Nursery rhyme party gamesA nursery rhyme party is such good fun for little kids!Games based on kids' favorite characters and incidents from nursery rhymes are very special - and very funny too! Your children will absolutely love these nursery rhyme party games as their contexts are so familiar. What with Jack and Jill, Humpty Dumpty, Little Miss Muffett and Little Bo Peep, you'll no doubt be inspired to think of a few games of your own once you've read my suggestions! There's music, dressing up, a variation on "four corners", a little jumping, hiding and racing. All in all - great fun for little kids - and grown ups - who'll love getting involved in these nursery rhyme activities! Nursery rhyme party gamesPass the Tarts - don't eat them all before you play.Jack and Jill - a blindfold game. Doctor Foster - dressing up and a puddle! Nursery Rhyme Party Four Corners - dancing, jumping and running. Dance Surprizes - and every kid will want a prize! Jack Jump over the Candlestick - who's the most stylish jumper? Bo Peep's Sheep - animal lost and found! Humpty Dumpty Egg and Spoon - just what it says! Pass the Queen of Hearts' Tarts! Put three or four tarts on a paper plate. The kids sit in a circle and the music starts. The children have to pass the plate around the circle carefully without dropping the tarts! Depending on the age of the kids, if someone drops the plate or spills the tarts, they are out. When the music stops, the child with the plate can have a tart! Let everyone get a tart, and refill the plate as necessary. The game ends when the last kid gets the last tart! Jack and Jill Blindfold Jack and Jill. A distance in front of them, or spaced around a circle about them, place buckets or bowls with different things in them... chocolate coins, small prizes etc. Jack and Jill must hold hands and then walk towards the buckets, feeling in front of them to see where the buckets are. When they find a bucket or bowl, they must take one thing each. They might need a little help to find their way en route! Doctor Foster For this game, you'll need an adult volunteer to pace around the circle of kids. You also need a raincoat, umbrella, wellington boots and a hat. Put these in the middle of the circle where the kids sit. Cut out a puddle shape from card and place it in the middle with the clothes. Now, all the kids and the adult start to say the nursery rhyme out loud very slowly. The adult paces round the outside of the circle and when s/he gets to "never went there aGAIN!" the child nearest to the adult must get up and start dressing up. When they are dressed and holding the umbrella, they must jump "into" the puddle. Then the rhyme begins again - and the dressed up kid must undress very quickly and sit down. Then the rhyme will stop again next to a different child and it's now their turn to dress up. Let everyone have a go, with help as necessary. Nursery Rhyme Party Four Corners Play some music. The children have to dance or jump about. When the music stops, they must choose a corner and run there. An adult, covering their eyes of course, will shout out the name of a nursery rhyme - for example, "Old King Cole!" All the children in the Old King Cole corner are out. Play the music again. It's fun when the music stops as some children might guess that Old King Cole is safer this time - or not! If there are no children in a called corner, then nobody is out. Carry on until there is a winner (or winners). To play without a competitive element, nobody needs to be "out". You could say that the children in the corner that is called are the winners! Nursery Rhyme Party Dance Surprizes! Pair the children up to a dance partner. Play some suitable music for them to dance to. When the music stops, the "caller" will say... "Now, who will be the first to bring me... a flower, ...(a red shoe, a bracelet, a white sock, a crown, a star ... etc). Mix everyday items the kids are wearing with some of their themed nursery rhyme party wear. Each kid that manages to bring out first what the caller asked for gets a small prize, or a kiss on the cheek from the caller who could be wearing masses of lipstick! Jack Jump over the Candlestick The kids line up. Everybody recites the rhyme... Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the.... ... candlestick!!! The first child takes a short run and jumps over the candlestick. (Make sure it's not too high!). You could measure the longest jump or see who jumps over highest or the most beautifully. You could play this game before your nursery rhyme party tea and send each jumping Jack off to wash their hands! Bo Peep has Lost her Sheep Or you could play this nursery rhyme party activity along the lines of hunt the thimble, using just one sheep. Choose a child to hide the sheep picture or toy in the room while the other children are not looking or out of the room. Then they have to come in and look. The child that spots the sheep first gets to hide it next time. Humpty Dumpty Egg and Spoon The children have to go up and down the room carefully balancing their eggs on their spoons and not dropping them. The winner is the first to get back to base. You could add a few obstacles such as pillows across the floor to step over or adults holding a blanket across the room for them to crawl under! It's also possible to play this nursery rhyme party game in pairs or small teams.
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