Tie a balloon on a string (at least two feet long) to each person’s ankle. The objective of the game is to be the last person with an un-popped balloon around one’s ankle. Note: this game takes some prep work. Balloons must be blown up and string cut in...
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Keep Your Partner
Good game for anytime, but a nice one for any valentine theme parties 🙂 This game ‘needs’ an odd number of players, so if you are organising it be prepared to ‘take part’ or volunteer not to in order to achieve this. Players partner up either with their real...
Mindbender: That’s not my aunt
A middle-aged brother and sister were host and hostess at a party. A youth pointed to them and told someone that the host was his uncle. ‘I think your aunt is a charming person.’ Said the other. ‘That’s not my aunt.’ Said the young man. How come? NEXT >...
Singing Contest
Divide the crowd into 3 or 4 groups. Give a topic or theme (such as songs mentioning a colour or a boy/girl’s name). Then have each group, in order around the room, loudly sing the appropriate line from the song. No repeats are allowed. Last group left with a...
Noisy Story Game
In advance: Write a story that incorporates as many sounds as possible. Play: For each sound used in the story arrange to have a group of children make that sound. As the story is read out each group makes his or her noise as the appropriate moment. Telling a...
Heads Down, Thumbs Up (for audiences)
Requires 3 children/players to be able to move around among the other children. So not suited for audiatoriums where seats are close to each other and little room for movement between those seated. 3 or 4 players are selected and stand to one side or one the stage. On...
Gibberish
Decide if you want a small group of individuals to come to the front or just one at a time. One person at time is given a non-sense word or sound and then tries to perform a song or nursery rhyme using only that word sound sound. Other players...
ib-dib
Came across this game at a children’s party the other day and picked a suitable name at random for it. It’s sort of a cross between the game NEWS and the game Runaround (used in the old children’s TV gameshow Runaround of the same name). You can either decide...
Chair Challenge
AKA: Stepping Stones Sent in by Joseph, Kingdom Kids, Childrens’ Church Chapel of the Resurrection, Singapore “Here is a game that we have played at Children Service and it works amazingly well with adults too!!” Equipment : 5 chairs (preferable with backs to prevent people from falling off), or...
Ape, Man, Girl
Posted on the ex Christian Youthworkers egroup Another variation of the rock, scissors, paper game. Have people pair off. Then, when the signal is given each person strikes a pose like an ape, man, or girl. Be sure to demonstrate what each looks like ahead of time. [Ed: Alas...