Ideas for indoor activities and group games that 5-year-olds like
For teachers looking for play ideas on days when the weather or temperature keeps you indoors and you’re wondering, “What should I play with the children today?”, this is a must-read.
This time, we’re sharing plenty of indoor play ideas recommended for 5-year-olds.
From group activities that let children move their bodies to the fullest while enjoying interactions with friends, to games that encourage deep focus and thinking, to make-and-play toy crafts suited to the fine-motor skills of 5-year-olds—there’s a wide variety of indoor activities that deliver a sense of satisfaction!
Add your own twists to match the children’s moods and needs, and it will be even more exciting.
Use these ideas as inspiration and have fun together!
- Ideas for indoor activities, games, and group play that 5-year-olds enjoy
- [For 5-Year-Olds] Recommended Indoor Play! A Collection of Exciting Games
- [Childcare] Full of energy! Indoor activity ideas to get kids moving
- [Age 5] Exciting and fun! A special feature on ideas for at-home play
- [Kindergarten] Let’s Play with Quizzes! A Collection of Recommended Quizzes for Older Kindergarteners
- Recommended for 3-year-olds! Fun indoor activities and group game ideas
- For 4-year-olds! Introducing recommended indoor activities, group games, and crafts
- Indoor games and recreational activities recommended for daycare and kindergarten
- [For 4-Year-Olds] A Collection of Indoor Play and Game Ideas That Get Everyone Excited
- Indoor recreation for children: A roundup of exciting games
- No prep needed! Indoor activities for 3-year-olds, including movement play and group games.
- [For 2-year-olds] Let’s get moving! A collection of ideas for physical play and movement games
- Useful for childcare! Today’s recommended recreational activities, including fingerplay and games!
Indoor play and group game ideas that 5-year-olds love (91–100)
Evolution Rock-Paper-Scissors
@kidschallengeclub Introducing Evolution Rock-Paper-Scissors! It’s a game where you keep playing rock-paper-scissors with lots of different people and evolve step by step! If you become a god within the time limit, you win! The kids suddenly start imitating grandpas and grandmas, and it’s so authentic I couldn’t stop laughing. It’s that kind of fun game!evolutionEvolution Rock-Paper-ScissorsRock-paper-scissorsRock-Paper-Scissors Gamebaby#GrandmaGodInteresting
Invincibly Cute – Naoki Endo
An amusing game where you evolve by winning rock-paper-scissors: “Evolution Janken.” Aim to become a god within the time limit! Everyone starts as a baby.
Since you’re a baby, you crawl to move and play rock-paper-scissors with people you meet.
If you win, you evolve and can move by hands-and-knees crawling.
If you lose, keep belly-crawling and look for your next opponent.
It goes like this: belly-crawl, hands-and-knees crawl, bear walk, adult, elderly person, and finally, you become a god and the game ends.
Evolve within the time limit!
Anything Basket

Listen carefully, think carefully, and move! Here’s an idea for a “Anything Basket” game.
Are you familiar with Fruit Basket? In this game, participants are assigned the names of fruits like apple, banana, and orange.
The facilitator calls out, “○○ fruit!” and the children who have that fruit name quickly move to the seats designated for that fruit.
As a variation of Fruit Basket, let’s try “Anything Basket.” It’s a great way to develop good listening skills!
Ideas for indoor activities and group games that 5-year-olds like (101–110)
Mukkuri Kuma-san

A game even infants can enjoy! Here are some ideas for the “Mukkuri Kuma-san” game.
Group play is a great opportunity for children to learn communication skills and how to cooperate.
By playing with friends from the infant class, children can develop the ability to understand rules and other people’s feelings.
In this simple game, everyone forms a circle, sings a song, and walks around the “sleeping bear.” When the song ends, the person playing the bear wakes up and tries to catch the children.
Give it a try!
Reverse hide-and-seek

The idea of adding a little twist to the usual game of hide-and-seek—reverse hide-and-seek—is really fun and highly recommended.
The rules are flipped: the seeker is the one who hides! Everyone else tries to find the hiding seeker.
If you’re lucky enough to find them, you then go hide somewhere yourself! The person who can’t find the last remaining hider loses.
You might feel like shouting “Found you!” when you spot them, but if you do, everyone else will rush over.
So in reverse hide-and-seek, even if you find the seeker, quietly go hide yourself.
It’s a thrilling game where you keep the joy of discovery to yourself.
In conclusion
We introduced plenty of ideas for indoor play recommended for five-year-olds. There were lots of fun activities to spark the curiosity of five-year-old children. Through various games, let’s watch over them so they can learn the importance of following rules and respecting others’ feelings. We hope they can share lots of joyful moments with friends and have a fulfilling time indoors as well.


