AKA King Killer You will need:– One piece of card for each player– One card marked with an M, One with a ‘D’ and all others ‘X’ or blank. Deal out all the cards. One to each player. Players are not allowed to see each other’s cards. The person...
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Wait a Minute
Very easy quiet game. Good for ending sessions and helping players to calm down. Without looking at a clock, watch or smartphone, all other players have to guess when a minute is up and silently signal when they think the 60 seconds have passed. Eg by putting up their...
Spellings Word Search, Green Week 1
Find the spellings from Week 1 in the word search grid. by
Short Story
A game for when you are dying for a bit of peace and quiet. This seems simple but is quite tricky. Everybody has two minutes to write down the longest sentence they can, using words of no more than three letters. eg. “I fed my dog and let her...
Quiet Game
AKA “Sit it out” Sent in by Marlena Davison Teachers will probably like this one, not to mention a few parents 🙂 Very simple, but hard for some. How long can you remain quiet? Simply sit quietly and the last person to say anything wins. by
Hula-Hoop Pass
Sent in by Erika Dorsey You will need:A Hula-Hoop or similar large ring. You could consider playing this with rope tied into a large circle. Ideally for groups of 5 or more people. All players join hands in a circle with one pair joining hands through the hula hoop....
Hide and Seek
Suggested by Faith Chances are most know this game, but there’s always the possibility that there is somebody who has never played it and doesn’t know how to. Hide and seek is very simple, fun for virtually all ages and the basis for many other games. Can be played...
Heads Down, Thumbs Up
Good for ending a session or party to quieten things down. Works well with young children and slightly older ones. Needs a relatively large group though to work well. With everybody sitting down on the floor or on chairs facing in the same direction or in a circle. 3...
First Lines
Although a literary-sounding game, this certainly doesn’t require a first in English Literature. In fact, the scoring can work against those who might occasionally recognise the first line of a novel. Players take it in turns to be the umpire and pick at random any book, from novel to...
Dead Donkey
AKA: ‘Sleeping Lions’ ; ‘Soliders’ A nice easy game to keep up your sleeve for any occassion when it’s called for and great for near the end of parties or when you want to encourage things to be quieter. All players lie down on the floor on their backs...