Games To Play When Bored

While holidays are mostly full of fun and frolic, there might be times when you have nothing to do and get bored. In such a case, the best option would be to call over friends to your house and spend some time with them. However, in case you are still getting bored, then playing a game is the next best option. Now, you must be wondering which games to play when getting bored. This is where we come into the picture, to help you out. Go through the following lines and explore some of the best games to play when bored, listed just for you.

 

 

An exciting game, spelling bee will involve a question master and lots of participants. The master will pick one of the participants at random and asks him/her to spell a word. If he/she gives a wrong answer, he/she is out of the game. To make the game interesting, include funny words in it and make the players spell the words backwards. The person, who remains not-out till the end of the game, will be declared as the winner.

 

For playing this game, all the participants will divided into pairs. Each of the pairs will be given an apple, which the partners have to hold between their foreheads. Now, the person who is conducting the game will give commands, such as 'jump', 'sit', 'hop', and so on. The participants will have to do as he/she says, without dropping the apple. The moment an apple falls, the pair is out of the game. The pair with its apple intact till the end of the game is the winner.

 

Balloon war involves lots of movement and, therefore, is best played outdoors. Divide the participants into small groups and give five balloons to each of the group. In each group, one member will be made the snatcher and he/she will have to snatch the balloons from members of the other groups. Allot a specific time for the game. By the end of the time, the group that has the greatest number of balloons will be declared the winner.

 

All the participants, except one, will form a circle. That one participant, termed leader, will stand in the middle and give the commands. The leader will point to any one person in the circle and say 'Bandit'. As soon as he says this, the 'bandit' will put puts his/her hands over his/her ears. The person standing on the right of the bandit will put the hand nearest to the bandit over his/her own left ear and the person on bandit's left will put his/her nearest hand over his/her own right ear. They have to do this before the leader counts to 10. If anyone of them makes a mistake or fails to respond within time, he/she is out of the game. The person not-out till the end of the game will be the winner.