The growth of kids depends on the activities they had at home. It helps in the development of new talents, creativity, and imagination for the kids. Making DIY games at home is very simple. So, why don’t you try and make one for your kids at home?
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Simple do-it-yourself (DIY) activities that you can simply implement into your kid’s daily routine will give parents the chance to develop their skills. Here are some ideas for easy DIY games to nurture your child’s skills.
1. Let’s Brush Our Teeth
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It is important to teach your kids to brush their teeth properly. Many kids have problems with their teeth because of not brushing them correctly. Let’s brush our teeth is one of the fun ways to teach them on how important brushing their teeth is.
Things you need for this DIY game:
- Draw or print out one animal or person’s face that shows their teeth clearly
- Place it on a board and put the transparent tape on the teeth
- Use a black whiteboard marker to draw the dirty teeth
- Prepare a toothbrush for your kids to clean the dirt on their teeth
Watch the video below to know more about this game:
2. 5 Senses Matching Puzzles
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The 5 senses in humans are very important to people. Other than just letting the kids learn from their experiences, why not make it more fun by creating an activity for them to explore more about the 5 senses in humans. This 5 senses-matching puzzle game also helps in explaining the use of the 5 senses in their daily life.
Steps you need to do for this DIY game:
- Draw some examples of the 5 senses on a piece of paper
- Cut it into smaller pieces
- Prepare a board, straws, and pipe cleaners for this game
- Cut the straws and glue them on the board
- Glue the 5 senses (tongue, nose, eyes, ear and hand) on the straws
- Insert the pipe cleaners into each straw and glue one end
- Glue straws to each example for the 5 senses and you are ready to start
Watch this video to know how to play with your kids:
3. Ball Balancing
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Ball balancing game is a good low-prep gross motor activity for your kids. This game allows kids to have better control over their bodies and improve their focus and concentration.
How to create this game:
- You need two rolls of kitchen paper and two paper plates
- You can be creative and colour all the materials
- Glue each of the rolls and combine it
- Glue the paper plates on each end of the rolls
- Prepare an easily removable tape to make a way for the kids to walk on it
Benefits of playing this game:
- Kids have better control over their bodies
- Improve their focus and concentration
- Eye-hand-foot coordination
Watch this video to know how to play with your kids:
4. I-Spy Alphabets Transferring & Matching
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I-Spy Alphabets is a game where the kids need to find the alphabets in the water and match them with the alphabets on the board. This kind of game can help them to identify the alphabet and memorize it. They also can learn to write and spell their name correctly with this game.
What you need to prepare for this game:
- Alphabets from A to Z
- Draw the alphabet A to Z on one board of the same size as the alphabet you prepare
- One big bowl or small pail with medium-full of water
- Plus point if you make the water into coloured water
Check out this video to know how to play this game:
5. Let’s Match Feelings Puzzle
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Feelings puzzle is just so easy to make and play with your kids. It can help them to recognize basic feelings such as happy, angry, sad, surprised, scared, and upset. Feelings puzzle is also one of the ways to learn about their feelings by identifying and labelling emotions.
You need to prepare these things before starting the games:
- Draw some emotional faces on each of 6 paper plates
- Colour it with different colours to differentiate each from it
- Cut each plate into two pieces
- Place it into two different areas and let your kids match it
Benefits of this game for your kids:
- Early introduction to emotions
- Improve their problem-solving skills
- Develop deeper concentration
- Identification of similarities and differences
Check out this video to know how to play this game:
6. DIY Sticky Popcorn Craft
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DIY Sticky Popcorn Craft is one of the easiest DIY games to create for your kids. This game will help them in counting numbers as they’re sticking their cotton ball on the sticky area. It also helps them to explore the texture of sticky areas and soft cotton balls.
Things you need to prepare for this game:
- Draw a popcorn box on a piece of board
- Cut off the popcorn part and leave only the box
- Colour it like a normal popcorn box
- Put a transparent tape around the popcorn area that we already cut off for the kids to easily stick their popcorn
- Prepare a bowl of cotton balls for the popcorn
- Prepare two paintbrushes and yellow watercolors for painting time
Watch the video to learn more about DIY Sticky Popcorn Craft:
7. DIY Bottle Caps Colour Matching
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DIY Bottle Cap Colour Matching is a game to strengthen the hand and wrist muscles of your kids. This also helps them to recognize each color like red, blue, green, yellow, and orange. It might be a struggle for them to twist the bottle caps but eventually, they will learn through the process.
Things you need to do for this game:
- Draw a big rocket on a piece of board and color it
- Draw 5 holes on the rocket with the same size as the 5 bottle caps you have
- Label each 5 bottle cap with different colours
- Cut the bottle and glue the collar bottles on every 5 holes with different colours
Check out this video to learn more about this game:
8. Popsicle Balancing
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Last but not least, we have Popsicle Balancing as one of the fun DIY games for your kids. This game challenges them to move things with one hand. It will help in improving their hand-body coordination and concentration. In addition, they also get to play with colors.
How to create this game:
- You need to collect 16 bottle caps
- Label each bottle cap with four colors (red, blue, green and yellow)
- Arrange them into 2 pairs with the same colors and glue them on a board
- Prepare 4 popsicles in different colors (red, blue, green, and yellow)
- Prepare a fork as a tool to move the popsicles
Benefits of Popsicle Balancing game:
- Develop patience and concentration
- Working on small hand muscles
- Improve logical thinking and goal setting
Check out the video below for more info about this game:
These are just a few ideas for quick and affordable DIY play-based games to develop your child’s skills. Picking out activities that you and your child love is essential. Children are more likely to study and grow if they are having fun. Check out these parenting tips to try with your kids at home.
So, use your imagination and have fun! Your kid will appreciate it.
