Equipment: several small, wrapped presents and musicIn preparation for the game, wrap a few small items in ten layers (or a desired number) of paper, and tie or tape each layer. Split into smaller groups and ha...

Equipment: Two sheets of newspaper for each competitorThe competitors, each with two sheets of newspaper, line up at one end of the room. They have to make their way to the other end of the room and back again,...

One player leaves the room while the others decide on a proverb. When he returns, he has to guess the proverb chosen by the other players. He does this by asking each of them in turn a question, which may be ab...

One of the players is looking for certain items. The other players, in teams of four to six, try to get their items to this "shopper," who will call out items from a list, which may be be prepared beforehand or...

Equipment: Five coins for each playerEach player is given five coins (or if that proves to be too costly, they may be given five matches). The players have to pair off and engage each other in conversation. The...

Before you begin, ask someone who won't be playing with the group to write down some parts of songs or famous sayings. Have the person write each one on a small, separate sheet of paper and then fold it.Put the...

The players compete in pairs, each pair standing back-to-back with their arms linked at the elbows.Starting at one end of the room, the linked pairs race to the other end and back again. ...

In this game, words are built up by each player in turn by adding a letter while trying to avoid being the player who completes a word.Have the players sit in a circle. The first player thinks of any word of fo...

Set a predertermined about of time. Have each player in turn call out any number between one and 12. Whoever is first among the other players to respond with an appropriate association scores a point.For e...

One of the players is chosen to be the questioner for the first round. He or she asks any appropriate question, which must be answered by each of the players in turn. Each player's answer must consist of w...