🤸‍♀️ 75 Ways to Get Kids Moving & Laughing 😂

A Buzzy B Guide to Shaking Out the Giggles and Wiggling the Wiggles! 🐝✨

Whether you’re stuck indoors, enjoying some sunshine, or just dealing with the daily case of the wiggles, this guide is buzzing with fun, laughter, and energy! These activities are perfect for parents, caregivers, teachers, and homeschoolers looking to keep kids active and joyful. Let’s get moving!

🎉 SILLY SOLO ACTIVITIES

Crabwalk across the living room

Hop like a frog 20 times

Do your best silly dance to 3 songs

Wiggle like a worm across the floor

Pretend the floor is lava (jump from pillow to pillow)

Tiptoe like a ninja

Walk backwards while singing the ABCs

Freeze dance with your silliest moves

Bear crawl around the house

Do jumping jacks while making animal sounds

🤪 PARTNER PLAY

Mirror dancing (copy each other’s moves)

Balloon butt race (no hands!)

Silly face contest while doing jumping jacks

Chicken dance challenge

Partner wheelbarrow races

Copycat animal charades

Tug of giggles – tickle war edition

Leapfrog with stuffed animals

Rock-paper-scissors with silly walk punishment

Try to make each other laugh while holding a yoga pose

🎭 IMAGINATION STATIONS

Be a superhero on a mission

Walk like you’re on the moon

Act out your favorite zoo animal

Pretend you’re popcorn popping

Be a clumsy robot

March like you’re in a parade

Pretend to be your pet for 5 minutes

Move like a different animal every 10 seconds

Create a dance for your favorite fruit

Host a “silly Olympics” in your living room

🏃‍♂️ OUTDOOR ENERGY BURSTS

Chalk obstacle course

Backyard ninja training

Hula hoop dance battle

Scooter races with funny hats

Jump rope joke contest

Nature scavenger hunt (wiggle every time you find something!)

Water balloon catch while spinning

Run with balloons between your knees

Hide and seek tag

Backyard animal parade

🎈 GAMES THAT MAKE YOU MOVE

Simon Says: Wacky Edition

Red Light, Green Light with dance moves

Musical chairs with funny sounds

Freeze tag with animal noises

Balloon volleyball

Jump over the “lava” path

Sock skating on hardwood floors

Dance party with surprise pauses

Indoor bowling with stuffed animals

Twister + Charades mashup

🎵 MUSIC & RHYTHM FUN

DIY drum circle with pots and pans

Make up a dance to a TV theme song

Limbo to silly songs

Sing and move like your favorite animal band

Echo claps and stomps

Dance freeze—only when the music stops

Make a musical conga line

Sound scavenger hunt (find things that make noise)

Clap and stomp to the beat of your name

Air guitar jam sessions

😜 JUST PLAIN GOOFY

Silly sock puppet dance-offs

Laugh relay (run while laughing!)

March with spaghetti arms

Move like your favorite emoji

Pretend you’re being tickled by feathers

Speak in a robot voice while doing yoga

Wiggle and giggle challenge

Spin in circles then try to walk straight

Do the “worm” with a blanket

Move across the room using only your elbows and knees

🎊 GROUP OR FAMILY ACTIVITIES

Charades with crazy motions

Indoor family relay races

Balloon stomping battle

Group animal parade

Family dance-off with mystery props