With my little sister and brother, I liked to do contest type games with prizes.
1. Drop the Clothespegs in the Jar
-You have a large jar, like a mayonnaise jar on the floor (empty)
-You take a chair and put the mayonnaise jar behind it on the floor
-The child sits or kneels backwards on the chair
-pass the child a clothespeg
-with the clothespeg in their mouth and hands behind their back, and chin near resting on the back of the chair, they try to drop the clothespeg in the jar.
-They get five tries with five different clothespegs
-The person who gets the most clothespegs in the jar wins
2. Socks
-You put out as many socks as you can find in a pile.
-the kids are in a circle around the socks.
-They each hve to wear one pair of socks over their hands/arms
-they are blindfolded
-on ready, set, go, they have to try to put on as many pairs of socks onto their feet with their sock covered hands within say, one minute.
-Count the socks on each person.
-The person wearing the most socks, wins.
3. Treasure hunts with clues are fun. You could pair them older with younger.
Sonja C
