut pool noodles into 2" pieces, add pipe cleaners for lips and fins. Make sure the fins are large enough they can be caught. Add eyes so they can see what is coming :D
These are cute whether you use them with the fishing pole or just by themselves
Toilet Paper Frog Game
Themed Games
Theme Pages
Several of my Pages have Games on them.
Here are some Highlights
Hook Toss
See my Pirates Page
Clothes Pin Foosball Table
See my Sports Page
Lucky Charms Catapult
See My St Patrick's Page
The Balero
See My Mexican Fiestas Page
We're No Longer Bored Games
Playing "kids" games is fun for all ages
Jumpin' Monkeys
Shoot the monkeys so they hang on the tree. Get all of your monkeys on the tree first, you win.
Paid Link
Sequence
Various Versions of Games
Personalizes Your Game Nights
Yea one of my favorites made Amazon's Top 10. Strategically place chips on the board to try to get 5 in a row. This game has many versions. Dogs, Cats, Bible, Dice, Jumbo. All are Fun.
Paid Link
Pie Face
Spin the spinner to determine how many times you must turn the handle that MAY trigger the flying pie.
Use chocolate whipped cream for a "grosser" game.
Paid Link
Treats
Did your mom tell you not to play with your food ?
Well ... Ok ...Yea ... She was probably right. These are a little messy to actually play with, but what a FUN treat for Dominoes Night.
Dominoe Brownies
Simply cut frosted brownies into rectangles. I piped white frosting dots unto them but you could use white Chocolate chips.
Blackjack Table Cake
Printable Games
The majority of my Printables are done in black and white to save ink costs when printing multiples.
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Word Games
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Trivia and Quizzes
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Find the ... Picture Games
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Mazes
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Games Based on Music
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Color and Draw Games
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Match Ups
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Gift Exchange Games
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Jokes and Riddles
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PLUS MORE
Playing Cards
Not sure what game he is playing but this is a REALLY Bad Hand
Card Holders
Cut 1/4" groove in a 1"x 3" board 16" long.
Wood Crafts not your thing, a pool noodle will work too. Cut a 16" strip and cut it in half length wise. Make a slice along the top leaving an inch on each side
Need something you can hold ?
Cut a 2" piece of a pool noodle and slice one side of it.
See Our Gnomes Page for Step by Step Instructions for the No sew Gnomes
Playing Card Gnomes
Click on pics to download both SVG and Png Files
SVGs
How well do you know an average deck of cards ?
Spontaneous Games
These are word and memory games you can do on the spot. They're not only great for parties, but for road trips, campfires etc. or even if you just want to keep kids busy. You can play along as you get other things done.
I Packed my Grandmother's Trunk
Players state "I packed my Grandmother's Trunk and in it I put _________." The first person says something they would put in the trunk. The 2nd person repeats the phrase and what is already in the trunk and adds an item. The next person says the phrase repeats ALL items in the trunk and adds their own. Once a player misses something they are out. Play continues until there is only one person left.
I packed my Grandmother's trunk and in it I put a frying pan .... Who's Next ?
Through the Alphabet
Pick a category and take turns naming something that starts with the letter in sequence. First person uses A, the 2nd player B etc
Category Suggestions:
Animals
Cars
Stores
Places
"Animals A
Aardvark
Your Turn"
Red, White and Blue Memory Game
The first person names something red, the next names something white, and the next something blue. Continue following the pattern. Each time someone repeats something already said or can't think of anything, they're out.
Double Up Word Game
Chose a player to start. That player chooses a word containing double letters, such as cool. Then the next player must think of a word that includes the double letters of the last letter in the chosen word. Thus, cool ends in l, so the next word must contain 2 L's, as in pillar. Play then shifts to the next player, who follows the pattern. In this case, the next word must contain a doubling of the letter r, since that letter ends the word pillar. Play continues until a player can't think of a word to play and they are "out". Last person "in" wins.
Also Try ....
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I Spy
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Simon Says
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21 Questions
Apple
Snow
Water
Wagon
Prizes
Go the the Dollar Store and purchase several items. Wrap them individually in tissue paper so no one knows what they are. Let the winners Pick A Prize.
Prizes can be Practical. ... a flashlight, a tape measure, a dish towel, a pot holder, kleenex etc ... or Not So Practical ... fairy wings, a tiara, hemorrhoid cream, a pregnancy test (Yes, my dollar store actually sells pregnancy tests ???) It's more fun if you mix it up, some good and some bad. Make the guy who won the tiara wear it.
I give out a lot of prizes at my parties, winners. losers, ties, someone who said something especially funny, whoever used the bathroom last ..... With these inexpensive prizes you can afford to give out lots and sometimes "Picking the Prize" ends up to be as much fun as the game.
Theme Pages
1980's - Animals - Barbeques - Bored & Party Games - Printables - Candyland and Gingerbread - Camping and Scouts - Chocolate - Dinosaurs - Disney - Disney Stories - Dr Seuss - Dragons and Wizards - Fairies - FALL for Thanksgiving - Farms - Gaming - Gnomes - Ice Cream Socials - Movies and TV - Animated Movies - Kid's TV - Music - Pirates - Planes, Trains & Cars - Princesses - Sports, Hunting and Fishing - Spring and Gardens - Steampunk - Summer and Beaches - Superheroes - Under the Sea - Unicorns and Rainbows