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Games For the Kids in All of Us

Do you remember playing games as a child that you absolutely loved to play? You may still long to play your favorite game even though you’ve grown up. There’s nothing that says you can’t still enjoy your childhood favorites. If you’re looking for things to do on New Year’s Eve, here are some games for the kid in all of us.

Twister – Twister became popular in the late 1960s when Eva Gabor played the game on national television with Johnny Carson. This is the first game that was created that used the human body as a part of the game. While the game may be played with more than two people, it gets increasingly difficult when there are more than four.

Sticky Bow Games for Christmas Fun

The time for gift giving is getting closer and closer with each passing day. Before long we’ll be buying and wrapping gifts for friends and loved ones. It’s also the time to put sticky bows on your presents.? Why not start a new tradition within your family – an annual sticky bow game.

You may be wondering what sticky bows are. They’re the fabric or ribbon bows with covered tape on the back of them that are used to decorate packages. The adhesive used on sticky bows isn’t very strong, so they shouldn’t cause permanent damage to anything they’re stuck on to.

Some of The Best Games for Preschoolers

If you have a preschooler you have probably noticed they have more energy than most parents. It’s just a natural fact. When winter comes and you can’t take your younger children to the park to play as often, if at all if you have a lot of snow, you may want to find games to play indoors.

If you’re like most of us, you remember playing board games with your brothers and sisters, maybe even your parents. This was before nights where families played games together became known as “Family Fun Night” or “Family Game Night”. You may remember hours spent playing Candyland, Chutes and Ladders, or Sorry. Maybe your family had Operation for when you got older, then you most likely graduated to games like Monopoly or Trivial Pursuit.

7 Halloween Games for Kids

Part of the fun of Halloween is playing silly games.? When planning the games, it’s best to keep the costumes in mind and plan things that will work around them.? Games should be simple with easy to follow rules.

Bobbing for Apples – A classic Halloween party game has always been bobbing for apples, however some kids don’t like putting their face in the water or don’t want to mess up the make up that took a long time to perfect.? One variation of this game is to tie the stems of the apples to varied lengths of string and then hang them up.? Then the people have to put their hands behind their back and try to take a bite out of the apple. You can also play the game using marshmallows.

Cabin Fever Tips for Little Ones

Well here cabin fever is still running strong. Its been freezing out side. literally the highest it has been is like 10 degrees. Way to cold to go out and play. So I came up with some other ideas that you can do with your children on those days when the weather is not allowing for outside play.

Being inside is not easy for any of us. Especially for our little ones. I have found a few things that can help when we have those days when you stuck in the house to consider before pulling your hair out.

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