Comments on: Simple Games for Passing the Time

By: Smalltowngirl

Smalltowngirl — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:28:17 +0000

GREAT ideas! BOTH my little ones love games and we play the “animal” game over and over (and over and over!!) Nice to have some variations of this to try!!!! Lots of good ideas in comments too :-)

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:33:34 +0000

Beth S – I LOVE that idea. Coloring on that paper is genius! And the m&m container, great!

By: Beth S

Beth S — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:21:02 +0000

Something I use to keep my younger kids busy at the Doctors office is to bring some crayons along and let them color on the paper that they put over the exam table. (5 crayons fit great in the mini m&m containers and store well in your purse or diaper bag)I sometimes draw the pictures and have my 5 yr. old son guess what they are or write letters of the alphabet. Helps him learn and I find this keeps them from touching everything in sight and entertains them until the doctor comes in. I do have to make sure they don’t accidentally write on the table, but so far so good!

Thanks for the great tips…I will definitely be using some of them next time we’re in that horrible long line at the grocery store!

By: Joan J

Joan J — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:40:14 +0000

I had a great game for my kids (now 28 and 29!!!) to play at restaurants (and that’s the only time we played it, because that made it more special and held their attention better). I always took two pieces of paper (one for each child) on which I’d written two of every number (a distance apart on the page), say 1 through 30. I gave each child a pencil, and they had to connect the matching numbers with a line, without crossing over any other line. Great for the 6 through 10 group! The older the child, the more numbers you put on the page.

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Fun Weekend Links For Kids — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:06:23 +0000

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By: Heidi A

Heidi A — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:35:48 +0000

We used to play the “Sub” game and come up with as many words as we could that started with Sub back and forth. Then we’d try other prefixes or suffixes like “ing” or “ly” (great way to explore adverbs!)
Our favorite game time is in the car. We tell “ant” jokes (the answer has to have the ant sound in it. Like what kind of ant is in the army? LieutenANT, SergeANT, CommandANT) What kind of ant is really old and valuable? ANTique, decendANT. LOL!!
We also play “Down by the bay” to make rhymes.

By: Marie @ Make and Takes

Marie @ Make and Takes — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:08:04 +0000

WOW! Fabulous games! I remember some of these from my childhood, like the ABC license plate game.

I’m loving the “Parking Lot Adventure”! One of us is always waiting in the car, and this is a perfect game.

Great ideas. Thanks for sharing everyone!

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:22:26 +0000

My girls love playing games like this. I’ve copied these down and we will give them a try, thanks for the ideas!

By: Jeni

Jeni — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:16:58 +0000

We play a game where we take turns telling what we would have in our dream house. There are no limits, we are dreaming! The kids love this.

We also figured out how to say our names if they were spelled backwards.

When we are all out together and we stop at the store on our way home and I run in leaving my husband and 6 kids in the car, he will drive the parking lot on an “Adventure” and makes up some story about dinosaurs or exotic places.

By: Denise

Denise — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:45:49 +0000

I love this post and comments! We like to play “A, My Name is Anna.” The first person starts by saying, “A, my name is (name beginning with A) and my husband’s name is (name begining with A). We come from (place beginning with A) and we sell (something beginning with A).” Continue playing with things beginning with b,c, etc.

We also like “I’m thinking of an animal”. Someone thinks of animal and gives clues until someone else names the correct animal.