Clipart: Boy swinging on a ropeCircle Games

Duck Duck Goose

  • Everyone sit in a circle
  • One person is on it, they walk around the outside of the circle, tapping everyone on the head saying ‘Duck, duck, duck,’ then when they choose someone they tap them on the head saying ‘goose’.
  • That person then gets up and chases the person on it around the circle trying to catch them before they get back to their space.
  • If they catch them the person remains on it.
  • If they don’t then the person who is chasing becomes on it.

Rhythm Master

  • Everyone sit in a circle
  • Choose 2 people one who is the guesser who turns their back on the group whilst the rhythm master is chosen.
  • The rhythm master then starts doing actions which everyone follows, for example clapping their hands, clicking their fingers.
  • When everyone is doing the actions the guesser then turns around and tries to guess who the rhythm master is!
  • He/she gets 3 chances to guess, if they guess correctly the rhythm master then becomes the guesser and a new rhythm master is chosen.
  • If she guesses incorrectly that person can then choose a new guesser and a new rhythm master.

Sausage

  • Everyone sits in a circle.
  • The person who is it stands in the center of the circle.
  • Each person asks the person who is "it" an appropriate question. The only answer to every question can be sausage.
  • The first person to make the center person laugh wins a try in the middle.

Example: What color is your hair? Sausage. What do you brush your teeth with? Sausage.

Wink Murder

  • Everyone sit in a circle.
  • A detective is chosen who goes away from the group so they can’t hear or see them.
  • Everyone in the circle then closes their eyes, then someone usually an adult taps one of the children on the head, that child is then the murderer.
  • The detective then stands in the middle of the group.
  • The murderer starts killing people by winking at them, if you are winked at you must die as loudly as you can!
  • The detective has 3 chances to guess who the murderer is!

Chinese Whisper

  • Everyone sit in a circle.
  • One person thinks of something to whisper to the person next to them.
  • They then whisper to the next person what they heard.
  • This carries on until it gets back to the person who started.
  • The word is then said out loud to see if it finishes the same as it started!

Doors & Windows

  • Children form a circle holding hands.
  • They need to spread out so that everyone’s arms are straight out, to form large spaces between the children.
  • These are the windows and doors.
  • Choose one child who starts running and weaving in and out of the doors and windows.
  • As he/she is doing this the children randomly drop their arms to try and trap the person weaving in and out.
  • Once the person is caught or is touched by the arms of someone they are out.
  • They would then choose which person would be next to weave in and out of the windows and doors

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Last Updated: 06.08.2008 at 10:34


 
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