The Staying at Home Toolkit

TELEPATHY:

o 2+ people

o On the count of three, two people say the first word that comes into their head (e.g. burger and onion rings)

o The next two people then come up with a word that links these two words together (e.g. oil and fried)

o The game keeps going until two people say the same word at the same time

FORTUNATELY, UNFORTUNATELY:

o 2+ people

o Go round the family making up a story. The first person says, unfortunately... , the next person says fortunately,… and so on

o E.g. "Amanda walked into a store to buy a new pair of shoes. Unfortunately, she walked into a pet store by mistake. Fortunately, Amanda had been looking for a new dog, too."

THE TRIANGLE GAME:

o Only one person in the family should know the rule!

o The person who knows the rule should point to three random things/people and say, ‘If I have a triangle between X, Y, and Z, whose triangle is it?

o The rule is, the triangle belongs to the first person to speak after the person asks whose triangle is it?

o Keep going with different objects/combinations until everyone guesses the rule

SHEEP, BAA!

o A silly game, great for primary school age

o Everyone should put their lips over their teeth to make it seem like they have no teeth. Stay like this for the whole game!

o Turn to the person next to you and try and make a ‘baaa’ sound to make them laugh

o To change the direction, say ‘sheep’ in the other direction

o If someone laughs, everyone else should say ‘I can see your teeth, I can see your teeth’ whilst still covering their teeth

THE MOVIE GAME:

o Send one person out the room and come up with a film you’ve all seen (e.g. Frozen)

o The person comes back into the room and has to guess what film you’ve chosen by asking questions

o E.g. what’s the weather like where you are?

PICTIONARY:

o Draw something in 60 seconds and the other people have to guess what you’ve drawn.

o Can be done in teams

THE NINJA GAME:

o More active, needs a bit more space

o Players stand in a circle and place their hands together

o The game leader then shouts ‘super ninja warriors’ and all the players strike a ninja pose.

o Each player takes turns in trying to tap another player on the arm below their elbow

o Players are allowed one attacking move and must freeze once their attack is finish

o Defending players are allowed one move to dodge if they think they will be hit. They also need to freeze once the attack is finished.

o If a player is hit, the hand or arm that is hit is out but the other hand or arm is still in.

o When both hands have been hit, the player is out and must stand back until there is one player left.

o The only player left is the winner