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Ten
ha-ha-hilarious kids party games
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by:
Patricia B. Jensen
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Want to become the most popular kids
party-giver on the planet?
Keep kids cracking up with these ten tried-and-true ha-ha-hilarious
kids party game ideas.
PARROT GAME
Divide guests into two equal groups, one is the Pirates, the other the
Parrots. The parrots are very very grouchy and are not permitted to
smile. The pirates can do anything they like to get the parrots to
laugh. The parrots can only respond parrot-style - if they think they
can without crackering-er, I mean cracking - up!!! You might make one
of the rules that parrots must answer any questions in "parrot-speak"
only. The last parrot to keep a straight face is the winner.
BABY BOTTLE GAME
Before the party, prepare a baby bottle with a new clean nipple for
each guest. Fill each bottle with 1 ounce of water and make sure the
water runs out of each bottle at the same rate of speed. At a signal,
each contestant tries to drink the water the fastest. The first one to
finish is the winner. Imagine what great pictures you'll get with this
one!
SLEEPING LIONS
One player is chosen to be "it". All other players lie down and become
sleeping lions. They lie flat on their backs, keeping as still and
quiet as possible. The "it" person has to try to make them laugh by
making funny faces but not actually touching them. Anyone who giggles
is out. The last lion is the winner.
Variations: Sleeping Clowns, Sleeping Astronauts, Sleeping Pirates,
Sleeping Cowboys, etc.
HA!HA!HA!
The object of this game is to keep a straight face while the other
players try to make you laugh. Everyone sits in a circle. One child
says, "Ha!" The next child adds a second "Ha!" by saying "Ha!Ha!". The
third child adds another "Ha!" saying, "Ha!Ha!Ha!"...and so on. Any
player who laughs or makes a mistake must drop out of the circle.
However, those "drop-outs" can also try to make the others laugh
(except by touching them or talking). The player who keeps a straight
face the longest is the winner.
Variation: Have each child lie down, resting his or her head on the
stomach of the next child. The last child to laugh is the winner.
POOR PUSSY
This is a tried and true game which has been popular for generations.
Arrange players in a circle. except for one child who is designated
"Poor Pussy". Poor Pussy kneels in front of any player and acts like -
you guessed it - a pussy cat. While he or she is meowing, the player
must stroke Poor Pussy's head and say "Poor Pussy, Poor Pussy" without
smiling. If the player petting Pussy smiles or laughs, they become
"Poor Pussy" in the next round.
Think about how difficult it is not to crack up while petting someone's
head and saying "Poor Pussy"! To make it worse, Poor Pussy is allowed
to do anything to make players lose their composure, including silly
faces, strange purring sounds, or other catlike moves. Other players
are also permitted to laugh and do whatever possible to make it more
difficult for the designated person to keep their composure.
CAT TAILS GAME
Cut thin strips of cloth for each guest at least one yard long and have
them put them into the back of their pants, just skimming the ground.
Kids then try to step on each other's tails. They are out when they
lose their tail. The winner is the last one to keep his tail!
JUNGLE KNOTS
Instruct guests to stand in a circle facing inward. To begin, everyone
extends his or her right hand into the ring and takes hold of someone
else's hand. Then, they do the same with their left hands. The object
of the game is to see if they can untangle the "knot" by stepping over,
ducking under people, or turning around. Whatever happens, they can't
let go of hands!
FIRE ALARM RELAY
Prepare two sets of fire fighter's clothing, including boots, oversized
jackets, hats and gloves. Mark a starting line and place two chairs
across the room with an empty wrapping paper tube on each. This will be
the location of the fire and the hose to put it out.
Divide guests into two teams and demonstrate the proper procedure for
the game. They must put on the firefighter's clothing, run to the
chair, pick up the "hose" and run around the chair with it spraying the
fire, set the hose back on the chair, return to the dressing station,
take off the clothes and go back to their line. The next person on
their team then repeats the whole procedure until all team members have
taken a turn. The team that completes the relay first is the winner.
This game can be played with any type of clothing. Match it to fit the
theme of your party.
MUSCLE BUILDERS
Inflate up to 100 small balloons. Divide guests into two teams and
select one guest on each team to be the "weakling". The remaining
guests will be "personal trainers". Gather teams on opposite sides of
the room and divide the balloons between them. The weakling puts on
one-piece long johns or any other simple jumpsuit type of clothing you
may have.
When you say "go", the teams of personal trainers must make their
weaklings grow instant muscles by stuffing as many balloons as they can
into their long underwear. Give teams one minute for this task. When
time is up - and you've taken lots of pictures! - remove and count the
balloons for each team. The weakling with the most "muscles" or
balloons, wins. This can be done more than once with new weaklings.
MUMMY WRAP
Split the party goers into teams of three and give each team a toilet
roll. Two persons then wrap the third in the toilet roll so that they
look like an Egyptian Mummy. The winning team is the one who in a set
time (2 minutes is good) have the neatest and most covered Mummy.
Copyright 2005 Kids Party Paradise All Rights Reserved
About the author:
Patricia B. Jensen is a mother of three and kids party enthusiast. She
is the webmaster and owner of Kids-Party-Paradise.com
- a complete resource for kids party ideas including invitations,
cakes, decorations, games, costumes, favors, and food.
For all the latest party news, read her
Kids Party Blog.
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