Indoor

Push the furniture out of the way and get ready for a game of indoor tag, without the running. You'll need a large, spacious area with little or no obstacles and a blindfold.

Choose one person to be "FINN" and cover his eyes with a blindfold (a bandana or dish towel will work well). Then, gently spin FINN three times in a circle and release him.

FINN will put his hands out and try to tag the other players and guess who he or she has tagged. If FINN guesses correctly, the person caught becomes FINN and the game starts over again.

Other players can try to "bluff" FINN by gently tapping or calling out to get him to move in the wrong direction.

Safety Note: Make sure that all furniture and items that could be tripped over are moved out of the playing area.

Outdoor

Children of all ages will get in touch with their inner Goldfish® with FINN in the Middle.

You'll need a ball of any variety and at least three players.

One player is chosen to be FINN and stands in the middle of the other players. On the count of three, players try to throw the ball over, around or under FINN to the other player(s).

FINN tries to intercept the ball before the other players can catch it. If FINN gets the ball, he moves to the outside and the player who threw the ball becomes FINN.

Each time a player intercepts a ball and moves to the outside of the circle, he gets a letter, eventually spelling out F-I-N-N. The first person to spell FINN wins.

Outdoor

Who needs a bowling alley when you have a yard? Gather up 10 2-liter bottles and a medium-sized playground ball and set up your own bowling alley right in the backyard!

Just add an inch of water to each bottle and set them up in a triangle-one bottle in the first row, two bottles in the second row, three bottles in the third row and four bottles in the back row. Leave a little bit of space between each of the bottles (about a finger-width).

Then, count off twenty paces and take turns rolling the ball at the pins. Keep track of how many pins you knock down on each roll. Each child will get two tries to knock down the pins down before it's the next person's turn.

As the children's scores improve, have them take a couple of steps back to make it a little more difficult.

Add a fun twist by playing Blindfolded Backyard Bowling! Use a bandana to make a blindfold and try to hit the pins while wearing the blindfold. The child with the highest score after ten turns wins!

Outdoor

Whatever happened to riding bikes around the driveway for hours on end? Make your favorite childhood activity theirs by setting up an obstacle course.

Use small items like sneakers, lawn chairs, recycling bins or anything else you have on hand to set up an obstacle course for kids to navigate on bikes, scooters, skateboards or rollerblades.

As their skill levels increase, make the course a little more challenging by moving things closer together or letting the kids set it up themselves. Just make sure to check it for safety before turning them loose.

Turn it into a relay race by starting one child, or group of children, at one end of the course and the other, or others, at the opposite end. Use an empty paper towel tube as a baton and have kids go through the course and hand off the baton to the next person. Great for groups of children from the neighborhood, or group play dates.

Safety Note: Make sure everyone is wearing his or her safety gear, and that you've checked the course for safety!