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Great Party Games (Part 1)

What’s a party without games?! Children parties are all about fun, laughter and more fun! To be honest, I don’t even think they care much about the food. As long as their tummies are filled, it’s games all the way! A few things to take note while planning party games:

• Always have gifts prepared!
• There’s always a winner but no losers. Reward everyone for their effort and enthusiasm.
• Be sure to play music when playing games. It makes all the difference.
• Explain instructions clearly. Repeat is anyone doesn’t understand.

Here are some examples of great party games:

Hot Potato

• Have all the children sit or stand in a circle.
• One child is chosen to be ‘leader’. The ‘leader’ must have his/her eyes closed at all times.
• The ‘leader’ begins to pass the potato around the circle.
• Everyone must take the potato and must not hold it longer than one second. The potato goes around the circle.
• When the ‘leader’ shouts “HOT POTATO!”, the person holding the potato has to leave the circle.
• The circle gets smaller and smaller until 3 persons are left.
• The winner is the surviving person besides the ‘leader’ in the circle.

Zoom to the Broom!

• You will need a broom.
• The children form a big circle with everyone facing inwards.
• Each player is given a number. One player stands in the center keeping the broom upright by resting the palm of his hands on the top. (The stick should only be balanced upright and not held)
• The player in the center calls out a number and removes his hand.
• The player whose number is called tries to catch the broom before it hits the ground. If the player manages to catch it, he/she takes the place in the center. If the broom falls to the ground, the original person in the center goes back to the center.

Funny Granny Grunt

• You will need a blindfold and a broom.
• The children form a circle.
• Choose one person to be ‘it’ who will be blindfolded. ‘It’ stands in the middle of the circle with a broom in the hand.
• ‘It’ will tell all the players to move to the right. All players will have to continue moving and not stop.
• ‘It’ will then spins the broom and stick the broom handle out.
• The person nearest to the broom grabs it. ‘It’ will then say ‘granny grunt’.
• The person holding the broom will grunt once. Then ‘it’ will try to guess who the granny is.
• If the guess is correct, the person will replace ‘it’ and the game starts over again.