These fun games to play at home are the ultimate boredom busters for kids! Making DIY games starts with a craft and ends up with fun at home for hours! At home games lead to quality time, structured downtime and making memories. While these homemade games were chosen to play at home, many work well in the classroom as well. Let’s play a game!
DIY Games To Make
Games don’t have to be expensive or hard to make. These fun simple DIY games will bring hours of fun! Making games at home can save money and help bring the family together.
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Many of these homemade games also promote learning in a fun way. Play through games can help kids practice fine motor skills, math, learn life skills and more! We are always going to be fans of traditional childhood games like Chutes & Ladders, Chess and more, but making your own fun DIY games should NOT be overlooked!
Fun Games to Make and Play At Home
1. Barrel Of Monkeys
Turn a simple barrel of monkeys into learning fun. Here are a few great games to play with them. Move over board game, barrel of monkeys is still a great game for little hands.
2. Bean Bag Toss
A simple dish towel and a small bean bag can become a fun game to work on gross motor skills. Doesn’t matter if you’re the first player or next player, this game is fun and requires good hand eye coordination.
3. Free Printable Hexi Cards
Use hexi cards for a fun color a math matching game. Who will get the most matches? The first person or last person? Make it hard and add a time limit. Start with scissors and white sheet of printer paper and then watch the fun begin.
4. DIY Compass Rose With Printable Map
Try this DIY compass rose and compass rose template with a printable map. Great for the older ones! This can be modified as a rainy day game, but works great as an outdoor game. Backyard games are always fun!
5. Word Game Race
Download and print one of our word worksheets and have a race against each other – if kids are the same level, then you can print off two of the same pages. If kids are different levels, consider downloading different worksheets that might take the same amount of time. Here are some free printable word worksheets from Kids Activities Blog:
- Printable crossword puzzle for kids – bird theme
- Mad Libs for kids printable – candy corn theme
- Kids word search – beach theme
- Printable word search puzzles – school theme
6. DIY Treasure Hunt Games
- Follow the feet and read the messages on the way for a fun indoor treasure hunt!
- Go on a photo scavenger hunt.
- A home scavenger hunt that you can print.
- This printable neighborhood scavenger hunt is fun for the whole family.
- Backyard scavenger hunt.
- This indoor scavenger hunt is quick and easy to set up!
7. Telephone Game
Make your own telephone game to practice your listening skills. This classic game is always a hit. Plus it is a fun and easy game to play at home. It doesn’t require any items!
8. Word Games
Working on vocabulary? These 10 word games are perfect for teaching your child new words and reinforcing old ones they have learned.
9. Print a Board Game Instantly!
This printable board game is fun for the whole family and space themed. You can follow our directions or make up your own…cuz that is how DIY games roll!
10. DIY Matching Game
- For the toddlers, play this fun matching game with their figurine toys and playdough.
- Download this printable puzzles for kids and make a game
- Download and print this matching game with a winter theme
- Or a game of insect memory that you can print
- Try a DIY felt memory game
- Color your own printable memory game
- Try this Christmas matching game
11. Printable Dot Game
Grab pens and pencils because we are going to have some printable game fun with just a piece of paper! The traditional dot game just got easier with this printable dot game board – print off more than one because you know you can’t just play one game!
12. DIY Grid Game
This DIY floor game for kids is the playful way to have kids learn how to follow directions and see if they can explore their own path. Add dice to your game to mix it up a little!
More Fun At Home Activities & Games from Kids Activities Blog
- Looking for a classic game to play with family members? We chose out favorite fun game and made a list out of it.
- What a great way to play a simple game in a large group or small group while spending time outside!
- Math games are fun…shhhhh! Don’t tell!
- Going on a treasure hunt? This can be a fun indoor game or outside game. They also make great party games as well.
- Science games are awesome.
- Love card games? Grab a deck of cards and have fun with the whole family. Each one is an easy game. The perfect activities!
- Scavenger hunts are great for young kids and you can make it a competition and break them up into small groups.
- Halloween games are fun no matter what the time of year!
- We have over 100 fun things to do at home!
- Learn with these fun flash card games!
- Don’t miss these awesome math board games!
- These Dot to Dot pintables are so fun!
- Bring Summer camp home with one of these awesome games!
- Make family night the best with one of these fun games!
- Don’t miss this awesome counting game!
- We have 3 fun card games you have got to check out!
- Check out this super fun Muffin Tin game for babies!
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What is your favorite game to play with your family? Tell us in the comments section, we’d love to hear from you!
a lot of fun things with your children
We are so glad that you find this helpful, Charlotte!
it was so good for me.