You will need:– Lots of old wrapping paper, bags, etc.– Prize for the centre– Optional: Selection of small prizes and/or forfeits– Optional: Music you can stop and start Very traditional game in the UK. There are a few variations, but they all follow the same idea. Wrap the small...
Musical
Gibberish
Not a quiet game… Play in pairs or as a team, one person chooses a non-sense word or sound and then tries to perform a song or nursery rhyme using only that non-sense word. Their partner or other players then have to guess. Could perhaps be played as a...
Lucky Seven
You will need:– A parachute (play or other type) This is an adaptation of a country dance but works well with the canopy. Number off round the canopy A, B, A, B etc. Use a lively ‘jig’ tune which repeats AA BB AA BB etc. When the music starts:...
Musical Statues
Very old, traditional party game (in the UK) particularly for primary school-age children and almost always played to music. Player move around or dance on the spot if you have limited space, but players have to be moving. To make it a little more fun the leader can be...
Scavenger Hunt Musical Chairs
A cool version of Musical Chairs for older children and adults, which has been used as entertainment at one wedding reception at least. Play in a similar fashion as Musical Chairs, but before individuals sit down they have to carry out various activities set by the Compère / host...
Figure-of-Eight Musical Chairs
A variation on the normal musical chairs, which adds a ‘collision’ element to it. Arrange the chairs so they are facing outward in two circles that are within 6 or so feet of one another. Play as in normal musical chairs, but players walk around the circles in a...
Keys
Everybody, except one person, takes a chair and sits on it anywhere they like in the room. The remaining person is given a set of keys to hold. They then proceed to move around the room and with their free hand grab the hand of somebody sitting who has...
Dancing Feet
At a given signal, players alternate from running on the spot very quickly to running around. Can be played to music with change in status happening to the music, eg running around while music playing, running on the spot while the music is stopped, back to running around when...
Shipwreck
Equipment: Hoops or chalked circles of various sizes scattered around the playing area. Players are told that these hoops or chalked circles are islands and they have to be standing in them to be safe from the sharks the signal is given. Also each hoop can only hold so...
Crash
AKA: Musical Crash or Clump Players mingle or dance around a space. Constantly moving until the leader shouts out a number. All players must then try to get into groups of that number. Any group/s that don’t succeed are out. Can be played to music, so that when the...