Category Indoor Games for Kids

This is a very similar game to Hot Boiled Beans. One player having been sent out of the room, the others arrange some simple task for him to perform on his return.

To play this amusing game, which is of German origin, it is necessary to be furnished with five cards, on which are painted the figures of a white horse, an inn, a bell, a hammer, and a bell and hammer;

HEAD, BODY AND LEGS GAME - Drawing games for kids on paper / One player takes an oblong piece of paper, and have divided it into three equal..

NINE MEN’S MORRIS is an ancient English game, and ought not to be laid aside; so we resuscitate it for the benefit of young England.

FOX AND GEESE GAME. Fifteen ordinary draughtsmen compose the flock of geese. The fox may either be two draughtsmen placed one upon another, or any small object which may be at hand.

The leader of the game commences it by asking each of his companions in turn, “What is my thought like?”

This game, although only two persons are engaged in it at a time, furnishes much amusement, from the contradictory nature of its words and actions.

TRUSSED FOWLS GAME - Two boys having seated themselves on the floor, are trussed by their playmates ; that is to say, each boy has his wrists tied together with a handkerchief.

Every player, except one who holds the office of reader, selects a trade or profession, which he must retain throughout the game.

Birds, Beasts, and Fishes.—“Now, Tom,” said Harry, “get your slate and pencil, and I’ll show you such a jolly game.

Shadow Buff differs very materially from Blind Man’s Buff, but it is equally amusing. A large piece of white linen should be fastened neatly up at one end of room, so that it hangs quite smooth;

The players sit round in a circle, each taking a colour. Thus one is red-cap, another black-cap, and so on. One of them, who takes the place of master, and has no colour, taking up a cap says:

One player leaves the room, and while he is absent the rest fix upon some proverb. The words are then distributed among them, and each player, in reply to a question asked by the guesser, has to introduce his particular word.

This exciting game may be played by an unlimited number, and is particularly adapted for a large party.

Consists in one person having a handkerchief bound over his eyes, so as to completely blind him, and thus blindfolded trying to chase the other players, either by the sound of their footsteps,

A boy who has never seen the game played is elected hunter; the others seat themselves on the ground, as in Hunt the Slipper.

This old-fashioned pastime is so generally known that it is scarcely necessary to describe it;

One of the players is sent out of the room, while the others fix upon a subject, which may be anything to which the three questions, “How do you like it?” “Where do you like it?” and “When do you like it?” will apply.

One player with his eyes bandaged lays his head on a chair, or in another player’s lap, while the others strike him on his back with their open hands.

In this game, one of the players is sent out of the room, while the others hide a handkerchief or any small article that can be easily secreted.