This Valentine's Day, promote strong hearts with an active relay that the whole family can enjoy! It's light on the wallet, but heavy on heart health.

Looking for something to do on a slow afternoon? Try cornhole, a simple and fun tossing game. Make your own set with a few things from the recycling bin.

If you have a young child who loves physical stunts, try making these coffee-can stilts for backyard fun.

Your little preschool elf will develop some important fine motor skills while creating an entertaining game: Pin the Star on the Christmas Tree!

Horseshoes makes a perfect family activity for a summer afternoon. With a bit of cardboard and handful of pennies, you can create your own set!

Your first grader will love telling time while playing this fun game of tag! Ask Captain Midnight for the time, but watch out when his watch says "midnight"!

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

Give your child a chance to feel like important airport personnel and learn a whole host of skills while he's at it!

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

Your child will need to combine his sporty hand-eye coordination skills with his math skills to become the bullseye king.

Your children will squeal with delight when they discover all the mishaps that come about after a visit from the leprechaun.

Kids get in lots of letter learning as they play this fun twist on regular tag, which engages their minds as well as their bodies.

Simon Says is a classic outdoor game that young children love. Promote your child's development and improve listening skills by playing the game in a new way.

Entertain your next batch of energetic youngsters with a Halloween-inspired candy hunt!

Help your second grader make his own badminton set--out of your old pantyhose! He'll delight in his crafty independence, and you'll love saving money.

Next time your child says he's bored, suggest a game of Toe Fencing! It's a silly and physical game that can be played anywhere, any time.

Do a little kitchen chemistry as you make your own bubble solution and bubble-wand shapes!

This twist on the same old Hide and Seek is a great weekend or rainy-day activity.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a few riotous rounds of Hot Potato--played with a real potato!

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

In this leap frog activity, your child will use her muscles to jump over her friends and onto lily pads as she practices number recognition.

This variation on the game of tag combines exercise, teamwork, and a little friendly trickery.

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

Bring the classic game of "Red Rover" up to date with color and shape recognition skills for your child.

Teach an important and often comical historical lesson with a prediction game that teaches youngsters about the fallibility of word-of-mouth talk.

Stuck inside on a rainy day? Teach your child a classic kid's game: Five Stones. All you need are five stones and a flat surface.

With this "tightrope" game, your child will practice balancing skills and gain experience with the directions forward, backward, and sideways.

Kids will love this more challenging version of tag where they'll have to run while "attached" to someone else.

It's that time of the year again! Celebrate the start of a new school year with a back to class bash, complete with arts and crafts, food and games.

Introduce your youngster to this Japanese version of Pin the Tail on the Donkey.