Childrens party games indoors

Here are 15 entertaining and fun indoor games for kids , guaranteed to keep them amused for hours, without the mess! Sign up now and get our FREE newsletters packed with fun ideas and things to do with the kids, family-friendly recipes, expert advice, parenting tips and great competitions. Headz Up is popular among children of all ages. To create a homemade version you will simply need Post It notes or paper strips and tape and a pen.

As an alternative, you could place all the notes in a dish and get a child to pick one out. You could also set a time limit for completing each round. An indoor treasure hunt is a good way to spend the afternoon. Below are 3 different versions that are all equally fun. Instead of humming the tune, get everyone to gargle a song and the rest of the group have to guess what it is!

My girls love playing this game with their friends — fun indoor games for tweens and teens are also important! Blindfold one person and raid the cupboards to find items for them to taste. Things like honey, soy sauce, mustard, frozen pea, marshmallow and mayonnaise all work well. The blindfolded person must try and guess what they have been given to taste. Make sure you check for food allergies before playing this game. And it is probably best to supervise the food choices!

They write the first line of a story and pass the paper over the to next person, who writes the next line, and so on until the page comes back to the original author. Make it harder: As you twist you could fold the paper in a fan shape and cover the previous line so that the person cannot see what the earlier part of the story was.

This is a good indoor games for parties but smaller groups can play it too. All you need is a coin. I have seen this game used at large fundraising functions where everyone in the room puts money in an envelope to play the game and when you get down to 15 or less people get them into the middle of the room for the final throws. This simple game is great fun for all ages.

Everyone stands in a circle and you hit the balloon up in the air. You must all help to keep the balloon up off the ground for as long as possible. For 2 players, you could play balloon tennis by making bats out of paper plates stuck to a wooden spoon.

Each child, or group of children, stands on a rug or cushion in the middle of the floor. If you step on the floor you are out! Using marshmallows and wooden skewers or uncooked spaghetti, see who can build the highest stack.

You may need a few packets of marshmallows for this game as, if they build it well, they may be able to join several skewers together.

Set up some obstacles in the room. Blindfold one player and the rest of the players must lead them through the obstacle course by telling them the way to go.

Left to avoid a chair, right 2 steps to avoid a table, etc. For bigger groups, split them into pairs and let each playing take a turn at leading and navigating.

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Top tip: Create two circles of chairs so the kids have to do a figure of eight round them. The added dimension and possibility for collision will up the excitement levels!

There are many karaoke consoles on the market from Singstar to iSing. Hook it up to your TV and get singing. Print off the lyrics to your favourite songs and sing along to the CD. Get one child to hide. The others then must go find them.

If they find the person hiding they must join them in their hiding place. The aim is to get as many kids as possible in the space leaving one or two children looking. Top tip: Play in one large room and turn the lights off to make the game harder — make sure any obstacles are removed and hard edges covered. Get a large bucket and fill it with water then add apples — simple! Blindfold the kids and get them to try to pick up the apples using only their mouths.

Top tip: Add other large objects to the bucket of water to make it more challenging. Get children into pairs and sit them on the floor facing each other, with legs outstretched, holding hands. Get them to rock back and forth while you play the song Row The Boat. Top tip: Get inventive with the scenario and add props to make the scene more interesting e. Set up a bowling alley-style space and get playing! You can buy a ready made pin the tail on the donkey set or get creative and make your own.

You blindfold one child at a time and get them to place a cut-out tail onto a picture of a tail-less donkey. After every child goes, the closest tail wins. Top tip: Who said it has to be a donkey? Also, if you doing a seasonal party for Christmas or Halloween, you can buy a matching seasonal set. For example, Etsy has a cute Halloween-inspired pin the nose on the wicked witch set and a pin the nose on Rudolph set for Christmas.

Get the kids to sit in a circle and pick one child to start. You can make your own for the party or buy one online, Credit: Getty.

They are traditionally filled with sweets and chocolates. When it breaks the kids are showered in sweet treats. Red, blue, green is a great way to get the kids moving and is one of our favourite kids party games. Red means fast, blue is normal speed and green is slow motion. Call out actions for the kids to copy skipping, jumping etc then call out a colour to dictate the speed.

Anyone doing the wrong speed is eliminated. Choose one kid to be the bulldog. If they drop the hoop, they're out. If you don't have enough room for everyone to play at the same time, have a series of head-to-head competitions. Tape lids securely to shoeboxes and cut slits in the top about 1 inch wide and 4 inches long. Have kids slip them on for a bigfoot race make it a relay if you don't have enough space or shoeboxes to go around.

This game can adapt to many themes and can become a crafty activity , too. For a space-themed party, paint boxes silver and call them astronaut boots. For an animal party, decorate boxes to look like hooves or paws. For a race car theme, have kids draw wheels and racing stripes on the boxes.

Before you unwrap party gifts, use them for a game or two. Set aside any fragile packages, then challenge guests to create creative stacks of presents. To play, gather a stack of wrapped gifts of various sizes and shapes try to have pairs of similar boxes; gift bags won't work. The more gifts, the better. You can also play with pre-wrapped empty boxes. Divide the gifts into two groups, with similar items in each group. Two players sit back to back, each facing a stack of gifts.

They work as a team. In front of only one of the two seated players, have a third player create a stacked arrangement with the gifts: standing them on end, piling them on top of each other. Each gift must touch at least one other gift, and no other props are allowed. Next, the player who can see the stacked pile of gifts must describe it to the other player so they can recreate it. Use a stopwatch or timer to track how long it takes.

You can also remove the competitive angle and just play for fun. Or, give each team a time limit of three to five minutes and see how many stacks they can create and recreate in that time.

For yet another variation, stage a relay race by having players take turns carrying their stacks back and forth to a display table. Mark a line on the ground using chalk or painter's tape. Choose one person to call out the commands "land," "sea," or "air. If the caller says "land," everyone jumps behind the line. If the caller says "sea," everyone jumps over the line. If the caller says "air," everyone jumps straight up. For an extra challenge: If the caller says "land" or "sea" twice in a row, don't move on the second call.

Anyone who jumps on the line or makes a mistake is out. If your party has a sports or soccer theme and is forced inside, you can still play "footy.