95 games and activities that work well for children in this age range.
Indoor Treasure Hunt is a screen-free birthday game for children aged 4–12. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Musical Chairs is a screen-free birthday game for children aged 4–12. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Pass the Parcel is a screen-free birthday game for children aged 4–10. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Fishing Pond is a screen-free birthday game for children aged 3–8. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Sock Bowling is a screen-free indoor activity for children aged 2–8. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Blanket Fort is a screen-free indoor activity for children aged 2–10. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Kim's Game is a screen-free indoor activity for children aged 4–12. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Shadow Theatre is a screen-free indoor activity for children aged 4–12. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Nature Bingo is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 3–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Freeze Tag is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 4–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Water Relay is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 4–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Hide-and-Seek is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 3–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Name Game is a screen-free group activity for children aged 3–8. It works well at preschool or school and can be adapted to the group.
Tidy-up Relay is a screen-free group activity for children aged 3–10. It works well at preschool or school and can be adapted to the group.
Five-minute Dance Break is a screen-free group activity for children aged 2–12. It works well at preschool or school and can be adapted to the group.
Car Bingo is a screen-free travel activity for children aged 4–12. It works well while travelling or waiting and can be adapted to the group.
Twenty Questions is a screen-free travel activity for children aged 4–12. It works well while travelling or waiting and can be adapted to the group.
Round-robin Story is a screen-free travel activity for children aged 4–12. It works well while travelling or waiting and can be adapted to the group.
Calm Children's Yoga is a screen-free calm activity for children aged 2–10. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Massage Story is a screen-free calm activity for children aged 3–10. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Cardboard Robot is a screen-free creative activity for children aged 4–12. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Paper Plane Contest is a screen-free creative activity for children aged 4–12. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Kick the Can is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 5–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Tag is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 3–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
The Sharks Are Coming is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 4–10. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Red Light, Green Light is a screen-free indoor activity for children aged 4–10. It works well indoors or outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Doctor Tag is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 5–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Hawk and Dove is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 5–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Team Challenge Relay is a screen-free group activity for children aged 4–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Hopscotch is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 5–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Jump Rope is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 4–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Tail Tag is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 4–10. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Simon Says is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 4–10. It works well indoors or outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Bridge, Bridge, Bright Bridge is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 4–8. It works well indoors or outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
All My Chicks is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 4–9. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
The Bear Is Sleeping is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 3–7. It works well indoors or outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Blind Man's Buff is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 5–10. It works well indoors or outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Egg and Spoon Race is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 4–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Sack Race is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 4–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Target Toss is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 3–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Telephone Game is a screen-free indoor activity for children aged 5–12. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Word Guessing Game is a screen-free indoor activity for children aged 5–12. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Charades is a screen-free indoor activity for children aged 5–12. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Draw and Guess is a screen-free indoor activity for children aged 5–12. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Balloon Game is a screen-free indoor activity for children aged 4–10. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Newspaper Dance is a screen-free indoor activity for children aged 5–12. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Limbo is a screen-free indoor activity for children aged 5–12. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
The Floor Is Lava is a screen-free indoor activity for children aged 3–10. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Musical Stop with Challenges is a screen-free indoor activity for children aged 4–10. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Story Dice is a screen-free indoor activity for children aged 5–12. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Homemade Memory is a screen-free indoor activity for children aged 3–10. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Fairy-tale Relay is a screen-free calm activity for children aged 5–12. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Letter Game is a screen-free calm activity for children aged 5–12. It works well indoors or outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Colour Hunt is a screen-free calm activity for children aged 3–10. It works well indoors or outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Stick The is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 5–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Stone Balancing is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 4–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Nature Art is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 3–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Mini-beast Safari is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 4–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Bird Bingo is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 5–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Snow Lanterns is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 4–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Snowball Relay is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 5–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Snow Sculpture Contest is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 4–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Sledding Challenges is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 4–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Snow Track Hunt is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 4–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Snow Treasure Hunt is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 4–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Water Balloon Relay is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 5–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Sponge Toss is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 4–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Chalk Art is a screen-free outdoor game for children aged 3–12. It works well outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Colour Story is a screen-free creative activity for children aged 4–10. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Paper Figure Workshop is a screen-free creative activity for children aged 4–10. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Sound Painting is a screen-free creative activity for children aged 4–10. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Scribble Workshop is a screen-free creative activity for children aged 4–10. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Pattern Workshop is a screen-free creative activity for children aged 4–10. It works well indoors or outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Rhymes on the Road is a screen-free travel activity for children aged 5–12. It works well while travelling or waiting and can be adapted to the group.
The Imagination Suitcase is a screen-free travel activity for children aged 4–10. It works well while travelling or waiting and can be adapted to the group.
Rhythm Journey is a screen-free travel activity for children aged 4–10. It works well while travelling or waiting and can be adapted to the group.
Three Things in the Window is a screen-free travel activity for children aged 4–10. It works well while travelling or waiting and can be adapted to the group.
Secret Pattern is a screen-free calm activity for children aged 5–12. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Sound Map is a screen-free calm activity for children aged 5–12. It works well indoors or outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
Mirror Drawing is a screen-free calm activity for children aged 5–12. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Calm Director is a screen-free calm activity for children aged 4–10. It works well indoors or outdoors and can be adapted to the group.
One Line at a Time is a screen-free calm activity for children aged 4–12. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Sock Pairs on the Go is a screen-free indoor activity for children aged 4–10. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Cup Tower Builders is a screen-free indoor activity for children aged 5–12. It works well indoors and can be adapted to the group.
Colour Friends is a screen-free group activity for children aged 3–6. It works well at preschool or school and can be adapted to the group.
Animal Track Course is a screen-free group activity for children aged 3–7. It works well at preschool or school and can be adapted to the group.
Take a short camping trip and involve the children in choosing the spot, pitching camp and planning a calm evening outdoors.
Walk through the forest at the children's pace, with small stops for listening, looking and exploring along the way.
Bring small containers on a berry-picking trip and let the children search, pick and collect at their own pace.
Build a small temporary dam in a shallow stream and watch how the water finds new paths.
Choose a card game that suits the children's ages and the number of players, then learn it together around a table.
Choose a simple dice game and play a few clear rounds, helping one another with counting and rules.
Visit the library, explore the children's section and let each child choose books to borrow and take home.
Choose a fairy tale, settle somewhere calm and read aloud with short pauses for questions and predictions.
Bake a simple cake together and divide measuring, mixing and decorating into clear jobs.