party games
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Topic: party games
Posted By: lizzle
Subject: party games
Date Posted: 23 September 2008 at 9:28pm
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so jake turns four next month and I am planning his party. he is having a Go diego go theme - whcih translates to jungle animals. He is inviting five little friends from daycare so there should be six of them, Taine and a seven year old. Am trying to think of party games suitable for them.
so far we are having pin the tail on the lion (possibly monkey), pass the parcel and possibly a treasure hunt. Was considering have one more up my sleeve as a just in case. I like the thought of a game which they can all play and there aren't so many "outs" - like in musical chairs. Any ideas? |
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 23 September 2008 at 10:15pm
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Sounds like you have it all under control but if you need extra's you could try
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 24 September 2008 at 9:12am
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I went to a birthday party with C and they did a version of musical chairs (or cushions) , when they took one away , instead of that person being out , they had to sit with someone, basically all the cushions are gone until all the kids are sitting on one....amazing how funny they find it .
Its not a winner or loser game, (tho personally i wouldnt have minded if C had lost, im bringing her up to know that there ARE winners and losers in life, and you chose what you want to be ...but i know some kids take it quite rough, and bugger that, all those crying kids )  ------------- 
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 24 September 2008 at 10:38am
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Whats Candle sticks and Dragontails?
Sounds like a fun musical chairs  ------------- 
 
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 24 September 2008 at 10:46am
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Candlesticks is kind of like freeze tag. Someone is "it" and every person he/she tags has to freeze with their legs apart making a candle base (or tunnel). To get unfrozen someone else needs to crawl between their legs. I play this with the kids in my sacraments group to get rid of their energy they love it and everyone wants to be "it" (some even do the dishes for me if I'll let them be "it"). For larger groups you can have 2 or more "its". For mixed groups, when their are little girls wearing skirts, we tap their heads rather than crawl between legs.
Dragontails is a game I played as a kid. You get long strips of newspaper or butchers paper and attach them to the kids trousers with safety pins. The aim of the game is to remove others dragontails by stamping on them (no hands allowed) and keep your own tail intact. At the end of the game the child with the longest tail wins. -------------
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Posted By: Shorty
Date Posted: 24 September 2008 at 10:54am
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I know candlesticks as stuck in the mud.
Sounds like some good game plans, I hope they have fun  ------------- http://www.alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 24 September 2008 at 10:57am
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those sound good.
Kelly, i agree with the winners thing, but yeah, the thought of screaming children was more than i could handle - and i figured that once you are "out", then you wander off and get into something you shouldn't - hence other games Pinata's and I have a liooooong history. that involved me making them a bit too hard for the kids and ended up having to be hacked into with the scissors - this occured like five times. i've given up. other stuff maybe goers though!!! thanks |
Posted By: DzinerGirl
Date Posted: 24 September 2008 at 11:24am
| What about a treasure hunt? |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 24 September 2008 at 11:25am
| You could have a teams race through an little obstacle course - include stepping through some hoops or running in and out of some markers, an egg and spoon race, sack jumping. |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 24 September 2008 at 7:21pm
oh , dont worry , i totally understand that , had my share of party tantrums ...learnt my lesson pretty quick ..make them ALL win ! -------------
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lizzle wrote:Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 24 September 2008 at 8:22pm
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I was quite impressed at a 3 year olds party with kids aged 1-5. They played pass the parcel with only one winner (everyone else got a lollie) and there were no tantrums. I think I was more gutted than Keira that she didnt win. -------------
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 24 September 2008 at 8:24pm
| now we are on to pass the parcel - who is "suposed" to win? the birthday child or a guest? |
Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 24 September 2008 at 8:33pm
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I have only ever seen it played where a guest wins, I guess the birthday kid has already had lots of presents. But then it may be easier for other kids to understand if the birthday child wins and gets just another present. -------------
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 24 September 2008 at 8:37pm
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I've never seen the birthday child win. When we went to a friends sons birthday party she had gifts for each child all wrapped up in the different layers so everyone won. -------------
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Posted By: thunderwolves
Date Posted: 24 September 2008 at 9:17pm
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if you do pass the parcel we always put a little task in each layer, makes the game a little more interactive, just something simple or silly, dance like a chicken, poke your tongue out and count to ten, and a lollypop, makes it last longer too.. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 24 September 2008 at 10:14pm
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Pass the parcel I have only seen the birthday child win - I think that may have come from my days doing parties at McDonalds. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 25 September 2008 at 9:01am
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I've usually seen a guest win.
OK now 'duck duck goose'... who wants to explain it to me? I used to run a chns group, and we'd start each sesh with a game - well, one week they wanted Duck Duck Goose, so I got them to show me how it's done - a bunch of 5-year-olds in a circle with one wandering about endlessly saying 'duck' each time he bops someone on the head (he he - it was a group for anger management!)... I just didn't get how that was fun! They were only 5ish, so what were we missing? Something, obviously. ------------- Andie |
Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 25 September 2008 at 9:14am
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Duck Duck Duck ... Goooose. The then randomly pick a person and instead of saying duck they say goose, that person has to get up and try and beat the person that was 'it' right around the circle back to the persons seat. If the one that was 'it' beats them back then the other person then becmoes 'it'
ahh ok, I think I may have just confused myself but that gives a general idea? -------------
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