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Games for Babies: Croquet and Chicken Ball
Posted in Games for Babies, parenting, Things to doThese ideas in the Games for Babies Series can be played with babies 9 months and up, but my children play these well into their preschool years.
Croquet
What you’ll need:
Ping pong balls
Wooden spoons
In its simplest form, you use the wooden spoons to play a “free-form” version of croquet all around the living room. With little ones, it takes a lot of hand-eye coordination just to hit the ball!
You can also sit facing your child (with legs spread to contain runaway balls), and hit the ping pong ball back and forth between you.
As your child gets older, create a little “wicket” course with blocks or books or boxes. Have fun with it!
Chicken Ball
What you’ll need: 
Feather dusters
Balloons
I have to give credit for the invention of this game to my nephew, Jared. Blow up a balloon (or two), and hit the balloon with the feather duster. Sound silly? It is. But unbelievably fun.
For older ones, place a making tape line on the floor and play with the classic rule, “Don’t let the balloon touch down on your own side”.
-posted by Miss Analiisa, whose own children and their cousins launched rocket balloons over the loft balcony attempting to land them in the growup’s coffee cups this weekend at Grandma and Poppa’s beach house. (Another fun game, but not for babies!)
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