Egyptian Mummy Wrap

Divide the kids into pairs, with one the Mummy and the other the Mummy Wrapper.
Give each wrapper a roll of toilet paper or crepe paper streamer. On the word "Go!" have the wrappers race to see who can wrap up their mummy first.
The game is tricky because the faster they try to wrap, the more the tissue will tear, causing them to keep restarting!

Price Is Right

Here's a great wind-down game that also serves as the going-away present. Buy inexpensive gifts for your guests, such as a big bag of sweets, a small stuffed animal, a scary book, and so on.
Distribute paper and pencil to each player. Hold up one item and have the kids try to guess how much it cost. Reveal the price tag and award the gift to the player who guessed the closest. That player is out of the game, while the rest continue guessing the prices of the gifts, until all of them are gone.

Pass the Parcel

You Will Need:
• A wrapped present (click here to go to our wrapped presents section)
• A music CD (click here to go to our music section)
• A CD player.

Playing the Game:
• Sit the children in a circle on the floor.
• Explain that they pass the parcel in one direction whilst the music is playing. When the music stops, so does the parcel and the person holding the parcel removes one layer of wrapping. This child then gets to keep the sweet which is between the layers of paper.
• The music then restarts and the parcel carries on being passed in the same direction.
Tips:
• It's best to have two people to supervise the game - one with the children passing the parcel and one controlling the music player.
• The person controlling the music should try to make sure they stop it so that each child gets a chance to open a layer, this avoids children being disappointed.
• The central present is quite important. If the children are boys and girls pick a non gender-specific present.
• You may find that the children enjoy playing this game so much that they want to play again, so it’s worth having a couple of wrapped presents just in case.

Pin the Tail:

You Will Need:
• Your child’s favourite pin the tail game (Click here to go to our games section)

Playing the Game:
• Stick your game sheet to a flat surface such as a wall or door.
• Blindfold one player and pass them the stick on item.
• Have the blindfolded player try to stick the item nearest to the space.
• Remove their blindfold and show them how close they got.
• The player to get their item closest to the space or on it is the winner!

Tips:
• You can spin the players around to make it more challenging.
• Leave all the stuck on items in place until everyone has taken their turn so you can see who has won.


Balloon Bounce

Have a contest to see who can keep the balloon in the air the longest using only their head.
The person who can keep it in the air longest without using anything but their head is the winner.
(This game can also be played in teams).

Musical Chairs

This is another children's favorite. Set up chairs in 2 rows back to back. Put out one less chair than there are children. Start playing music, and have the kids walk around the chairs (not touching the chairs though!) until the music stops. When the music stops, the kids must each sit on a chair. The child without a chair is "out". Then remove another chair. If there is ever a tie, the child with more bum on the chair wins.

Musical Statues

You will Need:
• A wrapped present (click here to go to our wrapped presents section)
• A music CD (click here to go to our music section)
• A CD player.

Playing the Game:
• All the children need to be standing on a clear floor.
• Play the music CD and ask all the children to dance.
• When you stop the music the children must stop and stay in whatever position they are in.
• Any child still moving when the music stops is out of the game and can then help to spot other children who may be moving.
• The winner is the last person left on the floor.

Tips:
• Instead of dancing you could ask the children to act like animals, or do bunny hops.

Hot Potato

This game is an old favorite. Have all of the kids sit in a circle, as one kid is chosen as the "leader". Begin passing a potato (or other object) around the circle, while the "leader" turns his/her head with eyes closed. Everyone must accept the potato, and may not hold it longer than a second. At any point the "leader" can yell, "Hot Potato", and whoever has the potato is out. Continue to play until there is only one person left, and he/she is the winner.

Name That Animal

This is a fun game for small children just beginning to learn their animals. Pass out animal stickers or small stuffed animals, and have the kids imitate the animal they receive.

Sense-Sational

Test their powers of smell! Fill paper bags with a variety of items that have an aroma, such as coffee beans, salami, toothpaste, orange peels, chocolate, and so on. Be sure the smells are familiar to the age group. Then pass the bags around and let the kids smell them without looking inside! Give prizes to whoever guessed them all correctly (or whoever guessed the most correctly).

Chinese Whispers

Have the kids sit in a circle on the floor. The first player begins by whispering a phrase into the ear of the person next to him/her. One by one, each person repeats the whispered sentence as they hear it when it is whispered to them. When the last person receives the message, he/she repeats it out loud. It is usually completely different than the original statement.

Guess how many?

Find a variety of items that your guests can guess "How much…" For example, "How many jellybeans in a jar," "How many words on a page in a book," "How many crackers in a bag of oyster crackers," "How many pages in a magazine". Award a prize to the person who has the closest guess for each item.


Human String Relay

First of all, you need to tie a spoon to the end of a ball of yarn. Line up both teams single-file. When the host/hostess says, "Go," the first person from each team must put the spoon down his shirt, as well as his pants. When it comes out of his pant leg, he must then pass it to the next player (As it is still attached to the first player). When it has gone through the entire line, and everyone is attached, then the last person at the end of the line must reverse the process (While the first person winds the string into a ball as it comes back out of each person's clothing). When the team finishes unwinding the string then the first person in that line needs to shout, "Done!" The team to finish unwinding the string first wins.