Outdoor Games
Outdoor Games for Kids
Outdoor Games for Kids are a great way to keep them busy for a few hours outdoors! You can teach them a few new games and they'll play all day.
Bridge Tag
Bridge tag is just a small variation off of regular tag. They're bot great outdoor games though! The person designated IT must count to 10 and then run after everyone. If he/she tags someone then they have to make a themselves into a bridge. The only way for someone to free them they have to crawl under the bridge without getting tagged. Play continues until the person IT has tagged everyone.
Red light Green light
This game is sometimes played indoors but most parents like you to keep it outdoors! One person has to be the light and the rest are standing behind a line. The person who's the light must face the other direction and say GREEN LIGHT! Everyone is now allowed to run. The object of the game is for someone to get to the light. When the "light" says RED LIGHT!! You must freeze. The light will turn around and see if anyone is still moving and if they are then they must go back to the start line. The game continues until someone reaches the light (the person IT).
Outdoor Games for Kids
Simon Says
Simon says is a simple game to play that can also be played indoors, but if you play outdoors you can do some more tricky moves. Someone has to be IT. That person will be giving all the commands. The person IT must command by saying "Simon Says" touch your feet. Everyone must follow the command as long as the person IT says "Simon says" in front of it. The person IT wants to knock everyone out by tricking them into doing a command that doesn't have "Simon says" before it such as: Jump up and down twice (this is why its better to play outdoors!). The object of the game is to knock everyone out, or for the group to be the last one standing. It's a fun game if you're throwing a party!
Duck, Duck Goose
This is a great outdoor game for kids! Everyone has to sit in a circle and someone starts off as the goose. The goose walks calmly around the circle touching each persons head and saying Duck, duck, duck, and when the choose to say goose on someones head, they run! The person in the circle must jump up and chase the goose around the circle trying to tag them. The object of the game for the goose is trying to get all the way around the circle and sit down in the other persons spot before they get tagged. If they make it then they take the seat and the other person is now the goose. There isn't really a winner or loser of this game, it just continues as long as you like.
