Playing at home

Activities and games to do at home. Here are some free ideas for an alternative afternoon or evening.

Do you have to spend time indoors and don’t know what to do? Want to play and have fun with your family and kids at home? Need to plan a game night at home with friends? We know how difficult it is to find something really original and different to do at home, that’s why we wanted to find for you so many activities and games to do at home.

We’ve selectedsome really alternative experiences, most of these are generally sold online at a cost ranging from £15 to £30, but in this article we’ve only selected activities and games to do at home that are completely free.

• Ready-to-print treasure hunt (interactive)
• Group games
• Escape Room Online
• Auction of memories. Download pdf game to amaze your friends

Ready-to-print treasure hunt (interactive).

An activity that groups of friends can enjoy, but also parents and children: the treasure hunt is a great way to spend time playing around the house and entertain everyone. To make it as original as possible you can customize it to the situation and the people playing it. Involve friends or other families, the more people participate the more fun and difficult it will be to win the final prize.

Below you can choose a free, ready-to-print treasure hunt to play wherever you are.

Fun games to play at home in groups. Some ideas on what to do maybe after a dinner or in a group with family or friends.

Having to spend time at home can be the perfect opportunity for an evening or afternoon of play. An idea suitable for families and children, groups of friends or even couples. The possibilities are many, including quizzes, musical games and group games. Divided into teams, complete with punishments for those who get it wrong, participants immerse themselves in games that test their skills.

Below is a selection of free group games with which you can pass the time at home. For each game you can have fun customizing them or finding themed punishments.

The spinning top of time

A spinning top, a book or a long text printed on a paper. When the game starts, the players will have to spin a spinning top, while the top is spinning they have to run and read a passage placed about 20 metres in front of them and then transcribe …

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Karaoke without words

Nothing. We split into two teams. The first player introduces himself to the opposing team who, in a low voice, tells him which is the song he will have to try to make his teammates guess. It must be, of course, very popular songs that everyone more or less knows. …

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Carries the ball

One ping-pong ball per team. The players on each team all sit in a line, side by side and keep their legs together and stretched out in front of them. When the game begins, the first player is placed a ping-pong ball between his ankles. The player will have to …

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Drunken balloons

Balloons, glass or iron or plastic marbles. Inflate some balloons, but before closing them insert a glass ball in each one so that once thrown in the air, they take unusual trajectories and make strange movements. Divide the players into teams and distribute a number of balloons equal to the …

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Jump jump

A long rope, a ball, and a bag or net to tie the rope to the ball. The player who last gets hit by the ball.

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Names, things, cities

Pen and paper. Each player must get a sheet of paper and prepare a grid with several blank rows, and in the columns write “Name, thing, city, animal, craft, fruit” or any other category you decide to use. In turn a player will say a letter of the alphabet, then …

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Escape room online: have fun from the comfort of your home solving mysteries that have never been solved

Since a few years ago we have all heard about, at least once, the Escape Rooms, real game experiences to achieve the same goal: get out of the room by collecting clues and solving puzzles and brain teasers. From the real escape room puzzles, which transport you into surreal and fantastic worlds, we have arrived at online escape rooms: virtual escape room games where interactivity and multimedia are the main features. Games in which you need to use your wits to solve the chosen adventure.

Mysteries to solve and the supernatural, just the right ingredients for an evening or afternoon of home games. Below we have selected some free online escape room experiences.

Auction of memories. Download pdf game to play at home to amaze your friends.

A game to play with friends or family in which everyone auctions off a special item that carries a story or memory. A different way than usual to spend an afternoon or evening at home and to remember special moments, share emotions together and have fun.