Summer Indoor Activities For Kids: Bubble Making And Charades

The end of April in India is when the heat is fierce and afternoons become too hot to go out in the sun. If your kids are getting bored with the lack of outdoor play this summer, here are two fun indoor kids games you can play anytime, anywhere.

Bubble Making

Not only do kids of all ages love to blow bubbles there are many activities they can play that revolve around bubbles too. And one of the activities is to make the actual bubble solution. If you decide to skip this step and use store-bought bubbles that is fine too.

Everyone knows that to make your own bubble solution you mix dish detergent and water but here is a recipe that will yield bigger and stronger bubbles: ½ cup of dish soap, 1 ½ cups of water, and 2 teaspoons of sugar.

Mix it up in a large container and you are done. If there are quite a few kids playing, make a large batch of the solution
and fill up a kiddie pool with it. No spilling or waiting turns to use the bubble solution.

If you are making your own bubble solution, you will also need to find or make bubble wands too. Here are some ideas to use items around the house that kids will get a kick out of:

A (clean) flyswatter
Straws
Turkey baster
Slotted spoon
Funnel
Use the lid to a yogurt or margarine container with a hole cut in the middle
A piece of string tied together into a loop

Have a bubble blowing contest, see who can blow the biggest bubble or see whose bubble lasts the longest. Have a counting contest, challenge the kids to see who can blow the most bubbles in a predetermined time frame.

Or shout out a number and see who can blow that many bubbles at once, no more or less, and just let them have fun. Kids love to have bubbles blown for them and then chase them down and try to pop them all. You be the bubble blower and send them running to burst all of your bubbles.

Dumb Charades for Kids

The traditional way to play charades is to have slips of paper with all of the words or items that need to be acted out written down. But to make things easier for the kids and have them use their imaginations more have them decide what they are going to act out without telling anyone.

This is a great game for outside or indoors on a rainy day. If some of the children are having a hard time thinking up ideas be prepared with a few back-up ones to whisper in their ear.

If you have enough people to play, charades can be played in teams but it also works with single players. One person stands up and has to act out a word, object or saying. Depending on the ages of the children, objects are usually the easiest things for them to act out.

There is absolutely no talking done by the person who is doing the acting (also called pantomiming). As the child is trying to get the other kids to guess what they are acting out the kids yell out their guesses.

It is okay for the actor to give an indication if they are right, wrong, or on the right track by hand and head gestures. If playing as individuals instead of teams, the first person who correctly guesses the object gets to be the next person to pantomime an object.

Some easy objects for kids to start with are helicopters, airplanes, rowboats, cars. Emotions or actions can be fun too such as laughing, being silly, scared, or crying.

For older children they can act out a movie title. When a string of words is involved it is easiest to tackle one word at a time. This is a classic game that is still around because it is so much fun.

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