Each person has a piece of paper and draws on columns for these headings Girls Name, Boys Name, Animal, Food/Drink, Place.You will need a piece of paper and a pen for each player. Tip: for X we allow Fox or any other animals that have an X in the name. So, for example, Armadillo, Bear, Cat, etc. Alphabet ZooĪnother family favourite, in Alphabet Zoo each player takes it in turn to come up with an animal, bird, insect or reptile name in order of the alphabet. Recommended Reading: 30 Fun Games for Car Journeys #6. Would you rather eat a slug or eat a snail?.Would you rather pat a tiger or tickle a lion?.

Would you rather live in a Haunted Mansion or a Creepy Castle?.

Take it in turns to give the other players a choice of two horrible (or nice) options. Scissors beats paper as they cut paper, paper beats stone as paper can wrap the stone up and stone beats scissors as the stone can blunt the scissors. On the count of 3 each person shows their hand in the shape of either scissors (snipping fingers), paper (flat hand) or stone (fist). Questions must only have a Yes or No answer. Animal Vegetable MineralĪlso known as “Twenty Questions”, the first person thinks of something that’s either Animal, Vegetable or Mineral and the others have 20 questions to guess what it is. We always start with Is it a boy? and Do we know them personally? to help narrow down the options. Take it in turns to think of a person and the others have to guess who it is asking only questions that can be answered Yes or No. You start your turn by saying “I Spy with My Little Eye something beginning with (letter)”įor a variation for younger kids, instead of “I Spy something beginning with T” try the colour version “I spy something coloured red”. The classic game, I Spy is where you take it in turns to guess what the other person spies. Or join us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube. Sign up for our free newsletter packed with information and great offers.

So here are 21 Tried and Tested Waiting Games for Kids to Pass the Time: I’ve been in hospital waiting rooms, at airports, or even at the Post Office and started to feel the stress of the situation. Being in a waiting situation is never fun with kids, especially when you have no idea how long it’s going to take.

Time pass games