Horseshoes makes a perfect family activity for a summer afternoon. With a bit of cardboard and handful of pennies, you can create your own set!

Need an outdoor activity for your next party or family gathering? Try this wacky group relay game that's fun for adults and kids alike.

Entertain your next batch of energetic youngsters with a Halloween-inspired candy hunt!

Bring the fun carnival game of ring toss to your home pool with this watery twist on the classic game.

Have a blast celebrating the poetic prose of Dr. Seuss as you hop your way to better vocabulary and reading skills. Play Hop on Pop Hopscotch!

Does your child have trouble holding a pencil? Is writing an excruciating task? The key is to build up those hand muscles! This water relay race can help.

Little kids love this messy but fun Easter party game: bob for chocolate Easter eggs in a giant blob of whipped cream. The first one to find all her eggs wins!

Help your child get comfortable with the concept of estimation, which will come in handy during everything from standardized tests to future shopping trips!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a few riotous rounds of Hot Potato--played with a real potato!

Teach your child golf without the clubs! Introduce her to Pebble Golf, a fun beach game and a great way to develop her depth perception.

Your little preschool elf will develop some important fine motor skills while creating an entertaining game: Pin the Star on the Christmas Tree!

Are you looking to entertain your child and a large group of their friends? Try out Chain Tag. The more players you have, the more fun the game becomes!

This circle game practices patterning and flexes your child's memory.

This scavenger hunt game is simple, but it's fun, and it will arm your children with the directional vocabulary they should master in time for kindergarten.

Your kids will love this tradition of finding a leprechaun's gold hidden all over.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

Build memory and motor skills with this musical movement game!

This twist on the same old Hide and Seek is a great weekend or rainy-day activity.

In this variation on musical chairs, no one gets kicked "out" of the game -- instead, they get to tell other kids what to do!

Kids put their geography knowledge to the test in this balloon volley game inspired by the Dr. Seuss book "Oh the Places You'll Go".

Preschoolers need to practice hopping, skipping, and other "gross motor" skills. Why not make it fun by challenging them to move like their favorite animals?

Here's a party game that's guaranteed to bring along lots of laughs. Kids get creative as they act out improve scenes with some help from an audience.

Your spotlight-loving third or fourth grader will be delighted to play this improvisational game of freeze theater with family or friends.

This variation on the game of tag combines exercise, teamwork, and a little friendly trickery.

The next time your kids are pent up inside because of bad weather, try hosting a Balloon Olympics!

It's important to be able to add and subtract quickly and accurately, and this activity is the perfect way to practice.

Throw a P.E. party in your own backyard that will make fitness fun!

This variation on the classic group game "Mother, May I?" can be played with one or more child and involves continual participation.

Take the classic game to a new level, by including super fun directions inside the chalk-drawn boxes.

Celebrate your little one's move to big kid school by throwing a very special graduation party complete with friends, crafts, and lots of energetic fun.