school party games

[missrandom]

my sons year 2 class are having an end of term party next week (tues), has anyone got any good party game ideas for them, bearing in mind there are 30 seven year olds!! thanks

[annie0000]

The old ones are the best:

Musical bumps
musical statues
Corners
passing the baloon
mummies
pass the parcel
duck, duck, goose
chinese whispers

[missrandom]

ooh hello annie, havent seen u on her in a while, although i havent been on here much, got a bit sick of some people!lol. thanks for the above, I think theyll be doing them in a little classroom with all the desks stll in it, so we are limited for space. mummies could be done, is that the one were they get into teams and the first team to cover their mummie in toilet roll wins? is it piddling down in scotland, like it has been here?x

[annie0000]

Hi MissR,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, I finished work at 3 and then went to pick up kids from out of school care, picked up a parcel, went to get petrol and get something for the tea from Sainsburys, made dinner, ate dinner did a load of washing and loaded the dishwasher, watched a bit of star wars,cleaned out the hamster and here I am!

I haven't been on much either, but always have a wee look for you!

Yes mummies is the one where you wrap each other up in toilet roll. No it isn't raining here - for a change - I think you guys are getting the worst at the moment, although we are about 12 degrees colder than you. A colleague flew up from London yesterday and it was 24 degrees when she left and 12 degrees when she landed in Edinburgh. It is really cold at the moment.

Hmm desk games - pass the parcel? What about hangman - i have been teaching the boys that this week. How about making paper planes and seeing who's flys the best. A treasure hunt? A beetle drive? face painting? How about teaching them how to make those fortune telling thingys out of paper - where you pick a number, then a colour etc.

I'll see what else I can think of.

[missrandom]

well youve done more than i have! we have dinner on our own on fridays usually, so i am starvin!
ooh face paintings a good idea, i wonder if the teacher will go for that. a bit nippy up there then! kingston has just been on the news, we live just up the road from it, and apparently there were dead cats floating in the floods, eurgh!
off to put the bubbys to bed now.xxx

[bimbo123456]

Best party game ever....sleeping lions. They have to lie still as long as they can. The people who move then have to watch the ones keeping still which keeps them interested. Another good game is you have a hat, scarf and gloves the person taking part has to put these all on then try and cut up a bar of chocolate with a knife and fork. The choc shouldn't be too cold or it will be too hard. If the people watching count up to a number after which the person has to take off hat, gloves etc and they start counting again while the next person is putting on the stuff etc.

One that boys particularly like...it might not be very PC any more though. You roll up newspapers into a tight rod. Blindfold one person. That person calls "Are you there Moriarty". Another person calls "here I am". The blindfolded person then tries to whack the person who calls out. It they are hit it is then there turn to have the blindfold.

You are either very brave or completely barking to take on 30 seven year olds. Rather you than me. Good Luck

[missrandom]

lol bimbo, thanks for the ideas. i just help out in the class, volountarily, but I absoloutely love it, I really do. I have a great time and cant wait for when I can do it as a job. I dont know why I love it so much, but yes I think I am barking!

[Ams6784]

chinese wispers is one of the best it will make them laugh for ages lol! but musical bumps and statues are great for there ages and pin the tail and stuff is good too!!! best of luck!!