I’ve got your socks. One player wears socks and everyone else tries to take off their socks. Another version of the game is everyone starts with 1 sock on and they try to take other’s socks and be the first to have a sock on both feet.

Pillow fight. Enough said!

Freeze dance. Everyone dances as the music plays, but the moment the music stops, each player must freeze and hold their position until the music starts playing again. The player who moves during the freeze must do 10 jumping jacks.

Plank race. Everyone gets into a plank position in a line. On “GO” the person at the back stands up and runs to the front of the line. As soon as they get back into plank position, they yell “GO” and the next person at the back of the line gets up and runs to the front. Since it is a race, you will need to measure a distance (maybe from one wall to the other) and time how long it takes. Repeat it to see if you can beat the time.

Race for cones. Everyone starts with -5 cones (or anything else from around the house that is light enough to be picked up and moved) placed aprox. 10m in front. Mark a starting point and race to pick up 1 cone and bring it back to the start point. Repeat until all cones are collected. You can race a sibling or time yourself and see if you can beat your score in the next round.

Balloon Volleyball. Use something as your net (it could be a skipping rope or even the dog’s leash tied between 2 chairs or the couch if it is not against the wall). Volley the balloon back and forth scoring a point if your opponent is unable to hit the balloon back to your side of the court or if the balloon hits the ground. If only one person is playing: see how long you can keep the balloon in the air.

Monkey in the middle. This one needs a group of 3 or 2 people, a bouncy ball and a wall. In the 3 person version, two players pass the ball to each other while a third player in the middle tries to intercept it. If the player in the centre intercepts then they take the place of the person who’s throw they caught, that person then becomes the monkey in the middle. In the 2 person version, one player has the ball and bounces it off the wall trying to catch it again before the other player intercepts it. Once the ball is intercepted the players change rolls.

Toilet paper roll bowling. This game adds some craft and creativity. It can be a whole day activity. Decorate 10 empty cardboard toilet paper rolls and number them from 1 to 10. Use a small ball or even some wadded up paper as your bowling ball. It’s a math game too!! Toddlers can practice tolling the ball toward the target and calling our the number of pins they knock down. Preschoolers can start the game by lining up all of the numbers in the correct order (or in reverse order) and hitting a particular number. Kindergartners can take it a step further and add up all of the pins they have knocked down. Older children can play to see who can knock down the biggest number with 3 rolls.

Indoor hopscotch. Use painter’s tape to create an indoor hopscotch grid that will not ruin your floors. If you have little ones that are just learning numbers, this is a fun way to learn them. They can call out the numbers as they jump on them or use a bean bag or balled up pair of socks to throw to a number they identify before they jump to it. A fun game for the older kids is to solve simple math problems, say 10-8, they jump to 2. Then 2x3 and they jump to 6. It’s challenging and fun.

Egg race. Everyone puts a hard-boiled egg on a teaspoon and walks through the house. The walk might involve going up and down stairs or around a simple obstacle course. Whoever drops the egg has to eat it.