Archive for the ‘Birthday Party Games’ Category
You can use Riddle Me to make clues for a Walk-a-thon. Select locations from the Riddle Me list, as many as you need to get the distance you are walking (One user used 20 clues over 7 kilometers). Give the clues out to the participants and watch them walk to each location. Great for physical exercise, and keeps the kids occupied with something to think about instead of just thinking about all the walking.
Make a list of conceptual photo items from Riddle Me’s scavenger hunt digital photo list. (You will have to select the 12+ age group to access conceptual items. You may have to use the substitution feature to get all the items to be conceptual.) Some examples are: conceptual – permanent, conceptual -warning or conceptual – half.
Have each child take a picture of something that they think fits that concept. On their list of items have them write what they have selected so they will remember. Have the pictures printed so the children can make a collage of them. They could write near the picture what it represents. It will be fun to compare how each child thought of things differently.
The children have to figure out how several items are related to figure out what you are thinking about.
Select several items from the Riddle Me scavenger hunt list. Have the children find those items and then guess what your thinking about.
For example, if you choose the items alarm clock, book, pillow, night light, and toothpaste, then you could being thinking about bedtime.
Learn more about your neighborhood with this fun game. Divide into groups. Each group will be given a digital camera and a scavenger hunt list. Make the list of locations in your neighborhood from Riddle Me’s scavenger hunt digital collection. Give them a time to return and see how many they can find. You will be able to check on their cameras when they return. Did everyone get the same thing?
Make a fun game of Nature Detectives by creating a list from Riddle Me’s scavenger hunt nature collection. Have all the children be detectives looking for the items which could be a certain rock, a flower or animal. Once you find each item, you could help the children learn one thing special about it.
Make a scavenger hunt to find “somethings.” Make a list of items from the Riddle Me scavenger hunt collection that begin with “something.” For example, you could choose “something that makes a sound,” “something that is 2 inches,” or “something with holes.” Give each person a list and a time limit. Once everyone returns, have fun comparing each persons selections of “somethings.”
Each child will pretend to be a rancher and help round up the cattle.
Select several locations from the Riddle Me home inventory list, enough for each child to go to separated places. In each location, hide a toy cow or a picture of a cow.
Then it’s time for the round up. For fun, each child could ride a stick horse.
Give each child one clue, different from the other children. Once they find where the clue leads, they should get the cow and bring it back. You can then give them a second clue and so on until all the cows are rounded up.
At each location the children would help a “dragon”.
For example:
The first location they would have to help Rainbow Dragon sort all the colored blocks into the correct box.
The second location they would have to help make a “bridge” for Earth Dragon to cross the “water”. (They would have to use their imagination. The water could be a sidewalk and the bridge could be a large foam puzzle).
In another location, they would have to help Word Dragon finish a story by putting the correct letter to make some simple words.
They could also help Tic Tac Dragon play a game of tic-tac-toe or pick up sticks for Fire Dragon to make some roasted marshmellows.
Once they have found and helped all the dragons, they “fly” back to the kitchen for a yummy dragon snack.
Follow the trail of the old pirate to find his treasure. You have the first clue to lead you to the first location where you will find a few pieces of the treasure and the second clue. Continue the same way to as many clues and locations as you would like. Your final location could have a cake decorated to look like an island. The island cake could have “treasure” inside it that they would discover as they cut or “dig” on the “X” marking the spot.
Choose locations from the Riddle Me home inventory list. Save the first clue to read later. Put the second clue where the first clue leads. Put the third clue where the second clue leads, and so on.
At each location, each person must think of a song about the location they have come to. They must sing at least one line of their song.
For example, the first clue may lead you to a flower bed. One person might think of the song “Yellow Rose of Texas”. The next person may think of “Little Purple Pansies” and so on until everyone has had a turn. Then read the next clue, go to the next spot, and sing a song.
You could add to the challenge to see who can remember the most words of the song they have chosen.
