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Need some ideas please. dd is after a traditional party. She would like pass the parcel and pin the tail on the donkey. (her friends are similarly minded so she shouldn't get teased for things being a bit young)
Also thought of(by stealing from here!):

twister
chocolate game (hat scarf roll a 6 one)
Mummy game.

Thanks

How about having something arty to make too -you can buy some plain t-shirts/little cotton bags etc and get some fabric pens and let them decorate themselves. Takes the pressure of you a bit.

How about splitting them into 2 teams (if enough girls) and then seeing who can be first to wrap one team member from head to foot in loo paper. Not very eco but you can recyle it/use it for the hamster bedding etc...

drawing game:

split into 2 teams, have a list of things to draw

best of you can have teams on separate rooms and quizmaster in hall in between the 2

one person from each team to quizmaster, get given name of gthing to draw

go back to teams to draw it, when guessed next person to quizmaster for next thing, quickest team wins.

I usually do this so one team starts from bottom of list, and one the top, so not drawing samre thing at the same time. You can make it as hard as you like, drawing people or places known to the group, or simple everyday objects

memory game - tray of objects - look at for 1 minute, then 5 mins to write down as many as they can remember

musical bumps/statues/chairs/islands (same as chairs but with pieces of paper on the floor)

taste game - blindfolded. taste various foods and guess what it is

smell game - as above, I use paper cups covered with kitchen roll with small holes in -curry powder, coffee, mint, chocolate etc...

Cool, thank you both
loo roll game is same as mummy game, which confirms to me that its a great one to play.

dd has asked not to make stuff. (remembers the beading we did one year too traumatically I expect)

Drawing game - good and cheap!

oh wow! more good ideas. I particularly like the smell game.

drawing game cheap and easy to prepare, exactly, and you can make it as long as you like! Always goes down well with my DS and his youth group (9-11 yos)

to vary it we have doen it blindfolded too - by wearing a woolly hat pulled down over the eyes!

we did a hilarious game at dd's recently - you get a tunnock's tea cake (marshmallow in choc) on a paper plate, and one at a time the kids have to kneel in front of their teacake, hands behind their back, and try to pick it up and eat it with their mouths only. they were all howling with laughter.

another one - you get a pan and a wooden spoon, blindfold a child and put the pan on the floor with a treat underneath it. give the child the wooden spoon and they have to crawl around the floor bashing until they find the pan. the others shout hot/cold etc. when found they can have the treat.

with older children you can trick them and move the pan tee hee.

I am so glad I asked - been racking my my brain for weeks on this and in just a few minutes so may brilliant ideas

I do like the idea of the blindfolded drawing and hunting. (esp moving the pan)

Lots of relief from me tonight, got a lot on and this doesn't sound nearly the planning nightmare I thought it would be.

Bingo always goes down well and takes a while

Thanks liliput - adds to list!

Duck Duck Goose always goes down well I find

here's the rules

Thats a good idea! Blimey, I might have to extend the party! (tis this afternoon)

All I can say is
They did not want to play games. In fact it turned into a 40 minute loo roll fight. After a couple of minutes dh and I decided the best thing was to just give up and join in.

Who's got the wine?