1、 Building 搭建筑 You don’t need a fancy building set for this. Popsicle stick cities, card towers, even buildings out of blocks, orfortsout of boxes or pillows, will do just fine. If you want to get competitive, whoever builds the highest tower wins.
2、 Magical Mama (or Papa) 变魔术 Be your host kids’ very own Harry Houdini—without the locks, chains and water tanks, of course. Simply place a coin under one of three cups and shuffle the cups around. Then ask the children to guess which cup holds the coin. If you want to be a bit sneaky, you can place the cups near the edge of a table and secretly drop the coin. Watch your host kid’s eyes light up in amazement when they learn the coin is gone!
3、 Card games 卡片游戏 Card games are great for challenging young minds and creating hours of indoor fun. Grab a box of cards and try out a good old favorite of your own.
4、 Puzzles 拼图 Exercise those creative, cognitive and problem-solving muscles with a good puzzle. You can use a store-bought variety or have the kids make their own. Have the children draw a picture on a sturdy piece of cardboard or Bristol board. Then use a pencil to outline puzzle pieces directly on their drawing. Cut out the pieces with a good pair of scissors, mix them up and get solving.
5、 Freeze! 木头人 Choose some of the kids’ favourite tunes (if you’re not sure, find a Disney playlist online, it usually does the trick) and turn up the volume. Ask them to dance until the music stops. When it does, they have to freeze in whatever position they find themselves in – even if they have one leg up. To make the game more challenging, ask the kids to freeze in specific poses: animals, shapes, letters or evenyoga postures.
6、 DIY balance beam 设计平衡木 While you have your masking tape out, why not make your own balance beam? We all know how much kids love walking in straight lines every chance they get. Put on some music, and one at a time the kids can take their turn walking one-foot-over-the-other across the straight line of tape. Make the game more challenging by having the kids walk backwards or balance with one foot on the line.
7、 Hide and Seek 捉迷藏 No list of indoor games would be complete without Hide and Seek, now would it? In this classic game, one person (“It”) covers his or her eyes and counts aloud while the other players hide. When “It” is finished counting, he or she begins looking for the hiders. The last hider to be found is the next “It.” Warning: this game is often a source of giggle fits. If you have got an older host kid you might want to take things up a notch and play Hide and Seek in the dark. Just to be safe, make sure there are no loose items on the floor. If you want, allow “It” to carry a flashlight or turn the lights on once “It” finishes counting.
8、 Treasure hunt 找宝藏 Kids love finding hidden objects — especially when there’s a prize at the end. Simply write your clues on some slips of paper — get creative. Place the first clue somewhere easy to find, like inside your host kid’s snack or cereal bowl. Then leave as many clues as you like around the house, making a trail to the final clue. Instead of a prize, the treasure hunt can lead to various coins around the house. This way the kids get to collect all the coins and put them in their piggy banks in the end.