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Suitcase
Minimum number = 6
The children pretend to pack a suitcase. One child goes out of the room and the others decide or are told who the suitcase is for. They take turns to say something that would go in that
person’s suitcase. They then write it on a piece of paper, fold it and put it into a bowl. The child comes in and takes a piece of paper from the bowl and has one guess at who the suitcase is for.
If they don’t know or get it wrong they take another piece, carrying on
until they guess. They then choose the next person to go out. The winner is the one who guesses after the fewest pieces of paper.
Message Chain
Minimum number = 6
This is a treasure hunt variation.
You have to prepare this in advance. Be creative and think smart. Prepare
several messages and organize them into a trail (indoors and/or outside). Each message should contain a small
task the children need to do, like looking for a certain object, make a puzzle, collect items, etc. and each message needs to point to the next one.
The final message could lead to a prize (but make sure there are smaller
prizes foir everyone).
Some examples:
- A message is printed very, very small so the kids have to look for a magnifying glass first
- Print the message backwards, so they have to look for a mirror.
- Glue the message on the back of a small jig-saw puzzle.
- Write in riddles, so the children have to think real hard to solve the mystery where to go next.
- Use pictures in the message, e.g. "On the bird table" could say "On the..." with a picture of a bird and a table.
Story Cubes
Minimum number = 4
There is a series of "Rory's Story Cubes" that you can purchase and use in games.
The idea is that you shake the cubes and roll them, and then tell a story based on the images you get. The cubes come in different themes, e.g. actions, voyages
(and even Dr. Who, Moomins, etc.).
See the web site here.
I am not advertising this (and I do not receive anything if you buy them), so as an alternative you could make up an equaivalent using images printed on small cards, which are shuffled and dealt out.
