It's All Kid's Play (.ca)

Sit Down Games

• Penny Rugby (also known as ‘Quarters’)
  Find a friend, a table and a penny (or other coin).
  The two players sit across from each other at a small table. One person goes first. They start with the penny overhanging (balanced half on and half off the edge of the table) on their side of the table. They flick the penny with their fingers or bump it with their hand. They try to get the penny to stop just as it overhangs the edge of the other end of the table. The player can bump or flick it up to 3 times to get it across the table. If the penny goes off the table or doesn’t overhang, they do not get points and the turn goes to the other player.
  If the penny overhangs, the flicking player gets 5 points and a chance to go to goal. To go to goal, the player spins the penny on the table and catches it between their thumbs while it is spinning. (If it is not caught between the thumbs, the turn ends). If it is caught, the other player makes a goalpost by placing their two thumbs together and spreading their hands out, fingers up. The player with the penny keeps the penny between their thumbs and ‘throws’ the penny through the goal (2 more points). Whether it goes in or not, it is the end of this player’s turn.
  
  
  
• War (card game)
  You will need 2 decks of playing cards and two players. Each player gets a deck of cards (make sure you shuffle them well). Players face each other. At the same time, each player takes the top card off their deck and place it face up. Whichever player has the highest card wins the other person’s card. (Aces are the highest card.)
  For example: Jo has a queen and Sally has a king. Sally wins Jo’s queen. If both players deal the same card, there is a tie and players go to war. Each player deals four cards, face down. At the same time, players show the top card off their deck. The highest card wins the war and all of the cards (the first deal which was tied, the four face down cards from each player, plus the last card dealt). If that is a tie as well, then you deal four cards face down plus the one face up. When players reach the end of their deck, they can use the cards they have won as their new deck. When one player runs out of cards completely, the game is over.
  
  
  
• Memory
  Take a deck of playing cards and lay them all face down on the table or floor. When it is your turn, flip two cards over, keeping them in their spot on the table or floor. If they are a pair, you take them and put them in your pair pile. If they are not a pair, turn them face down again. The next player takes their turn. If you get a pair, you get to turn two more cards over--keep going until you don't make a pair.
  Whoever makes the most number of pairs wins the game. (You can also play this one alone.)
  
  
  
• Board games
  If you are tired of your board games, ask your parents if you can trade with a friend. You can also change or make up your own rules for the games you do have to make them new and interesting again.
  

Silly Stuff

• Make up funny words and definitions (meanings) for them

• Make up definitions for words you don’t know
  Look in the dictionary for a word you don’t know. Don’t look at the definition until you have made your own. It can be silly or serious. Did anyone get it right?

• Tell jokes
  Need a few to get you started? Check these ones out.
  
  
  
• See who can be quiet for the longest
  
  
  
• Hold a Liar’s Club
  Get some friends together and see who can make up the biggest, silliest story that is not true. For example, my aunt once made up a story where my dad took a huge jump on his windsurfer and ended up landing in the back of a semi-truck!
  
  
  
• Make a people sandwich
  Pile three people on top of each other. The bottom person is the bread, the middle person can be sandwich meat, lettuce or tomato and the top person is bread. If you have a really small person they can go on the very top of the top as a pickle. Careful, it gets squishy for the person on the bottom!

• Guess that tune
  Take turns with friends humming songs you know. You hum, they guess. No words or actions are allowed.

• Spoon water races
  This game is best played outside. You will need a couple of friends, some water, containers and some spoons. The idea is to empty one small container of water into another. The trick is, you can only use a spoon to take the water from one container to the other.  The further the containers are apart, the harder it will be. See who can get the most in the empty container, the fastest.

• Scavenger hunt
  You can play this by yourself or with a friend. If playing with a friend,  see who finds all of the items on the list first. Or, if there are a bunch of you, make teams.
  You can use the list below or have someone make a list for you. You can also make your own list, but be sure not to make it too easy! 
  A toothpick
  A rock the size of your pinky fingernail
  A feather
  A penny
  A dust bunny (the clumps of dust that gather under the fridge)
  A pillow
  Something you would read
  Something with the letter ‘J’ on it
  Salt
  An insect
  A leaf
  Glue
  A monkey (not a real one!)

• Steam Roller
  Lay on the floor and roll over each other. (I don’t recommend playing with someone much bigger than you because you will get squished!)
  
  
  
• Pig in the Middle
  You will need three people. Two players throw or roll a ball between themselves. The third player is the pig and stays in between the other two players and tries to get the ball. When the pig gets the ball, the player who threw or rolled the caught ball becomes the pig. (You can also play this with a Frisbee.)