Have the children stand on a number in the circle. Play music and have the children walk from number to number. When the music stops, each child must stand on a number. Someone must draw a number from the bowl. The child standing on that number wins a prize. You can also call out a couple of numbers each time for several winners.
By: Krystal Miller Updated September 15, Share It. References Fun Attic: Carnival Games. You may want to give door prizes to the guests who find the highest number. There are lots of different things you can do with this idea. Made popular by the TV show of the same name, this game works really well for door prizes.
Or, the first person that shows a red pocketknife. Or be outrageous; ask for a hair clip with flowers on it. The person with the best joke wins. The audience can vote which makes it even more fun because everyone participates at least in the voting.
Counting how many buttons in a jar; how many candy kisses in a candy holder, how many safety pins in a bowl. The ideas are infinite. You can incorporate some of the elements of tag into the game, so a player who is found must try to make it to a home base without being tagged by the seeker. This well-known competitive game is perfect for young kids. One great advantage of Simon Says is that it can be played anywhere — in the classroom, outside, in a car, or on a bus.
The last person playing is declared the winner and they get to be Simon next round. Your kids will be exhausted before you know it! Freeze Dance is a very fun game that is only slightly competitive.
While it is best suited for young children, kids of any age can have fun playing Freeze Dance. Start by choosing someone to be in charge of the music. When they start the music off, everyone starts dancing. The more elaborate or crazy the dance moves are, the better. When the music stops, everyone who is dancing must stop. If you notice anyone still dancing, they are out for that round. The winner is the last person still dancing. Card games are an awesome way to introduce kids to competitive play that is intellectual instead of physical.
In addition to classic card games like Eucher and Blackjack , there are also many creative card games using non-traditional decks like The Golfing Dead. The Golfing Dead is fun game for for two to six players aged 7 and over.
The objective of the game is to be the best player on the golf course while dealing with a zombie apocalypse! The game deck consists of action cards and stroke cards. The action cards include funny moves like bathing in zombie urine, which provides protection from the zombie horde for a round. Each player receives 9 stroke cards, which are face down initially.
Players can manipulate their stroke cards to reduce their total stroke count. Learn more about The Golfing Dead. The makers of UNO have released several other card games which are equally as fun, including Phase The objective of Phase 10, is to complete all 10 phases.
If two or more players manage to complete 10 phases, the player with the lowest score is the winner. The rules are fairly simple. At the start of the game, each player receives 10 cards. The deck is placed in the center of the table and the top card is flipped over so everyone can see what it is. Each player starts their turn by taking a card from the deck or the discard pile. A set is cards of the same number, while a run is cards in sequential order.
Players can complete phases on their own cards or on the cards of other players. Once your round is over, one card is discarded.
Checkout this video , which explains the rules in more detail. Musical Chairs is a great way to introduce young kids to competition games. It simple to learn and the children will learn to associate competition with fun. The rules are simple. Start by placing some chairs in a circle and have the children stand in a circle around them. Start playing some music and have the children dance around in a circle.
When the music stops, they must all find a chair. You can leave the same number of chairs as there are children for the first round or two, so the kids can have some fun. Then, gradually remove a chair at a time, so the children must scramble to find a chair to sit in.
Gradually remove chairs until there are only two children and one chair left. The child to sit in that chair first is declared the winner. Children who love to sort things and enjoy competing with others will like this game. The goal is simple — to sort a bowl of objects faster than the other teams. Start by dividing the children into groups of between 2 to 4 people. Give each group something that can be sorted into colors or types.
For example, a bowl of coins or colored marbles. It can be extremely competitive with players battling it out to control the monopoly board and negotiating clever deals with other players. There is also a popular Monopoly card game available. It works in a similar way to the standard Monopoly boards game but has the added advantage of being ultra-portable.
This classic game is perfect for both adults and kids. Start a game of basic dominoes by placing the dominoes face down and moving them around to scramble the tiles. In a two player game, each player will select 7 dominoes. If there are three or four players, each player will select 5 dominoes.
Players will keep their dominoes hidden from other players. The player with the highest double the same number of both sides will start the game by placing that tile on the table. Play then continues in a clockwise direction. Players must place a matching domino on any of the four exposed ends.
So, if the first domino played is a double 3, the other players can place a domino with a three on it next that that domino. Tiles with doubles must be placed perpendicular to the current tile. The winner is the first player to reach points. Moon Cake is a very old Chinese game that can be adapted to suit children of different ages.
Start by drawing a large circle on a playground with a radius of about feet. You could also use the centre circle on a basketball or netball court for smaller groups. The circle is divided into segments with the number of segments being determined by the age of the children who are playing.
If very young kids are playing, divide the circle into 4 quarters, which are marked 1, 2, 3, and 4. If older kids are involved, use up to 12 segments marked from 1 to Alternately, you could use random numbers in the segments to make the game a little more interesting.
The children should be divided into several teams of at least 2 players each. Going in turns, one child from each team will stand them in the centre of the circle blindfolded.
Turn the child around several times so they lose their sense of direction and ask them to take 4 steps in any direction. They will then take off the blindfold to see the number of the segment they are standing in. Once every player has had a turn, all of the numbers they stood in are added up to determine the winning team for that round. Soccer Tag is an action-packed game that combines elements of tag and soccer. It requires a soccer ball and an outdoor space to play.
Once there are multiple It players, they can pass the ball to each other in an attempt to confuse the other players and catch them out. The game is over when all players have been tagged with the last player to be tagged being the winner. Kids love running around obstacle courses!
You can create an interesting obstacle course in your house by using pillows, boxes, sheets, ottomans, and other pieces of furniture. You can make the obstacle course more exciting by having participants perform challenges at certain points. This could be answering a tricky question or performing a physical activity like 10 pushups or 5 jumping jacks. The winner will be the child who completes the course in the shortest time. You can make rock paper scissors more competitive by holding a rock paper scissors championship.
Each child will play best-of-five rock paper scissors rounds against the other children to win a prize. If you children really enjoy rock paper scissors, you could buy them a rock paper scissors card game. Also, be sure to check out this fun variation of rock paper scissors.
There are dozens of classic old board games that are highly competitive yet fun. Consider purchasing a few of these classic games to help your children learn how fun competition can be. This is a very simple game that can be a lot of fun for young kids. Start by splitting the children into teams of two. Each team will receive two plastic cups and a ping pong ball.
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