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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) wins the game.
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