Games & Activities
On this page you will find ideas and suggestions for indoor and outdoor games and activities with children of all ages. Let yourself be inspired, rediscover classics from your childhood and let your inner child out to play with your offspring 😉
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Let’s find out why building with Lego was one of our absolute favorite activities between ages 5-10 and why you’re never too old for it, even as an adult…
Hopscotch is a game that I’m sure many of you know from your own childhood. Unfortunately, it’s often the simplest games that you lose sight of as you get older. Our children’s attention is naturally drawn to completely different games and activities these days than it was 5 or 10 years ago. What’s more, the range of games on offer is growing from day to day. Oddly enough, there is an overabundance of choice and at the same time kids are often bored. Especially when screen time is over. However, we are going to do something about this today, and for that, we’re using a real classic that never really got old…
Solving Jigsaw Puzzles is one of our all-time favorite activities and is absolutely perfect for rainy or lazy days. I mean, let’s be honest, jumping in puddles is great. Who doesn’t love that? Then again, if we really have some cold, nasty weather, we prefer to stay where it is warm and comfy. Solving puzzles also a great activity because you don’t have to think too much and can just relax. Especially in times when you’re constantly playing mind ping-pong, that can be a real blessing.
Monopoly
Monopoly is a game that has been around for decades and continues to be popular, proving its timeless appeal. In any case, we always have a lot of fun with it. Especially, of course, when we have a little more time on our hands. Setting up the board and everything that goes with it for half an hour before dinner usually doesn’t make much sense.
Once we’ve started, we often sit at it for 1-2 hours and really enjoy the game. There is often a fierce battle for the railway stations and the most expensive streets, Parkstrasse and Schlossallee. It’s always fun when someone has to go to prison again (usually me) and even more fun when the other person who laughed particularly loudly ends up there one turn later.
The nice thing about Monopoly is that every round can be different, depending on which strategy you choose, how many players you play with and, of course, the amount of luck you have. How many times have I hit ‘go’ only to lose my money on the ‘income tax’ field straight afterwards? It can be really frustrating, but fortunately, the fun always outweighs the bad luck, and even though we always have our little competitions during the game, the main thing is to have a good time together.
Painting (on wallpaper!)
Painting is generally a great activity where you can simply let your creativity run free. However, instead of always using simple painting blocks, I was once given the tip a few years ago to use a roll of woodchip wallpaper instead. An entire roll of 25m x 0.53m, for example, now costs around €8.50 and believe me, you can paint on it for quite some time!
The great thing about it is that you don’t end up with piles of individual sheets of paper lying around, but a 25m roll full of creativity. You can just get started and paint an endless picture with one motif after the next. If you want to paint a picture together with several people, everyone can simply start at a different point until you meet in the middle. A wallpaper like this is also quite stable. The risk of the paper tearing during painting is therefore much lower.
Of course, A4 paper, for example, does have its advantages, unless I want to wallpaper my home with the artwork I’ve created. It is easier to frame and store. A sheet of paper also tends to be easier to give away than a whole roll of wallpaper… Nevertheless, painted wallpaper is something special and certainly a nice memory when you dig it out of a corner years later.