Hero Games for Kids

What Are My Superpowers?

• Play this game like "Who Am I" to see which superhero powers each player posses. Write specific powers on large mailing label stickers such as "x-ray vision" or "ability to fly." Use photos or pictures on stickers if your group can't read. Place one sticker on each child's back, but don't let the kids see their sticker. Let the kids walk around the room and look at each other's stickers and begin to figure out what their superpower is.

  Don't use any words to guess superpowers; instead ask the other players to act out each other's sticker. For example, players could make a flying motion with their arms for flying powers or point to their ear for super hearing powers.

Hero Obstacle Course

• Heroes in training need to stay in shape and be ready to fight crime and save lives in a variety of situations. Keep your heroes in shape by designing a special hero obstacle training course. Create your course in a large room indoors or in the backyard. Use household items such as chairs, old tires, pillows, wagons or hula hoops in your course.

  Design your course so that it is appropriate for the age of your heroes in training. Let children run the course one by one or create two identical courses, establish two teams and have kids race each other. Demonstrate how to complete the course and give everyone a small prize, ribbon or sticker when they complete the course.

Villain Tag

• Conjure your favorite hero and stomp out the villain by playing an energy-blasting villain tag game. Each child decides which hero she will become, such as a firefighter, superhero or a teacher. One child plays the villain and chases the heroes around a large indoor room or outdoors.

  The hero who is tagged gets to play the villain role. Give each child a chance to play the role of the villain so that everyone gets a chance to chase her friends. Create a "safe" area so that the children can rest or take a break from the game.