Hobbies And Interests
Candy Introductions
Candy introductions are best for groups of 12 or fewer people. To play, fill a bowl with multicolored candy, such as fruit chews, and tell the kids to take one to five candies from the bowl. Afterward, write up a list matching each candy color to part of an introduction, such as their favorite hobbies or the place they'd most like to visit. Children who take more candy have to tell more things about themselves, one for each piece of candy.
Two Truths and a Lie
To play Two Truths and a Lie, each child in the group must reveal two facts and one made-up statement about himself, without saying which is which. Then the group must guess which statement is false. Two Truths and a Lie works best with smaller groups of kids so the group has more time to spend on guessing, perhaps trying to figure out not only which statement is false but why.
Autograph Bingo
Autograph Bingo works best for large groups, 24 people or more (because that's how many spaces you have on a bingo card, minus the free space). To prepare for the game, you'll need to make a bingo card for each child with an interesting characteristic written in each space, such as ̶0;Someone who is left-handed̶1; or ̶0;Someone who speaks more than one language.̶1; To play, the children must go around asking others to sign a relevant space on their bingo cards, with the rule that each person can only sign a bingo card in one space. The first child to get five in a row wins.
Have You Ever
To play Have You Ever, set up a circle of chairs with one fewer chair than the number of children, plus one chair in the center. The person in the center is ̶0;it,̶1; and must reveal a piece of information about himself in the form of a question; for example, ̶0;Have you ever visited Europe?̶1; Everyone who has this fact in common with ̶0;it̶1; must get up and move to another seat, and the person left without a seat becomes the new ̶0;It.̶1; The game is most fun (and gets most chaotic) when it's played in large groups.