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“Yu-Gi, Yu-Gi, May I Cross Your
Field [of play]?”
* direct adaptation
of “Farmer, Farmer, May I Cross Your
Field?”
“Trap, Trap, Spell”
* direct
adaptation of Duck, Duck, Goose
Crab Turtle Race
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from a relay race
called “Backlash,” in which players
stand back to back in pairs, link arms at the
elbows, and each hold a balloon while walking
across the yard. Our seven year-olds did not
have long enough arms to link at the elbows
and hold a balloon with two hands, and the
balloons kept getting blown away, but the kids
enjoyed it anyway. (Advance prep: inflate and
tie six helium-quality balloons and put them
in a garbage bag.)
Make your own Yu-Gi-Oh card.
This takes some
preparation ahead of time, but it can be the
highlight of the party. In advance, print
a downloaded
Yu-Gi image and added “Name's
Birthday”, then print it on post card
blanks (two images per card).
Make up funny
names for monsters (Mystic Meercat, UFO Tomato,
Armadillo Assailant, etc.), create special
effects for some, and then print them on
return address labels to stick on the cards.
Print an extra set of the names, cut them
apart and numbered them, and put the card blanks
in the same sequence.
During the party, the
guests line up and each in turn pick a name
out of the hat and pose as this monster. Pull
the card blank (with name and effect already
stuck
on it) from the set and sketch
a quick outline of each child as they posed.
(Shadow-casting would also work.) Once all
kids pose as their monsters, they are
given stickers (small stars, Yu-Gi stickers,
etc.), markers, etc. and allowed to decorate
their cards. Afterwards, laminate each
card in an ID-card pouch.
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