Browsing Category:Up-Front Games

ice-cream-stuff
Lay plastic under chairs for this gross up-front game. Get an even number of students and have them pair up. Have them decide who sits and who wants to stand.Blindfold the student standing and give the one who sits a trash can bag to cover his/her clothes. Hand the blindfolded student a big helping of ice cream in a...
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joust
Outdoor or indoor. For this game, you'll need 2 five gallon buckets and 2 jousting sticks (4 ft. sticks with foam rubber ends) or two pillows and a soft area to play (grass area or padded floor).Rules: Place buckets up-side-down, about 3 feet apart. 2 players stand on buckets, each with a joust stick or pillow.When the...
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lemonade-eating-contest
Get 4 volunteers up front and have them sit down on stools, facing the audience. On a low table in front of each of the volunteers, have the ingredients for lemonade: a 1/4 of a lemon each, a teaspoon of sugar, and a glass of water.Announce that this is a race to make lemonade. When you say "Go," they...
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gargle-a-tune
Bring 3 students up front. Hand them each a glass of water. Then, one at a time, show only the person doing the gargling the name of a familiar song. It could be a nursery rhyme or any other familiar song. Have the person take a drink of water and attempt to gargle the tune you have showed them....
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flour-swing
Need: Two pairs of nylons and five pounds of flourPrepare: Pour half the flour down one leg of nylons and the other half down a leg in the other pair of nylons. Mark an area on the floor for the match.Play: Select two volunteers. Each volunteer places the waist portion of they nylons over their head. They now have...
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