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July Game of The Month
Shaving Cream Shoot Off
Required: Water guns, shaving cream, water source, hot day, and clothes to get wet in
Players: Small to large groups
Category: Water Games |
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Set up as many teams as you would like to have. Each team must have one large water gun filled with water and one team member willing
to get wet. Make sure that all the designated targets don't have a shirt that has an iron-on design on the front, this prevents the game from being far. On the
willing team member, squirt shaving cream on the front of their shirt. If you do the same design, it makes the amount of shaving cream the same for all teams.
Each member of the team will get one squirt from the water gun to try and remove the shaving cream. You will rotate the team line until all the shaving cream
is removed. The first team to remove the cream is the cream of the crop or in other words, "The Winners".
Submitted by Dr. Kenneth Scheel - Elkton, VA. Thanks Ken (Inventor of the FlingSock)
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Previous Games of The Month
Fill the Bottle
Required: 4 oz paper cups, 20 oz plastic pop bottles, clean bucket, finish line, sense of humor and no fear of getting wet
Players: Small to large groups
Category: Water Games |
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Set up number of teams possibly by number of people willing to get wet. On each team, one person lays on ground while holding a 20-oz plastic pop bottle on their forehead. Teammates run to bucket to fill up their 4-oz cup then they attempt to pour it into teammates pop bottle while standing over head. Then the next teammate will do the same until 20-oz bottle is filled. Once the 20-oz bottle is filled, the bottle person should run to the finish line without spilling.
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Oatmeal Raisin Relay
Required: Old clothes or swimsuits, two large pans of cooked oatmeal and raisins
Players: Small to large groups
Category: Relay Games |
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Cook up two large pans of oatmeal and cool. Divide off half of oatmeal into a bowl and mix in raisins to the oatmeal in the pan, then add separated part to cover raisins.
Have pans lined up at end of course for each team. Teams are to run down course one at a time, retrieve one raisin, run back to deposit raisin in container and the next teammate does the same.
The first team the complete task is the winner. Try this game again after you add raisins back. Play outdoors on a warm day so at the end they can have an oatmeal fight. Oatmeal is supposed to be good for the skin.
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Ice Cube Hunt
Required: Ice cubes, food coloring and winter weather
Players: Small to large groups
Category: Icebreaker Games |
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Make up several ice cubes trays with food coloring in water. Once you have made ice cubes, distribute into search area. The person to find the most colored ice cubes is the winner.
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Musical Hearts
Required: Paper hearts, prizes, number system and music
Category: Circle Games |
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The game is somewhat like musical chairs but with hearts being passed. If you use this as a classroom game for a Valentine Party game, most classrooms have each student assigned a number for the year. Have your classroom use these assigned numbers and you'll need those assigned numbers written on separate pieces of paper to pull
out of a hat. If your players don't have pre-assigned numbers have them stand in a circle and count out loud giving each them a number. Pre-make paper hearts that either hinge or can be folded. Each child can decorate a heart. Provide various prizes that can be won if the right heart is found such as heart erasers, heart pencils, chocolate bars, Cracker Jacks,
fruit snacks, stickers and other fun items. On the inside of each heart write the prize that the player will receive if they open that heart. Seal the heart closed with a piece of tape so no one can see what they might win. Select music that applies to the theme like "Written On My Heart" and "Here In My Heart", both by the new group "Plus One" are great songs.
Have each player start by holding onto a heart while all players are standing in a circle together. The players will pass the hearts to the next person in a clockwise fashion while the music plays. Pause the music and pull out a number. The person having that number will open the heart that they are holding and receive the prize written in it. Once they receive
their prize they will be out of the game along with the heart that they opened. Start up the music again and pull out another number. Keep playing until you run out of prizes or time. If you run out of time towards the end, the last remaining few can open their hearts at the same time.
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Fork Over The Chocolate
Required: Chocolate bar, knife, forks, pair of large gloves, clothing
Category: Circle Games |
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You need a bar of chocolate (preferably cold for older players), knife and several forks, a dice, a pair of large gloves and some other items of clothing depending on age group. e.g. scarf, hat, large coat or jacket, trousers, waistcoat, the list is endless.
Everybody forms a circle, half circle or sits in chairs. One person starts by throwing the dice followed by each person in turn. When someone throws a six he then runs to where all the clothes are and starts putting them on, once he is completely dressed he can then start trying to eat the bar of chocolate, with the knife and fork of course, cutting one square at a time.
While they are doing this the rest continue throwing the dice and if someone else throws a six, the person eating the chocolate has to stop and get undressed while the next person tries to get dressed and start eating the chocolate etc... The games obviously ends once the chocolate has been eaten.
Submitted by Sara Campos |
What's in Your Bag?
Required: Felt to make 2 1/2" bags, safety pins, white permanent marker, items to fill bags
Players: Small to large groups
Category: Icebreaker Games |
This game will take a little bit of work but it's fun for
all ages, a great icebreaker.
Ideas for filling bags: (** note for extra points) |
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Penny ** year
Screw
Birthday candle Ink pen cap
Balloon Night light bulb
Rubber band Crayon ** color
Tea bag Safety pin
Button Bottle cap
Paper clip Peppermint candy
1 p.c. of Lifesaver candy ** flavor Peanut in shell |
Tooth pick
AA battery
Sewing bobbin
Marble ** color
Key
10 Penny nail
1 - dice
Screw |
Make a bag for each item that you have collected. Put each
item in it's own bag and number them with corresponding list for correct
answers. Example: Felt bag with 1998 penny is marked #1 and a list is started
with #1 as 1998 penny. All bags must be sewn completely closed so don't
put anything in that you don't want to loose. Make a lot of bags so that
you can use this again for your next icebreaker idea. If you have 15 players
use #1 bag to #15, just pull out the rest. Have each player go around feeling
each other's bag, trying to guess What's in it and listing their guess on
paper. The one who guessed the most correct is the winner, for tie, use
extra point ** method.
For those to be engaged, place engagement ring in one of
the bags and make plans to have recipient be pinned to bag. At end of contest
inform all players that one bag was not correctly identified. Have giver
open bag for recipient. Inform me if you use my idea-the hopeless romantic. |
Gum Game
Required: Clean garden gloves, packs of gum
Players: Small to large groups
Category: Icebreaker Games |
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Set up teams of five. Each team will receive one pair of new garden gloves and one pack of gum (5 pieces per pack). On go, the first person in each team is to put on the garden gloves, open the package of gum, pull out a piece, unwrap it, chew it, and then pass the gloves to the next person. The first team to complete the task wins. You can choose to have two packs of gum per team so that they would have to go around twice.
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