Pacify the Baby
Sent in by Pamela Joseph We tried this game at a baby shower and it was great fun!”“Its funny because there are six or more ‘babies’ making noises and the…
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You will need: A supply of balloons A chair Players are each given a number and stand in a circle around a chair. One player stands on the chair and…
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Needs a large number of players who spread out into a large circle and each player, in turn, is given a number from 1 to 5. When a number is…
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A very simple game and one that children always seem to find fun. It’s not just about speed, but a bit of mental agility as well, so even somebody who is fast can be caught out through making a mistake. Players have to run to locations indicated by the leader.
Continue reading“Mother May I?”
One person is chosen to be Mother (or Father) and stands at one end of a room while everybody else lines up against the wall on the other side (if…
Continue readingFun and Games update – Advertising
Fun and Games has been going for a while, since 1999 in fact, but like all websites it costs to run. It would be nice to run this site advert…
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Kit Logan 2001 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. An ice breaker created in 2001 for a women’s Christian retreat to meet the needs…
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Similar to the game Ladders, but needs a bit (or a lot!) of preparation in advance depending on how good you are at creating stories. The game needs a fair…
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Old favourite at Youth Club. Needs a fair amount of space and as there is a risk (depending on skilful the players are) of accidentally treading on legs of somebody…
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Quite a nice, easy game for any ages, but possibly more for the younger rather than the older. Players get into pairs and form a circle so that one member…
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