Games and materials index - Page 2

It is not always easy to find a suitable game. However with the help of the categories, a short description and the allocated symbols, everyone can hopefully find a suitable game. In addition, you can also the complete database and search for games using specific search criteria. At the moment there are approximately 1000 games in the database.

An overview of all of the 1000 games

All of the games available in overview including details about the materials required (M :). By clicking on the link you will receive a detailed description.

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• Acquaintance Games
• Circle Games
• Trust Games
• Fun & Contest Games
  • Ball games | Games with a ball
  • Lawn games | Games on grass
  • Team games | Games for teams or sides
  • Competitive games | Volunteers play against each other | “You bet!”
  • Competitive games | One on one
  • Sketches for camp or a parent’s evening
  • Catching games
  • Blowing games
• Birthday Party
• Relay Games
  
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• Station Runs
• Outdoor Games
• Theme Games
• Further Games...
  • Travel games in the bus or car
  • Relaxation games | Games for relaxing
  • Experience games
  • Games for choosing groups
  • Egg games for Easter
  • Games in the snow
  • Olympic Games
  • Quiz games
  • Fun and joke games
  • Miscellaneous games and program ideas
• Games with less material
  • Balloon games
  • Games with a skateboard or scooter
  • Sweet games
  • Drinking straw games
  • Domino games
  • Button games
  • Bottle-cap Games
  • Games with Dustbin-Bags
  • Games with Nails
  • Games with Shoes
  • Games with Dices
  • Games with Measuring-Tapes
  • Games with Marbles
  • Games with Spoons
  • Games with Toilet-Paper
  • Games with bouncing-ball or table-tennis-ball
  • Games with Plastic-Cups
  • Games with Wool
  • Games with Feets
  • Games with Sponges
  • Games with Brooms
  • Games with Ladders
  • Games with Blankets
  • Games with a Parachute
  • Hockey-Stick Games
  • Games with Gumboots
  • Toilet-Brush Games
  • Games with Bowls
  • Games with Rubber bands
  • Soap Games
  • Games with Bicycle-Tires
  • Hay-Bale Games
  • Games with Chairs
  • Games with Tables
  • Games with Tennis-balls
  • Tennis-Racket-Games
  • Carpet-Rolls-Games
  • Clothespin-Games
  • Frisbee-Games
  • Pencil Games
  • Games with scarves
  • Jump rope Games
  • Stand-Up Paddling Games
  • Carpet tile Games
  • Snowboardgames
• Puns & Language Games
• Water games | Games in the swimming pool or lake
• Games without winners or losers
• Co-operation games
• Communication games
• Coordination Games

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Station Games

1. Sitting on the wall

   M: nothing

2. Head support

   M: nothing

3. Hold a weight horizontally

   M: weights (boxes, stones)

4. Leader taxi (wheelbarrow transport)

   M: wheel barrow, stop watch, cones

5. Monkey bars

   M: Ladder, fixings or rope

6. Button Sewing

   M: 10-20 buttons, needles, yarn, scissors, cloth

7. Darts station

   M: Darts and replacements. Dartboard or cardboard.

8. Pea Track

   M: washing machine hose, hammer, peas, material to fix the hose

9. Ball swing game

   M: swing, ball

10. Spaghetti in Macaroni

    M: spaghetti, macaroni

11. Make a fire and barbecue

    M: Wood, newspaper, matches and grill sausages.

12. The Pistol Shot

    M: candles

13. Pretzels on a string

    M: String, pretzels

14. Green Pea Game

    M: dried green peas

15. Catch a tennis ball with a paper basket

    M: bowl, tennis ball

16. Pile of Kinder Eggs

    M: Enough Kinder Eggs (or plastic eggs) or film pots or enough matchboxes.

17. Bocce

    M: bocce balls

18. The Drain Pipe

    M: drainpipe, water buckets, tennis balls

19. Target shooting

    M: fire cones or stones or cans or buckets

20. The Helmet Game

    M: helmet with a spike, balloons

21. Javelin

    M: tyre or a other target, javelin, rope

22. Fast Typing

    M: typewriter, text, paper

23. A slippy and slidey event with a piece of soap

    M: 1-2 bowls, soaps

24. Digging

    M: Children's playground, digger, bucket and small balls.

25. Sort and Pick Up

    M: various several objects

26. Swapping the bent nails

    M: String, 10 bent nails

27. Tyre slalom

    M: 10-20 old tubes

28. Water Squirt

    M: table tennis ball, water hose or syringe, chute, water

29. Darning socks and patchwork

    M: Socks, wool, darning needle, scissors

30. Tarzan on a rope

    M: Rope for singing and a table or crate.

31. Obstacle course

    M: various objects for an obstacle race (tree trunk, ropes, bench, chairs, bobby car, rope-ladder…), stop watch

32. A feeling for time and quantity

    M: stop watch, water, water bowl

33. Slow reactions?

    M: stone, chestnut, matchbox or other objects

34. The hot wire

    M: Electrical equipment (wire, battery, lamp or door bell).

35. Remember the Objects

    M: different objects, blanket

36. Telescope watcher

    M: binocular, various objects

37. Pot and lid

    M: Containers with different types of lids (pots, plastic or glass bottles, cans, tins and tubes).

38. The Locksmith

    M: 15-20 different locks

39. Finding pairs

    M: sack, different objects, each object twice

40. Nose Driving

    M: match box or a potato

41. Cherry Pit Spitting

    M: measuring tape, cherries

42. Tea Bag Toss

    M: tea bags, measuring tape

43. Beading pearls

    M: 100-200 pearls, string, yard stick

44. Tree Trunk Throw

    M: tree trunk

45. Packing the car up

    M: old car or a big cardboard

46. String Up the Group

    M: long string

47. Wellington boot shot

    M: large Wellington boots

48. Competition sawing

    M: Saw, wood or tree trunk

49. The group jumper

    M: chalk

50. Beakers and table tennis bats

    M: table tennis racket, bowl, water beaker

51. Hammering nails

    M: nails, wood, hammer

52. Wheelbarrow race

    M: wheel barrow, stop watch, cones, stick or lance, water bowls or buckets, water

53. Water pistol funnel

    M: Water pistol, bucket, funnel and measuring beaker

54. A needle in a haystack

    M: bale of straw, box or large bowl, many sweets

55. Towed away

    M: car, tow rope, stop watch, measuring tape

56. Wheel barrow roll

    M: A old wheel with a metal pole as an axle.

57. Orienteering run

    M: Instructions written on paper, a compass and a terrain map if required.

58. Labyrinth

    M: a long tape, 5m long tree trunk

59. Bicycle course

    M: bicycle, objects for an obstacle race

60. Rolling the cider barrel

    M: barrel

61. Water helmet game

    M: helmet with a fixed beaker, water, bowl

62. Tyre bridge

    M: car tyres, ropes

63. Rope bridge

    M: Strong ropes (polypropylene ropes) 2-5 hooks, a safety belt if required.

64. Wheel change

    M: car jack, wheel disk

65. Picture quiz 1 - the vegetable quiz

    M: Printed stencils.

66. The Longest Word

    M: 15 letters

67. Estimating tasks

    M: Alternative 1: an empty jam jar, estimating materials (peas, matches, money etc.). Alternative 2: stones and scales. Alternative3: Water, tub and measuring beaker. Alternative 4: String

68. Memory picture

    M: Poster, cardboard for covering up and wooden board

69. Asterix & Obelix knowledge

    M: Stick/copy 10 figures from the Asterix & Obelix comics onto a piece of paper.

70. Feeling letters

    M: nothing

71. Gargling a song

    M: water beaker, water, 10 songs

72. Something’s Smelly

    M: 10 different spices, 10 empty yogurt cups, tin foil

73. What’s in the Bag?

    M: sack, different objects

74. The Taste Expert

    M: various kind of colas, sodas in neutral bottles

75. Scent memory

    M: for each object 2 tins or yogurt pots, objects to smell (earth, turf, bark, pine needles, resin, moss, forest fruits)

76. Barefoot Park

    M: different things for the barefoot path

77. Time creeper

    M: nothing (or a stop watch)

78. The snake splits

    M: nothing or only a measuring tape

79. Gibberish

    M: table tennis ball

80. Ball catapult

    M: ball, handkerchief

81. Push and roll resistance

    M: wheel board or skateboard

82. Brush roll

    M: Sawn off brush handles and a board.

83. Blowing up an air bed

    M: air mattress, measuring tape

84. Water transport

    M: water, beaker, sponge

85. Crate balance

    M: tree stump or beer crate

86. Putting up a tent

    M: tent, blindfold

87. Building a tent

    M: tent

88. Bubble rally

    M: bubbles

89. Saw rally

    M: saws, tree trunk

90. Rolling the barrel

    M: sturdy barrel

91. Sewing on the Lines

    M: needle and pin, paper

92. Rolling board

    M: wheel board or skateboard

93. Lance knight

    M: lance, blindfold, balloon, string

94. The Right Way

    M: binoculars, chalk or string

95. Ring Throw Points

    M: balloon, scissors, bottle

96. Sorting Bottles

    M: (beer) crate, empty bottles

97. Melting ice cubes

    M: ice cubes, stop watch

98. Wax dripping

    M: Candles, a lighter, a board with a pattern and a stopwatch.

99. Paper cable

    M: long string, paper

100. Capturing the castle

     M: Box, scissors, marbles and cardboard lid beer mat if required.

101. Transporting Fever

     M: board or a roof lath or a meter ruler, different things (tokens, stones)

102. Tyre pile

     M: car tires or inner tubes

103. Personal weight

     M: stable rope pulley, stable rope, strong branch, stop watch, measuring tape

104. Tower of Babel With Egg Cartons

     M: egg cartons or other cartons

105. The Swinging Bucket

     M: bucket, rope, little stones or chestnuts

106. Slow riding

     M: bike

107. Riding in circles

     M: bike and a marked circle

108. Standing

     M: bike, board or wooden blank

109. The tree trunk seesaw

     M: 2 tree trunk, stop watch

110. Sentence with X

     M: prepared letters

111. Tree climbing

     M: pins, paper with info (letters)

112. Lead the Cow

     M: cow, goat or sheep

113. Paddle Over the Lake

     M: swim vests, canoe

114. The transport roller train

     M: Roller train and transport materials if required.

115. Scooter or bike rally

     M: bike or scooter, objects for an obstacle race

116. Inner tube tunnel - crawling

     M: inner tubes, ropes

117. Battering ram

     M: Concrete blocks or a box filled with stones, A battering ram (tree trunk), 2 wooden planks, transportation.

118. Spy

     M: various objects, strings

119. Flipping coins

     M: Coins, container, plastic chips

120. Coins into the glass

     M: Glass, coin, coaster

121. Fish me the key

     M: Fishing rod, stick, hooks, paper clips, keys

122. Flipper-throwing

     M: Flippers, small bag or sand or other subject

123. Stacking nuts

     M: Nuts, chopsticks

124. Drawing Banknotes

     M: 2 glasses, notepad

125. Three wins

     M: 16 glasses, 16 table tennis balls

126. Balancing

     M: Peg, play figures, plates, building blocks (wooden or Lego)

127. Stacking apples – potato tower

     M: Apples, Measuring Tape, pocket knife

128. Orange Transport (large apples, grapefruits will do as well)

     M: Oranges, basket, material for hurdles if required.

129. Stacking pens

     M: Many pencils

130. Dropping pencils in a bottle

     M: Pencils, bottles

131. Pencil-bar jump Salto

     M: Pencils with erasers

132. The pencil tower

     M: Felt pens

133. Learning by heart

     M: Text

134. Which card is missing

     M: Card game

135. Jar and lid

     M: Jars with fitting screw on lids

136. Hansel and Gretel

     M: Jars with various Christmassy scents, story to read

137. Folding ladder race

     M: Folding ladder(s)

138. Mesh Fence

     M: Mesh fence, Objects

139. Casting

     M: Fishing, bait, fishing line,

140. Amazing building blocks

     M: Building blocks, measuring tape

141. Puzzle pieces

     M: Puzzle, stopwatch

142. Cardboard box tower

     M: Many nested cardboard boxes

143. Paper cup stacking

     M: Paper cups 100x

144. Skyscraper

     M: Ludo game or Coppit pawns characters

145. Card race

     M: Card game

146. Bola throwing

     M: Bola (2 tennis balls connected with a cord), ladder, ropes

147. Guessing the toaster

     M: Toaster, toast

148. Squeezing a table tennis ball through a hose

     M: Tennis ball, ball, tube, hose

149. Toothpick throwing

     M: Toothpick

150. Golfing

     M: Golf Ball, Golf Club

151. Tea Bola-spin

     M: Tea bags, strings, stapler

152. The fastest screwdriver

     M: Screws, screwdriver, electric screwdriver, wooden beams

153. Shooting down pegs

     M: Toilet paper, clothespins, water gun, string/thread

154. The last toilet paper

     M: Toilet paper, water pistols

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Outdoor Games

1. Stamp game

   M: paper

2. Bigger or better

   M: apple, egg

3. Everything’s bananas

   M: bananas

4. Town Spy Game

   M: Signs, tasks

5. Picture hunt as picture quiz

   M: prepared photos and questions about the pictures

6. Three sticks

   M: for each team 3 sticks or 1 flag

7. A smuggling game with puzzle pieces

   M: puzzle of a treasure map on a cardboard

8. Adventure cards

   M: prepared and copied cards

9. King battles

   M: nothing

10. Knocking game

    M: wooden sticks or flash lights or whistles

11. Hiding

    M: nothing

12. The snow trail

    M: nothing

13. Smuggling game

    M: Smuggling goods (flour) and smuggling containers (tins, bags)

14. Capturing the flag

    M: ball or flag

15. Thieves dens

    M: nothing (or a flag)

16. Capturing flags and banners

    M: 20-30 flags

17. Booty

    M: treasure (apple, sweet etc.), life band per each person

18. Candles and peas – a night time terrain game

    M: candles, lighters, peas

19. Castle Battles, Conquering Castles

    M: nothing or only two flags

20. Capture the Flag

    M: 2 flags

21. Bison hunt

    M: approx. 200 beer mats

22. Number hunt

    M: cards with numbers, safety pins

23. Robbers game

    M: various objects

24. Police and smugglers

    M: smuggling objects, life strings

25. Stealing the totem pole

    M: totem or nothing

26. Bomb commando

    M: alarm clock, flag, treasure

27. Gold bar transport

    M: Wooden logs or other transportable objects (tons, beakers) and a camp flag for the marking.

28. Rail track wars

    M: marking tape

29. Scavenger hunt

    M: Marking material (chalk, sawdust, coloured ribbons, treasure and task sheet).

30. Indians on the war path

    M: life strings, treasure, pieces of leather, fur, pearls

31. Adventure game

    M: Finding a hidden object

32. Crazy Game Rally

    M: Paper, pens

33. Christmas smuggler

    M: Contraband

34. Funny city game involving other people

    M: Tasks, Digi Camera

35. Photo Safari

    M: Digi Camera

36. Football in the forest

    M: Football

37. Life ribbons game

    M: Colourful ribbons, flags

38. Finding the luminescent stones

    M: Starlights or luminous stones

39. Head Start

    M: Differently coloured pegs

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Theme games and feasts

1. Walk the plank

   M: 2 tight ropes or a long board (tree trunk)

2. Diving for treasure

   M: bowl, water, jelly teddy bears

3. In the bird’s nest

   M: telescope or binocular, various objects

4. Pumping water

   M: water, buckets, bowls, sponges

5. Loading the ship

   M: various objects

6. Pirate ships and cannon fire

   M: water filled balloons, 2 blankets, marked field

7. Pirates meal

   M: rusks, plate of soup, lemons

8. Pirate pantomime, pirate Pictionary

   M: nothing (or well prepared pirate catchphrases)

9. Rope ladder

   M: rope ladder

10. Bison hunt

    M: lance, cardboards, wheelbarrow

11. Sense

    M: 16 little stones

12. Archery

    M: bow, arrows

13. Silent creeping

    M: various objects (cans with little stones inside)

14. Nimble as a weasel – agile as a snake (crawling)

    M: various objects for an obstacle race (tree trunk, ropes, bench, …), stop watch

15. Fetching water

    M: various objects suitable for an obstacle race, water bucket, water

16. Tomahawk throwing

    M: Tomahawk, cans

17. Creeping up - silently!

    M: blindfolds

18. Duel at the totem pole

    M: Foam isolation tubes (for pipes), sawn off brush handles or sticks, dirt or washable (finger) paints.

19. Shield management

    M: ball, shield

20. Chariot race

    M: nothing, or a wheel barrow

21. Risk and jump

    M: little stones, measuring tape

22. Sword fight

    M: sweeping brush handle padded with some foam (heating pipe insulation), 2 shields

23. Fight with sticks

    M: sweeping brush handle padded with some foam (heating pipe insulation)

24. Bow and arrow telegraph

    M: bow and arrow

25. Knights pantomime or knights pictionary words

    M: nothing (or well prepared knight catchphrases)

26. Druids

    M: list of ingredients

27. Lasso throwing

    M: lasso

28. Chariot race with team change

    M: nothing

29. Horseshoe throwing

    M: horseshoe, stick

30. Washing gold

    M: small pebbles, spray-paint (gold or silver)

31. Recognising knots blindly

    M: blindfold, knots

32. Light feet

    M: blindfolds

33. Making paints

    M: oil, leaves, charcoal and earth

34. Diving for a treasure

    M: Spoon, objects, treasures

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Travel games in the bus or car

1. I spy...

   M: nothing

2. Miscellaneous distractions...

   M: nothing

3. Rowing regatta on the bus

   M: nothing

4. City – Country – River

   M: paper and pencils

5. Mau-Mau

   M: cards

6. Fiddling

   M: cards

7. Cheating

   M: cards

8. Battleships

   M: squared paper, pencils

9. The famous license plate game

   M: None

10. Guessing people

    M: Paper, pencil, masking tape (or Band-Aid)

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Relaxation games | Games for relaxing

1. Imagine the Way

   M: nothing

2. Seasons of the Year

   M: nothing

3. Changeable Weather

   M: nothing

4. Be a balloon

   M: nothing

5. A Flower’s Day

   M: nothing

6. Strong as a Tree

   M: nothing

7. Wishes

   M: nothing

8. Lay your Head on my Lap

   M: nothing

9. Boat on the Water

   M: nothing

10. Crawling Blindly in the Room

    M: nothing

11. Noises

    M: nothing

12. Pizza massage

    M: None

13. Improving self-confidence

    M: Notepad, pens, adhesive tape

14. A relaxing journey

    M: Relaxation Music, CD

15. Relaxation with a singing bowl

    M: Singing Bowls, Candle

16. Camera

    M: None

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Experience games

1. The shortest path

   M: nothing

2. Blind bearings

   M: blindfolds

3. Morse

   M: nothing, or a torch per each person

4. Forest noises

   M: paper, pencils

5. Forest detective

   M: nothing

6. Feel your way along the rope

   M: blindfold, rope, objects for the station tasks

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Games for choosing groups

1. Lions, hunters, mothers-in-law

   M: nothing

2. In order

   M: nothing

3. Giants, elves and magicians

   M: nothing

4. Scissors, paper, stone

   M: nothing

5. Chair Contest

   M: sturdy chairs

6. Stuck under the blanket

   M: blankets

7. Puzzle

   M: picture, scissors

8. Pulling numbers

   M: cards with numbers

9. Thread Pull

   M: strings

10. Elimination game: apples - pears - oranges

    M: prepared cards with apple, orange, pear

11. Raid

    M: Several types of different objects.

12. Small group workout

    M: For each object in the bag, there are several more, depending on the size of the group

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Egg games for Easter

1. Easter theme rowing regatta

   M: list of objects

2. Easter Pictionary

   M: list of objects

3. Easter egg nose rally

   M: eggs

4. Cream countryside

   M: cream spray, 10 chocolate/candy Easter eggs. Bowl

5. Cracked eggs

   M: eggs

6. Collecting coloured Easter sweets

   M: various coloured bonbons or eggs

7. Picking up coloured Easter eggs

   M: various coloured sugar Easter eggs

8. Easter card puzzle

   M: Easter card, scissors

9. The egg case

   M: eggs, paper, sticky tape, cord

10. Wafting eggs

    M: Eggs, egg carton

11. Balancing eggs

    M: Eggs, salt, sugar, water, playdough

12. Capture the Flag at Easter (Egg thieves)

    M: Easter eggs

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Quiz games

1. Letter pantomime

   M: nothing

2. Don’t Answer Yes

   M: nothing

3. Thingamajig

   M: list of objects

4. Lively scrabble

   M: card with letters, clothes pegs

5. Yes or no?

   M: list of questions and answers, 2 chairs

6. What, Where and When?

   M: nothing, some questions

7. Paper tiger

   M: scissors, paper

8. Town, country, river

   M: paper, pencils

9. Hangman

   M: paper, pencils

10. Word salad

    M: cut out 20-30 words from a newspaper.

11. Celebrity guess-who

    M: piece of paper with the name of a celebrity, safety pin

12. Matchstick Puzzle and Dice Problems

    M: Matchstick puzzles, matchsticks.

13. Short Criminal Stories

    M: short crimes

14. Childhood Picture Sort

    M: pictures of the children

15. Do you know all about trees?

    M: Suitable quiz questions or pictures.

16. Body outline

    M: Large pieces of paper. Chalk or pens.

17. Joke question station

    M: A list with joke questions

18. Riddle station

    M: A list with riddles

19. Feeling objects

    M: sack, different objects

20. Soccer Quiz

    M: some questions, ball

21. Answer the Questions

    M: for each team the same newspaper

22. Sound Guessing

    M: recorded sounds with a tape recorder

23. Clapping to a certain rhythm

    M: Colouring picture, crayons

24. Assigning colours to certain professions

    M: Paints, paper

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Fun and joke games

1. Sentence Repeating

   M: nothing

2. Air Ride

   M: board, blindfold

3. William Tell

   M: table tennis ball, bottle, water pistol or water nozzle

4. The Mirror Game

   M: plates, rubs

5. The Ten Cent Game

   M: bowl, coin

6. The Tower

   M: chairs

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Miscellaneous games and program ideas

1. What’s My Job? (through pantomime or movements)

   M: nothing

2. Building and judging a snowman

   M: snow

3. Paid attention and listened?

   M: nothing

4. Homogeneity

   M: nothing but a well prepared theme

5. Tim likes … Tim does not like …

   M: nothing

6. Blowing off steam

   M: nothing

7. Aggression meeting

   M: nothing

8. Moat table tennis

   M: 2 tables, tennis ball and rackets

9. Summer Olympics: sprint

   M: stop watch

10. Throwing and shooting pebbles

    M: pebbles

11. Soap kicking

    M: piece of soap, measuring tape

12. The chickens are clucking

    M: pieces of paper in the same quantity as the number of players. On the cards are pairs of animals

13. Paper plane

    M: paper

14. The Christmas Rally

    M: nothing (or well prepared list)

15. Who would you do …..with?

    M: paper, pencils

16. Cheap billiards

    M: rope, soft balls

17. Round

    M: table tennis, table tennis ball and rackets

18. Beach volleyball

    M: volleyball, volleyball net

19. Summer Olympics: long jump

    M: Sand pit or long jump pit, measuring tape.

20. Summer Olympics: shot-put

    M: Stone or iron shot puts for putting.

21. Summer Olympics: distance throwing

    M: ball, measuring tape

22. Table football tournament

    M: table soccer

23. Billiard tournament

    M: billiard table

24. Subuteo tournament

    M: Subuteo football with accessories.

25. Aqueduct

    M: plastic wrap, table tennis balls

26. Indoor flip golf

    M: plates, coins

27. The camp patrol

    M: Prepare the deliberate mistakes if necessary

28. Table Tennis Ball Cup Tennis

    M: table tennis balls, cups

29. A Christmas photo hunt

    M: Digital camera or photo handy and a well prepared list

30. Water slide

    M: stable plastic foil, water hose, water

31. Santa Claus model

    M: wrapping paper, shaving foam, sack material and red fabric

32. Mice watch out – or mousetrap

    M: lace, Actimel bottles or similar, bucket, dice

33. Casino Royal

    M: Roulette, poker cards, dice, casino decoration, gummi bears or sweets, stylish lighting.

34. Car Race

    M: Race track (Scalectrix or other make), alternative: remote control cars.

35. Slithering far away

    M: None

36. Igloo

    M: Snow Shovel

37. Packing up

    M: Many different items

38. Chestnut Slalom

    M: Chestnuts

39. Gym Biathlon

    M: Gymnastics equipment for Obstacle Course

40. Catching one another in the snow labyrinth

    M: None

41. Robot

    M: None

42. Horse Race

    M: None

43. Overthrowing the King

    M: None

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Games with less Material

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Balloon games

1. Balloon tap

   M: balloons

2. Balloon electricity

   M: balloons

3. When a balloon loses it’s breath

   M: balloons

4. The balloon symphony orchestra

   M: balloons

5. Basket (air) balloon

   M: balloons, spoons, basket

6. Guess what belongs to whom

   M: balloons, paper, pencils

7. Airmail

   M: balloon, tasks

8. Water balloon catapult

   M: balloons, large towels

9. Shot put with a water balloon

   M: balloons, water, measuring tape

10. Task Run

    M: candles, balloons, straw, water, cup, beaker

11. Collecting with handicap

    M: balloons, potatoes

12. All balloons have to fly

    M: Balloons

13. Balloon Challenge

    M: Balloons

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Games with a skateboard or scooter

1. Skateboard race

   M: skateboard, rope

2. Skateboarders push

   M: skateboard

3. Skateboard on a lead

   M: skateboard, rope

4. Skateboard bowling

   M: skateboard, plastic bottles

5. Roll drag

   M: skateboard, ramp, measuring tape

6. Fast as lightning

   M: skateboard, stop watch

7. Method of transport

   M: skateboard

8. Skateboard Obstacle race

   M: skateboards, implements for an obstacle race

9. Tee off the skateboard

   M: Skateboard

10. Skater chain

    M: Skateboards

11. Skateboard Race

    M: Skateboards

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Sweet games

1. Collecting bonbons

   M: different coloured bonbons

2. Picking up bonbons

   M: bonbons

3. A blind chicken

   M: blindfolds, bonbons

4. Packing up bonbons

   M: bonbons, wrapping paper

5. Rally: sweets with holes

   M: toothpicks, candy rings (polo mints)

6. Target throwing

   M: candy rings, nails, wooden board

7. Rolling

   M: candy rings

8. The toe bonbon rally

   M: bonbons

9. The opening toes

   M: bonbons

10. M&M relay

    M: bonbons, spoon

11. M&M's catapult

    M: bonbons, spoon

12. Marshmallow march

    M: toothpick, marshmallows

13. Marshmallow mouth

    M: marshmallows, measuring tape

14. Marshmallow spitting competition

    M: marshmallows, measuring tape

15. Marshmallow blowing competition

    M: marshmallows, measuring tape

16. Marshmallow kicking competition

    M: marshmallows, measuring tape

17. Marshmallow throwing competition

    M: marshmallows, measuring tape

18. Lollypop

    M: lollypops

19. Sweet masterpieces

    M: various sweets, pack of salt sticks, liquorice sticks or biscuits, chocolate, etc.

20. Thread-Candy

    M: strings, bonbons

21. Fish Something Sweet

    M: paper clips, bonbons, fishing pole with a magnet

22. What A Commotion

    M: yarn, prizes (sweets)

23. Smarties Sucker

    M: Smarties, tubes, straws

24. Chocolate cube catching

    M: Chocolate bars

25. Chubby Bunny

    M: Marshmallows

26. Biscuit on the forehead

    M: Cookies, biscuits

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Drinking straw games

1. Obstacle course

   M: light object (cotton wool, table tennis ball, little paper squares), straw

2. Transporting corn or beans

   M: straw, beans or little paper squares

3. Water transport

   M: straw, water, measuring beaker

4. Pipeline

   M: several straws, measuring beaker, water

5. Mikado

   M: straws

6. Blowing competition

   M: straw, cotton wool

7. Blow pipe

   M: cotton wool buds, straws

8. Indoor blow pipe battle

   M: cotton wool buds, straws

9. Blow pipe battle with coloured darts

   M: cotton wool buds, straws, coloured water soluble paints

10. Handstand Drinking

    M: Drinking straws, cups water

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Puns & Language Games

1. Auntie Cathy

   M: nothing

2. Composite words

   M: nothing

3. ABC

   M: nothing

4. A duck - with two legs – jumps into the water - plop!

   M: nothing

5. Fight for attention

   M: nothing

6. Toothless

   M: nothing

7. Questions and answers 1

   M: nothing

8. Questions and answers 2

   M: nothing

9. Can the group count to 100?

   M: nothing

10. Hello, I am Anton from Ansbach!

    M: nothing

11. Languages jumble?

    M: nothing (only some appropriate terms)

12. Alphabetical memory

    M: nothing

13. Forbidden words

    M: nothing

14. Long sentence

    M: nothing

15. Fastest Counter

    M: nothing

16. Even Faster Counter

    M: nothing

17. Building words

    M: list of objects

18. Can you write your name?

    M: chalk or pencils

19. Draw a Christmas tree

    M: paper and pencils

20. Folding picture

    M: paper, pencils

21. There is an answer to every question - but sometimes not the right one!

    M: paper, pencils

22. Placing and replacing

    M: paper, pencils

23. Animalistic

    M: paper, pencils

24. Letter chain

    M: None

25. Gibberish

    M: None

26. Water Words

    M: None

27. Association game

    M: None

28. Spelling Trouble

    M: None

29. Listening

    M: None

30. The name of the fruit

    M: None

31. Combined nouns

    M: None

32. Syllables-extension

    M: None

33. ABC Session

    M: Paper, pencils, alphabet

34. I am the bottle

    M: None

35. The ghosts game with words

    M: None

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Watergames

1. See Horse Riding Contest

   M: nothing

2. Turned to Stone

   M: nothing

3. Hunt and Catch

   M: nothing

4. Diving

   M: nothing

5. Tug o' war

   M: stable rope for tag-of-war, or floatable rope

6. Watermelon ball

   M: watermelon

7. The wet filling

   M: measuring beaker, water pistols, water, water bucket

8. Water transport

   M: water, tub or bucket

9. Water-Man

   M: swimming pool

10. Piranhas

    M: plastic foil (strips)

11. Silent As A Fish

    M: blindfolds

12. Gather It

    M: floatable objects (table tennis balls, corks, swim wings, swim noodles, large and small balls, air mattresses, etc.)

13. Water Limbo Dancing

    M: rope or pole

14. Through The Ring

    M: inner tube

15. Plastic/foil drainpipe

    M: some garbage bags or a long cling wrap, water, water beaker

16. Flask rally

    M: water, flask, belt

17. Water fight

    M: water, tub or bucket, cups

18. Ice cubes on the neck

    M: ice cubes, stop watch

19. Air Mattress Hopping

    M: air mattresses

20. Water and Swamp battle

    M: dirty swamp etc.

21. Water balloon

    M: Toothpicks, water filled balloons, hangers

22. The filling 1

    M: plastic bottle, tape, water, bucket or tub

23. Water fight with cardboard armour

    M: water pistols, water, cardboard armours

24. Frog Diving

    M: None

25. Dirty Dancing Casting

    M: None

26. Fish and fishermen

    M: None

27. Solving the Gordian knot

    M: None

28. Get away as long as you can

    M: None

29. Lifeguard Bridge

    M: None

30. Marry-Go-Around with a difference

    M: None

31. Chinese Whispers underwater

    M: None

32. Swirl in pool

    M: None

33. Water aerobics

    M: None

34. Water Olympics

    M: None

35. Long jump deluxe

    M: Stopwatch, ring or something to throw to the bottom of the pool, measuring tape.

36. A maths game in the water

    M: None

37. Diving Bridge

    M: None

38. Fisherman, Fisherman, is how deep the water?

    M: None

39. Laurenza

    M: None

40. Cars in the water

    M: Small rubber rings

41. Jumping the ball in the water

    M: Ball

42. Blind Manatee

    M: Blindfolds, or prepared goggles

43. Shark on a leash

    M: Rope, belt

44. Towels have to remain dry

    M: A towel per team, kitchen scales

45. Bowling with a difference

    M: Ball, water bottle (plastic), water

46. Candle transport

    M: Candles, matches, board

47. Children’s wash

    M: Water pistols or sponges

48. Airbeds Chaos

    M: Air mattress

49. Airbeds race

    M: Airbeds

50. Mini balls in the pool

    M: Many soft balls

51. Shell collector

    M: Shells

52. Wringing out wet towels

    M: Towels, water, measuring cup

53. Wet Handball Match

    M: Ball, possibly goals

54. Kickboards Paddle break

    M: Kickboards

55. Poker Chips - Pool Diving

    M: Poker chips

56. Pool noodle taxi

    M: Pool noodles, two for each team

57. Swim ring Wrestling

    M: Swimming rings, floating tire

58. Water Rugby - head butt ballgame

    M: Helmets, Rugby Ball

59. Floating Chocolate Kiss

    M: Chocolate kisses,

60. Floating carpet

    M: Air mattresses, inflatable animals, etc.

61. Pool Noodle Fight

    M: Pool noodles, belt

62. Seahorses with a difference

    M: Pool noodles

63. Song in the water

    M: Song list

64. Diving for objects

    M: Various items for diving.

65. Diving competition

    M: stopwatch

66. Blindman's Buff

    M: Blindfolds

67. Do not touch!

    M: Water ball

68. Catch the ball

    M: ball

69. Pirate treasure hunting

    M: Coins or other items

70. Dog relay race

    M: Water ball

71. Spoon Search

    M: Spoons, tub or pool

72. Without hands

    M: Very large shirt

73. Jumping through a hoop

    M: Large ring or tyre

74. Sponge game

    M: Sponges, buckets, plastic bottles

75. Floaties used differently

    M: Swimming pool, floaties

76. Running with pool noodles through the water

    M: Pool noodles

77. Water relay race

    M: Sponge, TT-ball, cup, measuring cup

78. Water or swimming relay race

    M: Buoy or anything alike

79. Number bet swimming

    M: Cards, clothes pegs

80. Plastic basin Tarzan

    M: Rope, suitable tree, pool or lake

81. Plastic bottle with holes

    M: Plastic bottles, nail to punch a hole, water

82. Paper ship ahoy

    M: Paper

83. Water balloon picking

    M: Balloons, toothpicks

84. Animal pantomime under water

    M: Cards with animal pictures or names

85. Fun-Bubbles

    M: Fun-Bubbles

86. Santa Claus and his swimming animals

    M: Christmas hat, sack, swimming animal

87. Tornado

    M: Nothing

88. Pool noodle ball

    M: Pool noodles

89. Mug swimming

    M: Measuring cup, cup, if necessary TT balls, buckets

90. Glow worms

    M: Swimming boards, tea lights, lighter

91. Mattress canoe

    M: Air beds, measuring cup, cups, bucket

92. Diving

    M: None

93. Setting the table

    M: Everything you need to set the table.

94. Schnappi in the Water

    M: None

95. Catching your predecessor

    M: None

96. Fruit salad

    M: None

97. Spaghetti - Pepsi

    M: None

98. Who is scared of the white shark?

    M: None

99. Gumboot race

    M: Clean rubber boots

100. Sack race in the water

     M: Clean jute- or cloth bags

101. Water Sprint

     M: None

102. Water Handball

     M: Water ball, goals or something similar

103. Jungle River

     M: Other than a list of different water animals nothing is needed

104. Journey to Jerusalem

     M: DVD player, music, maybe chairs

105. Talkative Water Game

     M: None

106. The foot ring

     M: rings

107. The next Water-Model

     M: Underwater Photo (waterproof camera)

108. Swirl

     M: Round pool

109. Who will be the Water King?

     M: Diving rings or paper crown

110. Stone, starfish and white shark

     M: None

111. Diving for pearls

     M: Different objects

112. Raspberry Bonbon

     M: Nothing. If necessary, diving rings

113. Waiters' Race

     M: floating board or tray, cup, container

114. Team Diving

     M: Stopwatch

115. How much water will the bag take?

     M: Garbage bags, cups

116. Fire, water, storm

     M: Swimming pool

117. Chained Shark

     M: Swimming pool

118. A game of catch in the water

     M: None

119. Catching the shark

     M: None

120. Spoon diving

     M: Spoon or other objects

121. T-shirt game

     M: Bucket, t-shirt

122. The blind Manatee

     M: Blindfold

123. Domino

     M: None

124. Toilet seat diving

     M: Toilet seat

125. Pushing along in the water

     M: Airbeds

126. A play of catch – however with a challenge.

     M: Blindfold

127. Catching ducklings

     M: Buckets, rubber ducks

128. Catching fish

     M: None

129. Bursting the balloons

     M: Balloons

130. Washerwomen

     M: Bucket, towel

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Games w/o winners or losers

1. Stay firm

   M: nothing

2. Widest smile, most evil grin

   M: nothing

3. Ghosts

   M: nothing

4. Opposites -Similarities

   M: nothing

5. The split second answer

   M: nothing (only some appropriate questions)

6. The sculptor and his shapes

   M: nothing

7. Everything in slow motion

   M: nothing

8. Evolution

   M: nothing

9. The blind and the seeing

   M: blindfolds

10. The ticking alarm clock

    M: blindfold, alarm clock

11. The hunt for understanding

    M: cards with numbers

12. Frank, Johnny and Walter

    M: bonbons, sweets

13. Drawing phrases on the back

    M: nothing or: paper, pencils

14. Skipping rope

    M: rope

15. Frogs

    M: blindfolds

16. Without direction

    M: blindfolds

17. Blind Rope shapes

    M: rope

18. Pole ballet or the wandering stick

    M: sticks for each player

19. I have never done that before! But I have!

    M: ball

20. Hula hula

    M: hula hoop

21. Risk

    M: balloons, tasks

22. The group feeding

    M: spoons, bowls with muesli,

23. Household servants and digits

    M: None

24. Memory with a difference

    M: None

25. Mannequins – finding the difference

    M: None

26. Schnick - Schnack - Schnuck XXL

    M: None

27. Detectives are on their way

    M: Two small objects which fit easily into the kid’s hands

28. Human Memory

    M: None

29. The cube cat and mouse game

    M: String, plastic cups, cubes, buckets

30. The egg timer bomb

    M: Hourglass

31. Catching the Fox

    M: A small bag with an object

32. King for a few minutes

    M: Pillow, crown

33. Warriors and Indians

    M: Blindfolds

34. Shepherd and sheep with little problems

    M: Blindfolds

35. Chaos in the room

    M: List of tasks

36. Journey to Jerusalem with detours

    M: Ribbons paint, etc. to mark several places

37. Chained together

    M: String, ribbons, about 90cm long

38. Evolution

    M: None

39. Give me a song

    M: None

40. Hot chocolate

    M: Gloves, hat, scarf, several chocolate wrappings, knife, fork, dice

41. Chestnut faces

    M: Chestnuts, crayons, permanent markers

Co-Operation Games

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Co-operation games

1. One On leg

   M: nothing

2. Caterpillar Walk

   M: nothing

3. Double roll

   M: nothing

4. Caterpillar race

   M: Wide boards with hand and foot loops.

5. Catching mousetraps

   M: mouse traps, rope

6. Through the pipe labyrinth

   M: hula-hoop

7. Pullover or T-Shirt rally

   M: old pullover or large T-Shirt

8. The transport solution

   M: rope, ball or other objects

9. Solidarity

   M: drink coaster or paper

10. A co-operation game: A-wood race

    M: A sturdy wooden frame in the shape of an A and 2 long ropes.

11. Rope co-operation

    M: 1-2 long stable ropes, 1 fat tree

12. Rescue Island

    M: carpet square, chairs, tables

13. Defusing bombs

    M: ropes, plastic bottle or bowl

14. Spider Web

    M: ropes, 2 trees

15. Acid lake

    M: Ropes, small object

16. Egg flight

    M: Eggs, tape, straws, paper, string, scissors

17. Group Twister

    M: none

18. Save the animals

    M: Various items such as stuffed animals, scarves, trousers

19. Hurdle course blindfolded

    M: Blindfolds

20. Tightrope

    M: Rope

21. Letting yourself go

    M: None

22. Balancing on benches

    M: Long Gym Bench

23. Polar expedition

    M: None

24. A walk in Space

    M: Sheets of A4 paper

25. Over the cord

    M: Rope and two chairs

26. The swamp monster

    M: Carpet tiles

27. Building silently

    M: Building materials

28. The raft

    M: Toothpicks, strings, glue (if required)

29. Balancing a rod

    M: Rod or bar

30. Labyrinth

    M: Blindfolds

31. A number game

    M: None

32. Order must be restored

    M: Sturdy chairs

33. Noisy Forest

    M: Blindfolds

34. Turning the cloth

    M: Large cloth

35. Snake run

    M: Blindfolds

36. Come closer

    M: None

37. A conveyor belt with a different

    M: Light object, for example, a stuffed animal

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Communication games

1. Guess the movement

   M: nothing

2. The monkey house

   M: nothing

3. Market Barkers

   M: nothing

4. Better than Eddie Murphy

   M: nothing

5. Foot contact

   M: nothing

6. Double statue 2

   M: blindfold

7. Laying figures

   M: matches

8. Blind Grabs

   M: apples, lemons, and oranges

9. Steno

   M: text, paper, pencils

10. Mine field with mouse traps

    M: mouse traps

11. Railway in the Swamp

    M: None or blindfolds for all

12. Imitating objects

    M: None

13. Statue and sculptor

    M: None

14. Listen to each other while blindfolded

    M: None

15. Blindfolded Football

    M: Blindfolds, ball

16. Stepping into the circle

    M: None

17. Triangle formation

    M: None

18. The robots are cut loose

    M: None

19. Counting through

    M: None

20. Bailout in a Polar station

    M: Rope, blindfolds (or bucket)

21. Counting can be hard

    M: None

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Coordination Games

1. Crossed roundabout

   M: rope or chalk

2. Rope shapes

   M: rope

3. Meter stick

   M: meter stick

4. Conveyor belt

   M: ball or sack filled with straw

5. Co-ordination

   M: 2 boards with ropes

6. Building

   M: different building or craft material

7. Bucket co-ordination

   M: rope, 2 buckets, water

8. Killer Radio Vehicle

   M: Blindfolds

9. Tapping numbers

   M: Rope, number cards

10. A chair with just two legs

    M: Sturdy chairs

11. Where is Schnappi?

    M: Stuffed animal or any other object

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