Game Suggestions from The Kimball Jones Family

A few ideas we had for activities:

(1) Cat & Mouse: This is a well known game among Joneses. Mom really loved playing it. It's a tag game where everyone links arms with someone and there's one "cat" chasing one "mouse." To avoid being caught, the mouse may grab onto someone connected to a buddy. At that moment, the buddy of the person just grabbed by the mouse becomes the mouse and the cat chases that person instead. In the event the cat catches the mouse, they reverse rolls and the game goes on.

(2) Unconventional relay races: There are endless options to this activity. A few common run styles include the wheelbarrow (w/a buddy), the 3-legged race (w/a buddy & each w/one leg in a potato sack), holding an egg on a spoon (or fork if you want it to be really crazy), the crab walk (face forward with feet in front and hands behind walking on hands and feet w/bum just off the ground) and the bear crawl (on hand and feet, no knees).

(3) Board/Card games: Candy Land/Shoots and Ladders are favorites at our house--fun themes that young kids love. A couple of other non-competitive fun games Mom used to love playing were RACK-O and Old Maid. These options really work best for smaller families or when not everyone is present (3-4 people).

Love, Kimball