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10 Ways To Be Silly And Laugh More With Your Kids

By Kira Lewis 7 Comments

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How many times did you laugh last week? When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried? It is true what they say, laughter is the best medicine. Our kids can be total goofballs and love to be silly, but we have a hard time joining in. Re-connect with your inner-child and your actual child with these 10 Ways to Be Silly and Laugh with Your Kids. SunshineandHurricanes.com

Inside:Laughter is a great way to connect. Here are 10 ways to be silly and laugh more with your kids

Kids are goofballs.

I mean really, they are completely and truly certifiably silly. Most of the time they crack themselves up over things we don’t even understand. My son of course finds nothing more humorous than any kind of gross sounding bodily noise.

Then there is my daughter who is the queen of funny faces. She has an expression for emotions I’m not sure some of us even know we have. She also has true comedic timing; the girl just knows precisely the right moment to launch a subtle zinger or a gotcha comment.

But here’s my question for you, do you know how many times you’ve laughed out loud in the last week? Maybe a handful of times if you’re lucky.

How about the last time you laughed so hard you cried or couldn’t catch your breath?

How many times did you laugh last week? When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried? It is true what they say, laughter is the best medicine. Our kids can be total goofballs and love to be silly, but we have a hard time joining in. Re-connect with your inner-child and your actual child with these 10 Ways to Be Silly and Laugh with Your Kids. SunshineandHurricanes.com

How does that happen?

I mean when exactly do we grow out of this spontaneous sense of fun that our kids possess? We rarely if ever sit around with our friends randomly sticking our tongues out at one another and looking at each other cross-eyed. And while I do acknowledge even grown men still have some appreciation for fart jokes and the like, they partake in such amusements much more on the sly or vicariously through movies and TV shows.

A multitude of studies have proven the health benefits of laughter. According to the Discovery channel website, laughing can boost our immune system, lower blood pressure, help our heart. Heck, it can even help us lose weight. So what is our problem? I bet most of us, as much as we would hate to admit it, often find our kid’s goofiness annoying.

Yes, as adults and as parents, our lives are busy and rushed and stressful. Oh, but guess what, that is something else laughter can help – stress. Bottom line, I’m thinking maybe it’s time to lighten up a bit and laugh more.

Here Are TEN EASY Ways To Be Silly And Laugh More With Your Kids

1. Have a Silly String Fight

2. Tell Jokes Together

20 Hilarious Knock Knock Jokes that will Make You the Coolest Mom Ever

Ultimate Collection of Hilarious Jokes for Kids

Jokes and Riddles for Kids

Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids

10 Ways to Be Silly With Your Kids

3. Watch Funny Videos on YouTube – These are some of our favorites!

The Duck Song

The Minions Banana Song

Top 10 Funny Kid Videos

I Love Lunch the Musical

The Llama Song – GoNoodle

4. Play Some Games That Make You Laugh

Charades for Kids

Twister Game

Pie Face Game

5 Second Rule – Just Spit it Out!

Ooga Booga Card Game

10 Ways to Be Silly and Laugh with Your Kids

5. Show Off Your Funky Dance Moves

12 Songs to Have a Rockin’ Dance Party with Your Kids

10 Pop Songs Little Kids Can Dance To

Freeze Dance

6. Sing Silly Songs

Silly Songs for Kids

A Tooty Ta

Disney Silly Songs: 20 Simply Super Singable Silly Songs

7. Try Some Tongue Twisters

Tongue Twisters to Distract Your Kids

22 Fun Tongue Twisters for Kids

10 Ways to Be Silly and Laugh With Your Kids - Take Photos with Photo Props

8. Take Silly Photos with Props

Free Printable Photo Booth Props

Photo Booth Props

9. Play Minute to Win It Games

Family Fun Minute to Win It Games

Awesome Minute to Win it Games

10. Take On Some Silly Challenges

Try to lick your elbow with your tongue

Who can blow the biggest bubble

Say the A,B,C’s backward

How many marshmallows can you fit in your mouth

Balance a spoon on your nose

I can only guess that the loss of our kids’ silly factor is gradual process, and most likely we parents play a major role in its demise. So, the next time your son wants to sing you a song with slightly off lyrics or your daughter tells you a joke with a punch line that makes no sense, try to re-connect with your own inner child and not only find the funny from their perspective, but join in!

Here are some other great ways to spend fun time together as a family:

10 Best Family Game Night Ideas

Best Board Games For Teens; Ideas from Teens

Card Games for Families- Make It a Family Game Night!

Do you have any ways that your family likes to be silly and laugh together? 

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About Kira Lewis

Kira Lewis is a mom to a strong and sassy 8 year old girl and a funny, soccer playing teen boy.  Her career has included everything from corporate ladder climbing to teaching yoga. She's settled for now on free-lance writing and blogging where she covers topics like motherhood, parenting, technology, Florida travel and raising tweens and teens.Keep up with her parental musings by subscribing to sunshine and hurricane's weekly newsletter HERE.

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  1. Angela @ Setting My Intention says

    April 12, 2016 at 5:06 pm

    This is SO true. Thanks for this list of ideas. I know that my three sons love to laugh – and love to see ME laugh.

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  2. Theresa Sutton says

    March 2, 2016 at 10:04 am

    This was such a great post! I think society in general puts this immense pressure on us as mothers to ALWAYS be serious. All. The. Time. We get so caught up in trying to be so perfect, that we forget to have fun and be silly every once and a while. Those are the moments our kids will remember the most!

    Wonderful post!

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  3. Cami @ The Crafting Nook says

    March 1, 2016 at 9:32 am

    This is so funny because I do lots of these things with my girl and gives me lots of new ideas to do it more! I have such a great time with my girl when I let go boundaries and just enjoy moments of silliness with her. It’s so funny that she actually enjoys silly time. It’s so true that laughter helps us in so many ways. I have no idea why we spent so much time just worrying, right?…. I know life happens all the time but if we could just act when needed and enjoy and laugh more.

    Thanks for this great reminder!
    Hugs

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  4. Rachael says

    March 1, 2016 at 12:51 am

    I loved the sentiment, and it made me think about whether or not I ever really act silly anymore. But then I watched some of those YouTube video. Ugh. The Duck one…so bad. But the Minion one was actually great! I am going to try and do more silly stuff with my kids this week. Thanks!

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  5. Melanie says

    February 29, 2016 at 11:08 am

    My boys love singing silly songs. It’s one of their favorite things!

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  6. Janelle says

    February 25, 2016 at 8:31 am

    Aw, this is so true and very awesome. My kiddos and I have done a few and boy does it sure makes our bonding time together memorable. We’ve watched tons of really good and funny YouTube videos together and laugh all the time LOL. I want to try number 8. “Take Silly Photos with Props with them.”

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