Top 10 Kid Activities That Are Still Fun as Adults
No one can pinpoint the exact day it happens, but all kids reach a moment when they decide the games they used to play are suddenly beneath them. Fast forward a few years and those same kids are wistful adults who wish they could still play silly games without appearing childish or immature. Forget your insecurities and jump back into these “kid” activities for adults that are just as fun as you remember.
Here are some of the best “kid” activities for adults to enjoy.
10. Playing Sports for Fun
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While PE was a compulsory course to keep students active, doing sports as an adult may actually be one of the best things to do, giving your body its needed exercise and helping you keep fit.
If you are engaging in a team sport like soccer or basketball, you’ll also get the benefits of team spirit.
9. Daydreaming
One of the best things about all humans is our brains. They allow us to think. While we were younger, we would fantasize about being our favorite superhero characters and cartoon characters.
Daydreaming helps ease the boredom in our everyday lives, is said to be a source of inspiration for creative people, and helps find solutions to problems. Why not give daydreaming another try?
8. Playing Video Games
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This is probably one of the coolest kid activities for adults, especially for guys.
Video games were what most kids wanted to do while growing up. Now, most video games have a fan base of more adults than children. These games now serve as a full-time job for some adults.
Video games provide an escape from the real world, allowing you to immerse yourself in a new character other than your daily life. If you have colleagues to play with, you will enjoy the experience even more.
7. Watching Cartoons
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Cartoons were part of every kid’s childhood. Everyone had their favorite show.
Now watching cartoons is still fun as you can laugh at the folly of the characters. On the plus side, if you also have kids, cartoons provide you quality bonding time with your children. This makes watching cartoons one of the kid activities adults should definitely try out.
6. Having a Bubble Bath
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While we were younger, taking a bath was usually what we avoided as kids. Most kids did not like water splashing over them, just the way your pets don’t like water, but that wasn’t the case if it were a bubble bath. In a bubble bath, you had the chance to play with your plastic toy, which was usually a little duck.
Now that we’re older, we still enjoy a bubble bath, but for new reasons. A bath serves as a way to ease the nerves, letting out stress after a tiring day. You could even light candles and pour yourself wine.
5. Dress-Up
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Kids often pair dress-up with playing make-believe, but adults are much more likely to tire of pretending than they are to outgrow the joy of dressing up.
Donning makeup, jewelry, up-dos, and fancy dresses—or a sharp suit or tuxedo — adds an element of excitement to an event. Why wait for a special occasion to roll around to break out the dashing duds?
Throw a “just because” party, or make a reservation at a fancy restaurant and play dress-up for no other reason than a desire to get dolled up.
4. Tag
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Whether they’ll admit it or not, many adults never quite outgrew playing tag. Of course, the adult versions incorporate elements like lasers or paintballs to make their tag games seem more mature, but the principles are the same.
There’s no need to spend money to play variations of tag when you can get a game and go home for some free fun and great exercise. Just name a “home base,” pick someone to be “it” and start running.
3. Swinging
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When can two chains and a little pumping make for a good time? When you’re swinging, of course. No, not that partner-swapping kind — just the simple, clean fun of flying high in the sky on a swing set.
While some adults prefer the quiet rocking of a porch swing, that gentle ride is much too sedate to bring back the youthful exhilaration that comes from real swings. Whether a full-on swing set in a public park or a simple tire swing hanging from a backyard tree, swinging is one of the cool kid activities for adults.
Nothing makes one feel like a kid again quite like a swing.
2. Hide and Seek
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Hiding around the house is fun when you’re a little kid, but adults playing the game can and should think bigger. Maturity gives adults the freedom to play hide-n-seek in all sorts of spooky or unusual places.
Set up a game in your local cemetery after dark, or play throughout a hotel for an entire weekend getaway. Most adults are even discreet enough to play tag out in public without disturbing guests or attracting unwanted attention from security guards. Up the ante at a group outing by playing hide-n-seek at a museum or a haunted historic site.
1. Make-Believe
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This is definitely top of the list of kid activities for adults
Maybe you’ve indulged in a little bedroom roleplay, or perhaps you’ve satisfied your urge to become someone else by acting in a little community theater. While both these playacting opportunities are loads of fun, there’s no need to save playing make-believe for the legitimate stage or the privacy of your own home.
Playing make-believe in public is exhilarating, especially with a partner or two as you build a fake backstory together. Perhaps you’ll convince a couple strangers that you’re an ex-CIA agent or a retired lion tamer. As long as you’re not stealing identities, there’s little harm in embellishing who you are to people you’ll never see again. Not brave enough to pretend without a reason? Throw a costume party and commit to staying in character the entire night.
If you need a little more fun in your life, try one or more of these ideas to bring the magic of childhood back into your everyday.
