My dad got a craft table  for our kids over 8 years ago, and they still enjoy it. Having a separate table is great for play doh, arts and crafts, painting, and other things that might make a mess on the kitchen table. The one we …

This is a game of magic from when my kids were around 2-5 years old. In a bathtub, you can create a RUMPLE. This is a magical object, which can have any number of superpowers that a child wants. To make a rumple, you need: *An e…

My son and I are both sitting on the floor; he’s a little in front of my lap.  He grabs my hands and starts clapping them together. I say “I am clapping my hands my own self.  Nobody is clapping my hands for me.”  Hilarity ens…

With a child sitting on the floor or chair, I pick up one foot and hold by the ankle in my hand.  I take one finger, run it down the center of the bottom of the foot (from toe to heel) and say “Peanut Butter”. Then I repeat on…

Everybody grab an instrument.  March in a circle playing it!   Make up a silly song as you go! Walking around Having fun Instrument time For everyone.

This game is quite similar to  Yanni .   Mommy walks around saying “Spooky Mommy” while the kids run around to avoid her. In this game however, the dad is sitting on the couch and once the kids run to the base, he extends hi…

It’s like hide and seek for a toy - but the toy does the hiding. You take an object - ideally something small and cute like a rubber ducky. You hide it somewhere in plain sight - nobody should have to open anything or touch …

I have a helium balloon.  I lower it to the ground. Lulu and Lincoln each have playballs from our indoor ball pit in their hands and are standing by the balloon. When I release the balloon, they try to hit the balloon with t…

Setup: Both kids are lying on their back, preferably on a bed. I’m kneeling between them, facing the bed.  I’m the Dragon. Gameplay: I take a big breath in, puff out my cheeks.  Then exhale and deflate my cheeks.  I do this a …

Never underestimate the amount of fun you can have with two throw blankets! First, they are great for snuggling up with the little ones. But laid out on the floor, they are great for games. Space them out and each kid has …

This is a silly little game that we love.  I wanted to post about it, to highlight that it’s just important to try and have fun with your kids - see what works with them - and do it until they’re sick of it :)   Lincoln and Lu…

Works great on a couch or bed, to save a daddy’s back. I put my hands under Lincoln’s or Lulu’s shoulders and say “I Kiss Heads” as I life them up in the air (bouncing on a couch or bed), 3 times (on each word).  Each lift get…

I would play this game every morning with my little ones around the time they had turned 2 and 4.   I would kneel down on the floor, in a position where I can stand up. They would each climb up one leg, and I’d onto them, ro…

This is another of my favorite games with the kids. The setup is both kids are on their backs on the bed, positioned such that their legs won’t kick each other. I throw pillows, one after another (for 30+ seconds), onto each…

This is one of my favorite games to play with my kids. I hold an object in my hand, usually a ball from our ball crawl I hold out my arms like a zombie, and I say “Yaaaaniiiiii” over and over while slowly chasing after them…