This activity is just pure silly fun. My kids really like it, probably because they love pure silly fun.
First, with your kids, choose some words — any common word will do. Maybe you and your kids can each take turns contributing a common word. Here are a couple of examples of common words: dinner, sleep, hug.
Next, you guys need come up with a list of "fun, little" things to do. Here are some examples:
• do a little hop
• pretend to sneeze
• clap your hands
• raise your arms up over your head as if you were a referee signalling a touchdown
Write one common word down next to each "fun, little" thing to do. This word will be become a "code word" for the fun, little thing.[more]
So, for the rest of the day, when somebody says "dinner," everybody has to do a little hop. When someone says "sleep," for example, you pretend to sneeze.
For the rest of the day, you guys have got to use your code words. Pure silly fun.
Just don't do this "code words" game on a day when Dad or Mom's boss is coming over for dinner!
(Many thanks to ceejayoz for the adorable child touchdown photo, and to Clearly Ambiguous for the clearly cool beetle touchdown pic!)
