Kids Indoor Obstacle Course Ideas

Build An Indoor Obstacle Course For Kids In 7 Easy Steps

Ideas

1. Gather any or all of these supplies: empty paper towel rolls or toilet paper rolls, a bouncy ball, flashcards, a kitchen spoon or ladle, kitchen tongs, a bucket or other large cup, pillows or couch cushions, a sheet or blanket, alphabet magnets, coins, dice, marbles, junky toys you get in a party goodie bag, a spinner from a board game, a toy that rolls (like a car, bus, or doll stroller), a bandanna or scarf, tape or yarn, and a book.
2. Map out some space for your course—it doesn’t have to be a lot! I do these for my daughter in the spare room of our apartment. Place a piece of tape, or a piece of yarn, at the “starting line.”
3. Pick a silly move your kid can do at the starting line to begin the obstacle course. A few ideas: strike a pose, do a dance, do three jumping jacks, spin around three times, pretend to be a certain animal—you get the idea.
4. Decide on some fun ways that your kid can get from obstacle to obstacle. A few ideas: crab walk, bear walk, slither like a snake, walk backwards, walk sideways, dance, walk with eyes closed, walk with a book on her head, and so on.
5. Set up some bigger physical obstacles. A few ideas: Drape a sheet between two chairs, where your child has to crawl under or limbo under. Pile some pillows that your kid has to “mountain climb” over.
6. Mix the larger physical obstacles with smaller ones for fine motor skills. A few ideas: Pile some marbles or junky party favor toys on the floor next to some tongs or a ladle.
7. Personalize these ideas for your kid. Are you trying to work on numbers? Use a spinner from a board game at one station—he has to spin it and count to that number or do that station a certain number of times.

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Action

1. Use wool or baking twine to add a laser-style course to climb through.
2. Hang balloons under the table to make a balloon obstacle tunnel.
3. Hang balloons for child to jump up to hit.
4. Use washi tape or painting tape to make a straight line to balance along, a zig zag, a line to bunny hop over from side to side, or to make arrows.
5. Cardboard boxes with holes to climb through.
6. Cardboard boxes with holes to throw bean bags.
7. Make an action dice from a cube shaped box, throw the dice and then follow the action (eg, jump like a frog, spin in a circle, stamp like an elephant etc)
8. Use ropes to make obstacles or to skip on the spot.
9. Hoops to jump into, smaller hoops too, or use as hula hoops.
10. Blankets between two chairs to make a tunnel.

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