Fun family games

Thanks All some good suggestions 👍👍

When I was little we used to play "pass the smile" at the table. (We also had to do sums, which I am grateful for to this day)

One person was allowed to smile, until they "wiped" the smile from their face and threw it to someone else who then had to smile and pass the smile on to another person. We all ended up in hysterics.

It takes a bit of preparation but we always play 'The adjective game'. I write a short story about our Christmas day and all involved including those present. I leave blanks for adjectives and everyone takes turns to say one which I jot down in the relevant space. When it's completed I read out the whole story and usually end up with some hilarious descriptions of everything and everyone. The younger ones like suggesting adjectives like 'smelly' or 'hairy' etc and the adults go for more sophisticated ones. It's always fun and keeps everyone together.

What about Mrs McGinty's cat (other names and animals can be used)? It's a good one but does depend on the age of your dgs'. If you haven't heard of it, this is the general gist: the first player might say 'Mrs McGinty'cat is an awful cat' and the next uses the letter B to describe the cat and so on working through the alphabet.

I always love playing these games. There is a twist on the shopping one, where you follow the word eg apple, orange, red etc. but the first person adds a small gesture, maybe a hand on the face, a small movement, which has to be picked up and copied by everyone - it’s good fun. We’ve played what we call ‘the post it’ game. One of my elderly aunts’ first question was always ‘am I the Queen’. Sadly, neither is with us now.

You could think of a category, say animals or countries, one person says cat and the next person has to think of an animal beginning with the last letter - so tiger and so on.

We like the one where you write or draw something on a post it and stick it to someone's forehead. They have to guess what it says by asking questions. It can be easily adapted for all ages.

Another favourite is where you have to move an After Eight from your forehead to your mouth without using your hands.