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Play ideas for 12-year-olds
176 screen-free activities that work for 12-year-olds – with step-by-step guidance, tips and easier or harder versions.
Kid-Planned Family Dinner90 min · 9–12 years
Glowing Dough Circuits40 min · 8–12 years
Pinhole Viewer40 min · 8–12 years
Words Within a Word15 min · 8–12 years
Silly Family Poem20 min · 8–12 years
Fridge Letter Anagrams15 min · 8–12 years
Family Newspaper90 min · 8–12 years
Flipbook Animation40 min · 7–12 years
Cardboard Loom Weaving45 min · 7–12 years
Egg Drop Challenge60 min · 7–12 years
Sugar Density Rainbow25 min · 7–12 years
Floating Needle Compass20 min · 7–12 years
Binary Bead Bracelets25 min · 7–12 years
Rubber-Band Paddle Boat40 min · 7–12 years
Design Your Own Board Game60 min · 7–12 years
Spoons Card Game20 min · 7–12 years
Categories (Name, Place, Animal, Thing)20 min · 7–12 years
Don't Say It!15 min · 7–12 years
License Plate Sentences10 min · 7–12 years
Secret Family Language15 min · 7–12 years
Fizz Buzz Counting10 min · 7–12 years
Story Told Backwards15 min · 7–12 years
Cup Rhythm20 min · 7–12 years
Family Beatbox15 min · 7–12 years
Paper Kite60 min · 7–12 years
Nature Photo Challenge30 min · 7–12 years
Elastics: The Stretchy Jump-Rope Game20 min · 6–12 years
Backyard Ninja Course45 min · 6–12 years
Trail Chase60 min · 6–12 years
Origami Jumping Frog20 min · 6–12 years
Pop-Up Cards40 min · 6–12 years
Foil Embossing30 min · 6–12 years
Blind Contour Portraits10 min · 6–12 years
Craft-Stick Catapult30 min · 6–12 years
Paper Bridge Challenge30 min · 6–12 years
Sundial30 min · 6–12 years
Newton’s Color Spinner20 min · 6–12 years
Homemade Pasta60 min · 6–12 years
Mug Cake10 min · 6–12 years
Savory Muffins50 min · 6–12 years
Quesadilla Station25 min · 6–12 years
DIY Escape Room60 min · 6–12 years
Battleships on Paper30 min · 6–12 years
Whodunit: Who Ate the Cookie?40 min · 6–12 years
Spaghetti Tower Challenge30 min · 6–12 years
Checkers Together30 min · 6–12 years
Map My Room30 min · 6–12 years
Dictionary of Weird Words15 min · 6–12 years
Melting Snowman10 min · 6–12 years
Name Five in Ten10 min · 6–12 years
No Yes, No No10 min · 6–12 years
Describe & Draw15 min · 6–12 years
Toy Photo Story40 min · 6–12 years
Travel Journal15 min · 6–12 years
Shoebox Diorama60 min · 6–12 years
Our Family Legend30 min · 6–12 years
Detective Agency45 min · 6–12 years
Family Bank30 min · 6–12 years
Our Family Song30 min · 6–12 years
Neighborhood Map45 min · 6–12 years
Animal Track Casting40 min · 6–12 years
Compost in a Jar20 min · 6–12 years
Jump-Rope Rhymes15 min · 5–12 years
Partner Yoga15 min · 5–12 years
Exercise Dice10 min · 5–12 years
Sock Dodgeball20 min · 5–12 years
“My Dream Room” Collage40 min · 5–12 years
Monster Corner Bookmarks20 min · 5–12 years
Invisible Ink25 min · 5–12 years
Bouncy Egg10 min · 5–12 years
Salt Crystal Garden20 min · 5–12 years
Fingerprint Detective20 min · 5–12 years
Toy Parachute Test25 min · 5–12 years
Drops on a Coin10 min · 5–12 years
Bread in a Bag90 min · 5–12 years
Make-Your-Own Tea Blend20 min · 5–12 years
Dots and Boxes15 min · 5–12 years
Dinner Table Riddles15 min · 5–12 years
Draw-a-Maze Swap15 min · 5–12 years
Cross the River Together15 min · 5–12 years
Word Chain10 min · 5–12 years
Guess Who I Am (20 Questions)15 min · 5–12 years
Alphabet Categories10 min · 5–12 years
Tongue Twisters10 min · 5–12 years
Who Said That?10 min · 5–12 years
Word Association Chain10 min · 5–12 years
Count to Ten Around the World15 min · 5–12 years
Family Comic Strip40 min · 5–12 years
Junior Reporter – Interview a Grandparent30 min · 5–12 years
Fairy Tale Flip15 min · 5–12 years
Family Radio Show45 min · 5–12 years
Flashlight Tales20 min · 5–12 years
Kid Is the Teacher20 min · 5–12 years
Bottle Organ20 min · 5–12 years
Singing in Rounds15 min · 5–12 years
Pressed-Flower Herbarium30 min · 5–12 years
Bug Hotel60 min · 5–12 years
10-Minute Bird Count15 min · 5–12 years
Frozen Bubbles15 min · 5–12 years
Night Walk30 min · 5–12 years
Time Capsule40 min · 5–12 years
Pillow Notes10 min · 5–12 years
Red Light, Green Light15 min · 4–12 years
Yarn Laser Maze30 min · 4–12 years
Shadow Tag15 min · 4–12 years
Sponge Water Relay30 min · 4–12 years
Freeze Tag with Tunnels15 min · 4–12 years
Friendship Bracelets30 min · 4–12 years
Paper Airplane Contest30 min · 4–12 years
Mixed-Up Monsters15 min · 4–12 years
Jar Lanterns30 min · 4–12 years
Pipe-Cleaner People20 min · 4–12 years
Shaving-Cream Marbling30 min · 4–12 years
Cardboard Box City60 min · 4–12 years
Craft-Stick Photo Frame30 min · 4–12 years
Homemade Lava Lamp15 min · 4–12 years
Balloon Rocket20 min · 4–12 years
Ice Cream in a Bag20 min · 4–12 years
Homemade Lemonade Stand60 min · 4–12 years
Gingerbread Cookies90 min · 4–12 years
No-Bake Granola Bars30 min · 4–12 years
Naturally Dyed Eggs45 min · 4–12 years
Blind Taste Test15 min · 4–12 years
Treasure Hunt with a Map45 min · 4–12 years
Family Charades20 min · 4–12 years
One-Minute Challenges30 min · 4–12 years
I'm Going on a Picnic15 min · 4–12 years
Would You Rather…?15 min · 4–12 years
Telephone10 min · 4–12 years
One-Sentence-at-a-Time Story15 min · 4–12 years
Three-Object Story15 min · 4–12 years
Family Post Office20 min · 4–12 years
Fashion Show30 min · 4–12 years
Name That Tune15 min · 4–12 years
Comb Kazoo Karaoke20 min · 4–12 years
Draw the Music20 min · 4–12 years
Guess the Instrument15 min · 4–12 years
Stargazing Night30 min · 4–12 years
Windowsill Herb Garden30 min · 4–12 years
Dam Builders30 min · 4–12 years
Wildflower Seed Balls30 min · 4–12 years
Imagination Journey10 min · 4–12 years
Five-Finger Breathing5 min · 4–12 years
Gratitude Jar10 min · 4–12 years
Mindful Coloring Together20 min · 4–12 years
Listening Bell5 min · 4–12 years
Living Room Obstacle Course30 min · 3–12 years
Keep the Balloon Up15 min · 3–12 years
Sock Basketball15 min · 3–12 years
Mirror Game10 min · 3–12 years
Broomstick Limbo10 min · 3–12 years
Painted Rock Monsters40 min · 3–12 years
Salt Dough Sculptures and Ornaments45 min · 3–12 years
Giant Family Mural45 min · 3–12 years
Oobleck: Solid or Liquid?20 min · 3–12 years
Mini Pizza Faces40 min · 3–12 years
Decorated Sugar Cookies90 min · 3–12 years
Butter in a Jar20 min · 3–12 years
No-Bake Energy Balls25 min · 3–12 years
Smoothie Bar20 min · 3–12 years
Popcorn Movie Night120 min · 3–12 years
Indoor Picnic40 min · 3–12 years
Flashlight Hide-and-Seek20 min · 3–12 years
Blanket Fort45 min · 3–12 years
Shadow Puppet Theater40 min · 3–12 years
Indoor Camping Night120 min · 3–12 years
Body-Percussion Rainstorm10 min · 3–12 years
Milk Carton Bird Feeder40 min · 3–12 years
Nature Mandala30 min · 3–12 years
Giant Bubbles30 min · 3–12 years
Cloud Watching15 min · 3–12 years
Sandcastle Engineers45 min · 3–12 years
Three Good Things at Bedtime5 min · 3–12 years
Hand Spa20 min · 3–12 years
Handprint Family Tree30 min · 2–12 years
Kitchen Dance Party15 min · 2–12 years
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