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>#267: Farmer in the Dell

20OctoberJeanbirthday party games, group indoor games

>Number of players needed to play Farmer in the Dell: 10 or more. Players hold hands and dance in circle around one player who is the farmer. As everyone sings the song (below) the farmer picks someone from the circle to be his wife. The wife then picks a child, the child picks a nurse,

Play Chess for Kids

6SeptemberJeangroup indoor games

>Play chess! Choose a colour, black or white and play! Make this a family activity: start a family tournament. This activity promotes strategy skills, math skills and predictive, action and consequence skills.

Mirror Game for Kids

2AugustJeangroup indoor games

>Once person moves and makes faces while the other person stands in front of them and pretends they are a mirror. The mirror tries to do the exact same things at the same time as the other person. Make this a family activity: Play with your family instead of a friend. This activity promotes prediction

>#170: Human Knot

5JulyJeanbirthday party games, group indoor games

>How do you make a Human Knot? Gather people together–the more you have holding hands, the harder it gets! Everyone stands in a group and grabs hands. Once everyone has someone else’s hand in each of their hands, everyone slowly tries to untie the human knot to form a large circle. But don’t let go

Penny Rugby (aka Quarters Game)

17JuneJeangroup indoor games

>To play Penny Rugby, you will need a friend, a table and a penny (or other coin). Each person sits across from each other at a small table. One person goes first (player 1). Player 1 starts with the penny overhanging (balanced half on and half off the table) their end of the table. Player

>#149: Spoons

14JuneJeanbirthday party games, group indoor games

>You will need 4 or more players, a spoon for each player (minus one player), and a deck of cards. Spoons are placed in the middle of the players where everyone can reach them. One spoon per player, minus one player. So, if you have 4 players, put out 3 spoons. From the deck of

Chinese Checkers

18MayJeangroup indoor games

>Play Chinese Checkers. This game can be played with 2-3 players. Pick a colour, and hop your pieces over each other as you try to get to the other side of the board. Whoever gets all their coloured pieces from one side to the next first, wins. If you are red, hop your guys over