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Elmo's Follow the Leader
Join in the fun with this silly activity! The first thing you need is
music. If you have Sesame Street music, that's great, if not, any children's
music will do. Choose a leader to be Elmo (the birthday child makes
a great first leader), and have all the other party guests line up
behind him/her. The leader makes all sorts of creative moves and the
rest of the line follows. If the leader needs some help you can suggest
hopping, jumping, twirling, rolling on the ground, etc. Pick a new
leader every few minutes. Play until everyone is ready for a new activity.
Snuffleupagus Peanut Hunt
Snuffy’s favorite food is missing. Can you help him hunt down his
peanuts before snack time? Depending on the age of the children, hide
peanuts throughout the house (or party area) in easy or harder to find
locations. Give your hunters a sack to put their peanuts in and let them
loose to collect as many as they can find. It’s fun to see just
how many peanuts actually make it to Snuffy at snack time!
Balloon Relay Race
Have the children stand in two single-file lines, facing the same direction.
Place a balloon between the knees of the first child in each line.
When the race starts the child turns to face the next person in line,
the second child must grasp the balloon with his or her knees and turn
to pass it on to the third person, and so on. If the balloon falls
to the ground the team must start over. The first team to successfully
pass the balloon down the line, wins!
Ha, Ha, Ha!!
The object of this game is to keep a straight face while the other players
try to make you laugh. The players form a circle and one player begins
by saying, "Ha." The next player says, "Ha, Ha," followed
by the next player who says, "Ha, Ha, Ha," and so on around
the circle with each player adding a "Ha" to the string.
Each player must pronounce the "Ha Ha"s as solemnly as they
can, to avoid laughter as long as possible. Any player who laughs or
makes a mistake must drop out of the "Ha Ha" circle. However,
he or she now gets to try to make the remaining players laugh in any
way they can (except by touching them or talking). The most serious
player (the one who keeps a straight face the longest) wns the game.
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