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How to Play Upset the Fruit Basket

Upset the Fruit Basket, also known as Fruit Basket Upset, is a fun party game that can entertain as many kids as you have chairs. The game is easy to play. Once you explain the rules the players will be able to manage themselves, as the rules are pretty cut and dry. The game bears a resemblance to Musical Chairs, except there is no music. Upset the Fruit Basket is also great for picnics or other get-togethers where there are multiple children who'd like to play the same game.

Things You'll Need

Chairs

Instructions

- 1
  Gather as many chairs as you have players, minus one. For example, for ten players you would need nine chairs.
- 2
  Set all the chairs in a circle, facing outward. Leave enough room in-between the chairs so that a player can easily get to the middle of the circle.
- 3
  Choose a player to be in the middle first. All the other players should sit down in a chair.
- 4
  Assign each player a fruit, such as apples, oranges, kiwis, etc. Make sure that there are multiple players assigned to each fruit.
- 5
  Have the person selected to stand in the middle start the game by calling out the name of a fruit. When the fruit is called, each player assigned to that fruit must promptly stand and sit in another open seat that isn't the one they just got up from. Whoever gets stuck with their original seat is the new middle person, and the old middle person is now able to join the game. The middle person can also call "Upset the fruit basket," in which case all players must get up and find a new seat.
- 6
  Continue playing. If the same person is in the middle three times, they are out of the game. The last two players are the winners.

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