American Indian Stick Game

This is a really easy game with a creative and cultural component.  Cindy derosier shares the instructions and how kids can make the game their own by finding nice smooth pebbles and decorating the sticks.  Two easy components from nature to create a fun game.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.cindyderosier.com/2014/06/native-american-stick-game.html

Fishing Sensory Box and Game

Water beads make a great sensory experience.  Simply place these cool beads into water and watch them expand.  Kids will love to feel the difference.  Just make sure to use only with kids who know not to eat them.

Once the novelty of the beads themselves wear out you can create a fun game adding colorful plastic fish hugged by a metal paper clip and float them in the beads.  Then give kids fishing poles made from popsicle sticks, a string and a tied on magnet such as a borrowed letter O from an alphabet set and let the kids go fishing.

Cardboard Box Foos Ball Table

Transform a cardboard box into a foos ball table with u create crafts.  Painted wooden dowels and clothespins turn into handles and players.  Use a golf ball or ping pong ball to play.

Good for ages 11 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.u-createcrafts.com/2014/06/diy-mini-foosball-tableperfect-for-kids.html

Instructables makes a version with paper towel tubes.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Makedo-Cardboard-Foosball-Table/

Painted Pebble Dominoes

Make your own dominoes with rocks and black and white paint.  Repeat crafter me shows you how.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2012/02/rock-dominoes.html

New Year's Eve Fortune Tellers

New Year's Eve is all about finding new paths and resolutions.  Start the year off with good fortune with these confetti filled ones from makezine.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://makezine.com/craft/how-to-new-years-eve-confetti-fortune-packets/

Spoonful hides gold painted walnuts on their Xmas trees with pasted fortunes inside.  At midnight on New Year's Eve everyone finds a walnut and reveals their fortune.

Get the instructions here:
http://spoonful.com/crafts/good-fortune-walnuts

Let's play kids music has a walnut musical fortune game.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.letsplaykidsmusic.com/kids-new-year-activity/

Toddler Halloween Tape Spider Web Game

No time for flash cards shares a fun game for Halloween using tape and plastic spiders.  Kids will have fun helping set up the game as much as playing it.  It's a pretty simple game.  Stay on the lines and pick up the spiders.  She include a prize in the middle of the web. 

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2011/10/spider-web-gross-motor-activity.html

Tin Can Throwing Game

See jane blog makes a carnival inspired throwing game using tin cans, wood branches and balls of yarn in place of balls.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.seejaneblog.co/2012/06/28/homemade-fun/

Everyday dishes shares free printables to cut and glue onto the cans giving them color and point values.

Get the template here:
http://everydaydishes.com/creative-crafts/indoor-toss-game/

Willow day uses lots of different containers including a toilet paper tube, box and buckets.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.willowday.com/2014/09/tossing-game.html

Thumb Wrestling Ring

Instructables takes thumb wrestling to a whole new level with this makeshift thumb wrestling ring, using cardboard, wooden skewers, string and paint.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Thumb-Wrestling-Ring/

Printable St. Paddy's Day Board Game

Dealin and dishin created a free printable board game for St. Patrick's game.

Get the printable here:
http://dealinanddishin.com/2013/03/t-patricks-day-game-for-kids/

Guess Who Gets Educational

Board game geek has a very cleaver way of turning the Guess Who game into a study aid for kids learning about the US Presidents.  You would really need to know about them to play this game.  Another idea is using site words.

Class grenadine uses numbers in their version and includes rules to keep kids actively trying.

Origami Ball and Cup Game

Pre k and k sharing reinvents the classic ball and cup game with origami folding paper, twine and tin foil. 

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://prekandksharing.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/introduction-to-paper-folding-crafts.html

Tape Ball Party Game

I'm a cub master now what has a fantastic idea for a time consuming and very fun game using tape and toys or candy.  Simply tape up all of the prizes into a big gigantic ball.  Kids then try to unwrap as much as they can within a set amount of time.  She recommends using dice and having the next in line try to roll doubles for their turn.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://imacubmasterwhatnow.blogspot.com/2012/03/tape-ball.html

Make Your Own Scavenger Hunt Kit

My Cakies has a really cute idea for a scavenger hunt kit.  One variation can be to eliminate the camera and instead ask for objects which can be taped to the pages.  Although the camera is great for memories, it's not ideal for a large group or if you don't have a Polaroid. 

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://mycakies.blogspot.com/2011/06/oh-hunting-we-will-go-papi-day-surprise.html

Scavenger hunt fun shares several ways for how to create a scavenger hunt including cutting up pictures of the items and having the kids put them together to reveal the clue, picture puzzles, rhymes, secret codes, and trivia.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.scavenger-hunt-fun.com/scavenger-hunt-clues.html

Snowball Search Game

The amazing mess has the cutest idea for a game that brings the outdoors inside. Hide cotton balls (snowballs) throughout the house and then give each child an ice cube tray for collection, that way they'll know if they've found all of the snowballs.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.amazingmess.com/2012/01/indoor-snowball-hunt.html