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Kid's
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Pass
The Box
This is really fun, Take a small gift or toy that all kids would enjoy, then
gift wrap it, but keep wrapping it with different layers of giftwrap. Play
some music while passing the present around, when the music stops, the guest
left holding it unwraps the first layer of wrapping paper, then the music
starts again and the box is passed, then every time the music stops, another
layer is removed until someone finally unwraps the very last layer,,,,, and
that is the winner. It is kind of like Hot Potato, but this is an item that
everyone wants to hold on to!
Statues
Played to music, all the players move round while the music is playing, when
the music stops the players have to stand like statues, anyone who moves is
out, start the music again and repeat as many times as you want.
Hats
and Shoes
This can be played with just hats and shoes or an assortment of different
clothes.
Put an equal number of different items into a bag a shirt, a hat , pants, socks, shoes. Each player will receive a bag. On the word Go they have to put on the items in the bag, the one to put all the items on first is the winner.
(Adult or larger clothes than the children work best so they can be put on over their own clothes)
Tied
in Knots Game
Instruct your guests to stand in a circle facing inward. To begin, everyone
extends his or her right-hand into the ring and takes a hold of someone else's
hand. Then, they do the same with their left-hands. The object of the game
is to see if they can untangle the "knot" by ducking under people,
stepping over them or turning around. No matter what happens, they can't let
go of hands!
Treasure
Hunt
Can be played indoors or out. Can be tailored to a party theme.
Hide different things or objects, the players have to either collect a set number or find a list of things, the first to complete is the winner. Objects can range from pieces of silver foil, chocolate coins, potatoes, pieces of a picture, hats, gloves, socks.
This game can be played individually or in teams of players, but make sure that you have more than enough treasure so everyone can find something. It can be just a fun game or the team to find everything first wins.
Musical
Chairs
Line up alternate facing chairs, one less than the number of children playing.
The players move round the chairs while the music is playing. When the music
stops they have to sit down on a free chair, the player without a chair is
out, take away one chair each time, repeat until you have 2 players and 1
chair the one to sit down first is the winner.
Advanced
Musical Chairs
This fun variation of musical chairs is set up just like normal musical chairs
but with additional fun thrown in. Start the music and have the children walk
in a circle around the chairs, until you stop the music. When the music stops,
each participant tries to sit in one of the chairs. The player left standing
must pull the name of an animal, written on a piece of paper, out of a hat.
Then, they must act it out while the other guests try to guess what the animal
is. Start the music again and repeat the game until all the animals in the
hat have been acted out.
Upset
the Fruit Basket - Musical Chairs variation
It's a variation of musical chairs and works well with large groups 10 or
more. Get a group of people to put their chairs in a ring. Just like musical
chairs. Give each person is placed into a fruit group, for example you could
have 4 apples, 4 oranges and 4 bananas (you can add more types of fruit if
you have quite a few people). Each group of fruit should be 4 or 5 people
is good, add more fruit names if needed. Then everyone sits in their chair
and you call out apples and only the apples have to stand up and walk around
the circle. While they are walking you remove one chair and at some point
you call out apples again and all the apples scramble for a chair. The fruit
left standing
is out of the game. Then next you call out either a banana or orange. But
if you say "upset the fruit basket" then everyone has to get up
and walk around the circle. The winner of course is the last fruit in the
basket.
Thanks - Christina
Name
That Bug
Pair up your party guests in teams of 2-3 people and put a sticker or a picture
of a bug on each child's back. Have the guests try to guess what the bug is
by asking questions that can be answered with only "yes" or "no."
For example, "Do I have legs?," "Can I fly?" and "Am
I Green?" Note: You can use stickers of animals for variety.
Freeze
Tag
Best played outside where there is plenty of room. The birthday child can
be selected to be it (the person who has to tag other people) first. The tagger
tries to tag all the other guests. If a player is tagged, he or she must freeze..
Players who are not frozen can "unfreeze" frozen players by touching
them. The first player to be frozen three times becomes it (the tagger) next.
Message
Mix-Up
Seat your guests in a circle. Help the birthday child think of a message related
to your party's theme. The birthday child then whispers the message to the
person on their left, and so on. When the message has traveled all the way
around the circle, the person on the birthday child's right tells the message
out loud. Then the birthday child tells the original message.
Expect the unexpected when you learn the original vs. the final mixed-up message. Try again with another player starting the message and continue until your guests are ready for a new activity.
Red
Light, Green Light
Before the game, lay two lengths of rope, or crepe paper, about 25 feet apart
in your play area to make start and finish lines. The birthday child stands
in front of the finish line (they're the Police Officer), while the others
stand behind the start line. The game begins when the Police Officer turns
his/her back on the other players and shouts, "Green Light!" He/she
then turns around and counts to five.
While the Police Officer is counting, the other players try to run or walk quickly toward the finish line. When the Police Officer has finished counting to five he/she shouts, "Red Light!" and turns around quickly. The other players must freeze instantly. If the Police Officer catches anyone moving, that player must return to the starting line. Play continues until one of the participants crosses the line while the Police Officer's back is turned. That player then becomes the Police Officer.
Egg
and Spoon race
If you are indoors, you may want to use hard boiled eggs, small potatoes or
ping pong balls, if outside you can use regular eggs. You'll need to decide
on a starting point and a finish line or a second line for a relay race.
You can be this game with each guest being a contestant or you can play is as a team (as a relay). Place an egg on the spoon, the child must walk from the starting line to the finish line without dropping the egg or ball. The first one to cross the line with the egg still on the spoon wins.
If you play teams, divide the guests into 2 teams. Then split the teams so that half of the team is at the starting point and the other is at the finish line, if needed one child can go twice. To start each team has one spoon and egg/ball, other play from each team starts the race by walking the course (or to where a the finish line is) and giving the spoon to the next team member who goes back to the starting point this continues until all the players have completed the race. The team to complete the process first, wins.
Note: During the relay race, if the egg or ball is dropped then the team member can pick it up but must go back to their starting point. Make more complex by making contestant walk around obstacles.
