Games for Kids to Play That Have to Do With Australia

Outback Scavenger Hunt

• Break students into groups and send them on an Australian safari. Students must embark on a scavenger hunt, searching for items that have something to do with Australia. Set up stations around the room. Each station should contain three sets of items and a question.

  For example, one station's question is "Australia is the largest exporter in the world of what natural resource?" Next to the station there is a pile of eggs, a pile of coal and a pile of simulated gems. Each group must figure out the answer, take one of the correct objects and proceed to the next station. Groups should visit stations in random order to avoid overcrowding at any one station. The first group to collect all their items and have the most correct items wins the game.

Matching Game

• Australia is home to a great many interesting animals. Create a matching game for kids with pictures of the following animals:
  1. Kangaroo
  2. Koala
  3. Wallaby
  4. Tasmanian Devil
  5. Wombat
  6. Emu
  7. Cockatoo
  Players must match each animal to its name. Make the game more complicated by listing the foods the animals eat and asking for that list to be matched as well.

Australian Kid's Game

• Another game for kids that has to do with Australia is a game that was created in Australia. The game is called "Down, Down, Down." Break up into teams of two. Each team will need a small bouncy ball. Players bounce the ball between them until one player fails to catch the ball. The other player calls out "Down on one knee!" The player who missed must continue playing on one knee. A second miss forces the player onto both knees. A third miss, and the player must play with one elbow touching the ground. Another miss means both elbows on the ground. If the player manages to stay in the game, the final miss equals the chin on the ground; after which, the other player is declared the winner.