Outside Games

Balloon Race

• Put the children in two teams and give each child a balloon.
• Each child in turn has to get from the start to the finish holding the balloon between his Knees.
• If they drop the balloon they have to go back to the start and start again.
• When both teams have finished the game is over.

Follow the Leader

• The children line up in a line behind a leader.
• They then have to follow the leader and do all the actions he does.
• The leader can walk then wave arms then jump and so on and all the other children have to do the same.
• After a while a new leader can be chosen.

Freeze Tag

• The birthday child is IT first and runs around trying to catch the other children.
• Anyone who is caught must freeze and stand as still as possible. They cannot move again until another child touches them and unfreezes them.
• Whoever is tagged twice becomes the next IT.
• When the child playing IT changes , any player who is still frozen can unfreeze.
• The games starts over again.

What's the Time Mr Wolf?

• One child is chosen to be the wolf and stand out the front with his back to the other children.
• The other children stand on a line.
• They start to creep up behind the wolf saying Whats the time Mr Wolf?
• The wolf can turn around and say 3 O clock, or 6 o clock or any time he likes and the children have to stand still.
• If the calls out DINNER TIME the children have to run back to the start without getting caught by the wolf.
• If they are caught they have to sit down on the line and are out.
• The child left at the end is the next wolf.

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