• Bingo with numbers or pictures
• Snakes & Ladders
• Connect 4
• Checkers
• Dominos
• Jenga building blocks
• Quoits (requires throwing small hoops. Can be done standing up or sitting down) sit back 3 metres or less and throw to try and on the spike.
• Play cards- suipi, last card, go fish, snap, memory game
• Pin the village/town (like pin the tail on the donkey)
  Blind fold or ask to close their eyes & pin the village/town print out or drawing on a large A3 paper or scrap book.
• Painting on a canvas
• Colouring in – felt pens and colouring in books
• Arts and crafts

• Bingo with numbers or pictures
• Snakes & ladders
• Connect 4
• Checkers
• Dominos
• Jenga building blocks
  Quoits (requires throwing small hoops. Can be done standing or sitting down) sit back 3 metres or less and throw to try and get on the spike.
• Play cards- suipi, last card, go fish, snap, memory game
• Pin the village/town (like pin the tail on the donkey)
  Blind fold or ask to close their eyes & pin the village/town print out or drawing on a large A3 paper or scrap book.
• Painting on a canvas
• Colouring in – felt pens and colouring books
• Arts and crafts

• Large jig saw puzzle
• Bingo with numbers or pictures
• Dominos
• Jenga building blocks
• Play cards – memory game, go fish
  Quoits (requires throwing small hoops. Can be done standing or sitting down) sit back 3 metres or less and throw to try and get on the spike.
• Balloon game –play some music & sit in a circle and hit the balloon to your neighbour. Try and not let it hit the floor.
• Flower arrangements –when they have finished place on the dinner table or their table.
• Painting on a canvas
• Colouring in – felt pens and colouring books
• Arts and crafts

Board games vary from
The Warehouse, Kmart, $2 bargain stores between $7-$25.

Or create your own out of cardboard, paper, scissors, glue, felt pens, look items that can be used as counters. E.g., Little stones/pebbles, search through the kid’s drawers in their rooms.

Find an old vase/container/empty small box. Select flowers/plants in your backyard or buy artificial from the $2 bargain stores.
Acrylic paints, blank canvas, paint brush & stencil sets at the above stores.

• Dancing to music –
  Turn on their favourite music they grew up with
• Very light exercise, depending on their stage
• Indoor bowls
  In a circle each family member sitting down. Place the white ball anywhere within the circle. In 2 teams blue and red (whatever colours you have)
  Each member will alternate to throw their colour team ball. The closest colour ball to the white ball wins.
• Cooking & baking

• Dancing to music –
  Turn on their favourite music they grew up with
• Very light exercise, depending on their stage
• Indoor bowls
  In a circle each family member sitting down. Place the white ball anywhere within the circle. In 2 teams blue and red (whatever colours you have)
  Each member will alternate to throw their colour team ball. The closest colour ball to the white ball wins.
• Cooking & baking

• Dancing to music –
  Turn on their favourite music they grew up with
• Very light exercise, depending on their stage
• Indoor bowls
  In a circle each family member sitting down. Place the white ball anywhere within the circle. In 2 teams blue and red (whatever colours you have)
  Each member will alternate to throw their colour team ball. The closest colour ball to the white ball wins.
• Simple ideas – folding tea towels/clothing
• Poppit (when sitting down)

Phone/speaker/tv/youtube/radio

Indoor bowls -Get creative! Roll up coloured socks and use black or white socks as the target. Buy packet of coloured tennis balls at the Warehouse ($15) or Buy sensory coloured balls at Kmart/The Warehouse (*-$15)

• Go shopping together
• A car ride & buy their favourite
  ice-cream/treat
• Visit their favourite place around town

• Go shopping together
• A car ride & buy their favourite
  ice-cream/treat
• Visit their favourite place around town

• Go shopping together
• A car ride & buy their favourite
  ice-cream/treat
• Visit their favourite place around town

Reliable car

• Start interviewing taking videos of your loved one.
• Watch favourite videos of their culture, songs/music/movies
• Look through photos and make a photo album
• Watch family videos together
• Ask about their favourite memories around a particular topic, what they remember about their parents/siblings/going on the bus rides around the island/swimming at the local beach, family bar b ques/ shopping at the local market.

• Start interviewing taking videos of your loved one.
• Watch favourite videos of their culture, songs/music/movies
• Look through photos and make a photo album
• Watch family videos together
• Ask about their favourite memories around a particular topic, what they remember about their parents/siblings/going on the bus rides around the island/swimming at the local beach, family bar b ques/ shopping at the local market.

• Start interviewing taking videos of your loved one.
• Watch favourite videos of their culture, songs/music/movies
• Look through photos and make a photo album
• Watch family videos together
• Ask about their favourite memories around a particular topic, what they remember about their parents/siblings/going on the bus rides around the island/swimming at the local beach, family bar b ques/ shopping at the local market.

Phone with record function/ youtube/tv/laptop/ipad

Old photo albums

Quizzes
www.ministry-to-children.com

https://theshirleyjourney.com/10-bible-games-for-families/

• Look up chapter….
  Each person will have or share a bible. Can be done individually or in teams of 2.
• With a closed bible, the caller will then have a chapter open and call out to the family…The first person to look up Psalms 1 v 3….
• The first person to read out the correct chapter and verse will gain 1 point.

Quizzes
www.ministry-to-children.com

https://theshirleyjourney.com/10-bible-games-for-families/

• Look up chapter….
  Each person will have or share a bible. Can be done individually or in teams of 2.
• With a closed bible, the caller will then have a chapter open and call out to the family…The first person to look up Psalms 1 v 3….
• The first person to read out the correct chapter and verse will gain 1 point.

During downtime or quiet time, sit down with your loved one and read their favourite bible verses/story.

English or bible in your own language