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Carrot pulling
All children lie on the floor and strongly link arms with
each other. They need to lie really close together; there
shall not be a gap between them. They are the carrots.
One entertainer is the farmer. Now he tries to pull out
the “carrots” at their feet. While doing so he tells the
children stories to distract them. As soon as the first
carrot is pulled out, the other children need to close the
gap quickly. The farmer(s) need to wait. The harvested
carrot now becomes a farmer too and helps pulling out
the carrots. It is important to emphasise that the children
shall not pull grapping the others joints or even
jewellery, if one child calls out STOP, it means STOP!
Then move on to another carrot and try to harvest this
one. The last remaining pair of carrots is the winner.
Ticking
Can be played on the playground, one child is the ticker
and needs to catch the other children. If these are standing
or sitting on some play equipment (i.e. not on the
floor) they can not be ticked.
Chain ticking
As before one ticker needs to catch the other children,
children who been ticked then hold the ticker’s hand
and start building a chain. Then they continue catching
other children. The chain is not supposed to break!
Teatime
Organise four teams
n on the floor (always two team sit opposite each
other)
n One bucket of water is placed in the middle.
n The child in front holds a spoon in his hand
n Behind the last child is a cup
n With the starting signal the first children start filling
water on their spoon and pass the spoon to the back.
The last child in the row fills the remaining water in
the cup.
n The spoon is passed to front again and the first child
now takes the position of the last child.
n The team whose front man is back in the front first is
the winner, but it is also important that there is some
water in the cup!
Balancing a tea spoon on the nose
is also a great competition for children.
Do not forget to slightly breathe on them before the
start of the game.
Rainbow game
The catcher is on one side, the other players are standing
on the other. The players ask the catcher: “Rainbow
catcher, which colour is shining today?” Then the
catcher nominates a colour. If he calls back: „Today
green is shining!” he is not allowed to catch any children
wearing clothes with the colour green. (Only visible
clothes are meant, no underwear). The children start
running to the other side of the field, and the catcher
needs to try those who are not wearing any green.
He can run forwards and to the sides, but not backwards.
Children who have been caught help the
catcher. The child remaining at the end will be the
new catcher.
Seashell balancing
Place a seashell on the child’s forehead, then the child
needs to run, still with the seashell on the forehand to
the child opposite it and hand the shell over.
Football
Goal shooting – entertainer might be goal keeper
n Long distance shooting
n Trick – shoot the ball with the head
(use a light, blown up ball)
Balloon volleyball
Fix a thread between two trees and divide the children
in two teams. When the balloon lands on the floor of
one team, the other team gets a point. Best is to fill the
balloon with a little water, then it does not fly totally
uncontrolled.
Shoe golf
Distribute several numbered papers (A4 or minimum
post card size) in the environment (playground, sport
fields). Determine a starting point from which the children
start hitting the ball (table tennis, bouncy ball) with
the heel of their shoe towards the numbered papers.
The shoe might either be worn on the foot or hold in
the hand.
Water volleyball
Stretch a rope / net over the middle of the pool. Organise
two teams like at volleyball. Now the ball needs to
be hit over the net. If the ball lands in the water, the
other team gets a point.
Blind volleyball
This game is to be played like normal volleyball; the difference
is that the net is covered with old bed linens or
similar. This sounds really simple, but in fact it is quite
confusing and really funny. Nobody can see when and
from where the ball comes. Alternative: The ball can
only played over the net using a towel. Always two children
play together.
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