Hobbies And Interests
Balloon Acting
Rip up several small pieces of white paper. With a pen, write down several different charades that can be acted easily by the particular age group of the children. For instance, smaller children will understand how to act like a cat or dog, while older kids will more easily grasp how to act like a famous person or act out a movie or television show. Place each of the pieces of paper into an individual balloon, blow up all of the balloons and tie them off. Give each of the kids a balloon and instruct them one at a time to pop the balloon and act out what is written on the piece of paper. All the remaining children are given 30 seconds to guess what the child is acting out.
Fill the Cup
Divide the children into pairs. Give one of the children in each pair a large plastic cup. The other child is given a much small plastic cup. Place the children with the larger cups in a row that is 20 feet away from the children with the smaller cups. Instruct all of the children with the larger cups to hold the cup over their heads. Set out three to four large buckets filled with water on the ground near the children with the smaller cups. On go, instruct the children with the smaller cups to quickly fill their cups with the water from the buckets and run it over to fill the larger cup that is being held over the partner's head. The pair that fills up the larger cup with water first wins.
Guess the Gift
Purchase several inexpensive, age appropriate gifts for the group of children, making sure that there is at least one gift for every child at the party or event. The gifts should also be made from different materials, textures, sizes and shapes. Place all the toys into a bag and do not allow the children to see them. Place all the children in a large circle and put a blindfold on each. Hand the first toy to a child and give him 10 seconds to figure out what it is. If the child is unable to determine what the toy is, instruct him to hand it over to the next child in the circle. The toy continues around the circle until a child successfully identifies the toy. That child then receives the toy and is taken from the circle. Continue to pass down the toys until all of them have been successfully identified and all the kids have a toy.
What's that Smell?
Place several different foods and products, from chocolate chip cookies to a lemon, into individual brown paper bags. Line up the children and hand each of them a bag. Instruct them to not look into the bag and instead smell the contents. Give each of the kids 10 seconds to guess his object by the smell only. If the child successfully guesses the object, he gets a prize. Any child that doesn't guess his object by the smell must then trade with another child that also didn't guess his objects. The game continues until all the objects are correctly identified and all of the kids get a prize.