Artist at work

For this drawing game, you´ll need paper, and a pen or pencil. Choose someone to be the "artist".

1. The artist thinks of something to draw that won´t be too easy for the others to guess.

2. The artist starts to draw the object, a shape at a time.

3. Everyone else tries to guess what they are drawing.

4. The artist continues until someone guesses what they are drawing. The first to guess correctly is the next artist.

FIERCE MR CROCODILE

Use chalk to draw 2 lines on the ground for a river. Then, choose to be Mr Crocodile.

1. Mr. Crocodile stands in the river. The others all stand on one side of the river and ask:

"Fierce Mr. Crocodile, may we cross your river?"

2. Mr. Crocodile replies: Only if you´re wearing something ..., then says something such as ... red!

3. Anyone who is tagged is out. The game continues in the same way with Mr Crocodile giving a different answer each time. The last person to be tagged wins and is the next Mr Crocodile.

SQUISH -SQUASH

1. In this counting game, some numbers are replaced with squish,squash and squish-squash.
You will need to know your three and five times tables.

Squish : numbers that can be divided by 3, such as 3,6,9,12,15,18 and so on.
Squash: numbers that can be divided by 5 such as 5,10,15,20,25 and so on.

Squish-squash: numbers that can be divided by 3 and 5 such as 15 or 30.


2. Count up from 1 taking turns to say a number :

1-2- squish-4-squash-6


3. Continue for as long as you can. If anyone hesitates or makes a mistake, they´re out

27 (squish)-28  (twenty eight)- 29 (twenty nine)-squish-squash-

STILL AS A STATUE

1.Choose someone to be a statue. The statue can stand or sit, and has to stay completely still.


2. Everyone else tries to make the statue move. They´re not allowed to touch her, but they can try:



Making faces                    Doing funny dances                        Telling jokes

3. When the statue moves, smiles or laughs, it someone else´s turn to be the statue.

TIP: This game can be played in a car, but no one should shout or yell, or they will distract the driver.

LOTS OF LEGS

Two people can play this game in a car, train or bus.

1. Each person looks out of a different side. Someone starts the game by saying "Lots of legs!" and both people try to spot legs, such as:

a person´s legs                   the legs on a chair or table                  an animal´s legs






or legs on a sign...



2. Each time someone spots some legs, they call out :


Cow four legs!  Four legs on that bench!  A jogger two legs!    Two chairs eight legs!




Each person keeps a count of how many legs they see altogether.

3. The first person to spot 20 legs wins the game.

A to Z SPOTTING

Play this game in a car or in a busy place. Everyone has to try to spot things that start with the letters of the alphabet. Agree which letters are too difficult (such as Q,X or Z) and leave them out.

1. Everyone tries to spot something beginning with A. The first person to do so shouts out what they´ve spotted...

2. ... then everyone tries to spot something beginning with B.

3. Continue through the rest of the alphabet. If a letter takes too long, agree to move onto the next one.

Practice your English vocabulary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BELlZKpi1Zs

Dozing Dogs

Play this game somewhere you can lie down safely.

1. Choose someone to be the trainer. Everyone else is a dozing dog. The dogs all lie totally still on the floor and pretend to be asleep.

2. The trainer walks around between the dogs and tries to get them to move by making them laugh.

3. If a dog moves at all, he joins the trainer and tries to make the other dogs move.

4. The last dog still playing is the winner.

The Christmas Letter

MOON, STARS, SKY

In this game, everyone takes turns thinking of a word that links up with the word before.



1. Someone starts the game by saying a word.





2. Someone else thinks of a word that they associate with the  first word , then they say it out loud.









3. Then the next person says a word  that links up with the word that is just been said.

4. .. and everyone takes turns to add a word.

5. If anyone repeats a word, they are out. The game continues until only one person is left or someone can´t think of a word.

GUESS THE TUNE

1. Someone thinks of a tune for the others to guess.





2. They hum the first line of the tune, and the others try to guess what it is. Each person has one guess.



3. If someone guesses correctly, it´s their turn to think of a new tune. If not, the first person hums the first two lines from their tune.








4. The game continues with a line being added each time, and the others trying to guess what the tune is.

5. If no one´s guessed after a whole verse or by the end of the tune, the humming person says what it is.

MEMORY GAME

To play this game, you will need some objects, a cloth, some paper and pens or pencils.

1. One person goes into a room and everyone else waits outside.  He puts several objects on the floor... then completely covers them with a cloth.

2. He lets the others in, then uncovers the objects. He gives everyone two minutes to try to remember what is there, then he covers the objects again.

3. Everyone writes down as many objects as they can remember. Whoever remembers the most wins.

GROUP STORY

In this game, everyone contributes to a story, one sentence at a time. Try to make each sentence easy to follow with another one.

1. Someone starts by making up a sentence.It can be long or short.

2. Someone else adds another sentence.

3. Everyone takes turns adding a new sentence.

4. The person who ends the story starts a  new one.

HALLOWEEN BINGO

Here’s what to do:

Children can make at home their halloween pictures and stick them on the cardboards of the Halloween Bingo Cards. They can use: bat, black cat, alien, clown, witch, haunted house, pumpkin, devil, monster...

When they have them ready, they can use markers and a bag with all the names of halloween written on paper strips.  One can say the words and see who will be the first one to do . BINGO!!

I’ve played this at a lot of class parties and it’s always a big hit!

Enjoy!

How to Carve Halloween Pumpkins

I´VE GOT FIVE

Each person needs paper and a pen or a pencil.

1. Everyone agrees on 5 categories of things to think of. They all write them down.

2. One person thinks of a letter of the alphabet... and

everyone has to write down something that begins with that letter in each category.

3. The first person to write something in every category shouts I´ve got five! and everyone has to write down something that begins with that letter in each category.

4. The first person to write something in every category shouts I´ve got five ! and everyone stops writing. Add up everyones scores, like this:

Correct answer - 2 points
Correct answer shared with someone else - 1 point
Shouting I´ve got five! 2 bonus points

4. Everyone takes turns to think of a letter. At the end, add up the scores to see who has won.

SARDINES

Play this hiding game inside or outside.

1. One person is the hider and everyone else is a seeker.The seekers cover their eyes and count to 50... while the hider runs off to find a place to hide.

2. When the seekers get to 50 , they look for the hider . If someone find him, they hide with him.

3. Continue playing until the last seeker finds everyone else.

WHAT´S MY JOB?

1.Someone thinks of a job, but does´t say what it is. It could be:

a chef                                                                                a nurse                                              

                                                                      a teacher




2.Everyone else tries to guess the job, taking turns asking questions that can be answered YES or NO.
  They can ask total of 10 questions: "Do you wear a uniform?", "do you work in an office?"





3.If someone think that he knows what the job is, they can guess. If they are correct, they win. If not, the guess counts as one of the 10 questions.


4. If no one guesses the job, the person who thought of it wins. Then, play again....

ARTIST AT WORK

For this drawing game, you´ll need paper, and a pen or pencil. Choose someone to be the "artist"

1. The artist think of something to draw that won´t be too easy for the others to guess.

2.The artist start to draw the object, a shape at a time.

3. Everyone else tries to guess what they are drawing....

The artist continues till someone guesses what they are drawing. The first to guess correctly is the next artist.

FUNNY FACES CHAIN

To play this game everyone has to be able to see each other faces.

1. Someone makes a face such as



2. The next person makes the same face, then adds a new face of their own.



3. Everyone takes turns adding a new face , making all the faces in the correct order





If someone makes the faces in the wrong order or forgets a face, they are out.