When video games have grown old, or shows have started the rerun period, children often find themselves uttering a line that makes parents cringe--"I am bored." When the summer days have grown too hot, or the winter days too cold, finding group games for your kids and their friends can stave off this boredom and provide hours of entertainment.
Human Knot
Human Knot is a game where the participants attempt to untangle a "human knot" without letting go of each others' hands. The children stand in a small circle facing each other. They then extend their right hand into the middle and grasp hands with one other person. After each person has a hand, they reach in with their left hands and grasp another hand. No child is allowed to grasp hands with the person on his immediate left or right. Without releasing hands with anyone, the goal is to maneuver around each other so that they form an unbroken circle with no one having an arm crossed by another arm.
Never Have I Ever
Never Have I Ever is a group game where each player gets 10 counters, which can be anything from pennies to jelly beans. Each player takes a turn saying "Never have I ever" and finishing the sentence with a true statement about themselves that they have never done such as "Never have I ever seen the ocean." Any players for whom the statement is true have to sacrifice a counter. Take turns in a clockwise direction. The goal of the game is to be the last person with counters left.
Snake Tail
This game starts with a group of kids and a playing area large enough for the participants to move around in. One child is chosen to be the snake. She then moves around and tries to tag another child. The child tagged then joins hands with the snake. As each child is tagged, he joins hands at the back of the snake. Both children on the ends of the snake can tag players and cause them to join the snake at the tail end. The goal is to be the last player who is not part of the snake. The winner starts the next round as the head of the snake. All participants must stay in the boundary areas and no player is allowed to go through the snake. Children who are part of the snake cannot break hands.
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