Game Ideas for Girls

Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty

• A game perfect for a girl's sleepover, start by gathering everyone into a bedroom. Pick one girl to play Sleeping Beauty; she then lies down on the bed with her eyes closed. Tell her she has to remain completely silent throughout the game. The other girls surround the bed. When you say "Go," the girls all try and make Sleeping Beauty make a sound and/or open her eyes. The girls can jump on the bed, tell jokes to try to make Sleeping Beauty laugh or sing songs. They cannot, however, touch her. When Sleeping Beauty finally cracks and makes a noise or opens her eyes, allow another girl to play Sleeping Beauty.

Find the Stuffed Animal

• Play this game if you have a lot of stuffed animals at your disposal. Begin by assembling all of the girls into an open area. Hand each girl a stuffed animal. Tell everyone to get used to their animals by feeling and memorizing their shape. After a minute or two passes, take the stuffed animals away and turn the girls around to face the wall. Place all of the stuffed animals in a pile at the center of the room. Select the first player to go and blindfold her; she then heads to the pile and looks for her stuffed animal. Time her as she goes. Once she finds the correct animal, record her time. She then puts her stuffed animal back into the pile. Allow all of the girls to have turns and reward the girl with the fastest time.

Foil Makeover

• See how fashionable the girls can be with aluminum foil in this game. Prepare by gathering up the needed supplies: a spool of aluminum foil for every girl, scissors, string and rubber bands. Divide the girls into pairs and hand each pair a set of supplies. Each pair has to determine its fashion designer and its model. When you say "Go," the fashion designer uses the materials you gave her to create an outfit. She adorns her model with the aluminum foil until 10 minutes pass. Then, let the fashion designers of each pair have their turns at playing the models. Once everyone has a foil outfit, have the players vote on which outfit they like the best.