Comments on: New fun & games in our house http://inashoe.com/2009/02/new-fun-games-in-our-house/ the methods and madness of one family of 12 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:10:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Ann Merritt http://inashoe.com/2009/02/new-fun-games-in-our-house/#comment-21506 Ann Merritt Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:20:15 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=3844#comment-21506 My family has had fun playing "Picture Gossip." Everyone gets a small piece of paper (each about 3x5 inches), and draws a picture on their paper, labeling who it is by, and "#1". When finished they each pass their paper to the person on their left, who studies it for about 30 seconds. Then set the paper facedown, and each person tries to draw what they remember seeing, while labeling it with their name and "#2." The papers are passed around again, until finally, each person has had a turn to draw everyone else's picture. When finished, staple the matching pictures together (#1 first, #2 second, etc.) and see how the pictures changed over time. It's fun, (sometimes hilarious) and you'll have a little booklet of artwork when you're finished. My family has had fun playing “Picture Gossip.”
Everyone gets a small piece of paper (each about 3×5 inches), and draws a picture on their paper, labeling who it is by, and “#1″. When finished they each pass their paper to the person on their left, who studies it for about 30 seconds.
Then set the paper facedown, and each person tries to draw what they remember seeing, while labeling it with their name and “#2.” The papers are passed around again, until finally, each person has had a turn to draw everyone else’s picture. When finished, staple the matching pictures together (#1 first, #2 second, etc.) and see how the pictures changed over time. It’s fun, (sometimes hilarious) and you’ll have a little booklet of artwork when you’re finished.

]]> By: My Boaz's Ruth http://inashoe.com/2009/02/new-fun-games-in-our-house/#comment-21373 My Boaz's Ruth Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:41:27 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=3844#comment-21373 My parents play (And love) speed Scrabble My parents play (And love) speed Scrabble

]]> By: Kate http://inashoe.com/2009/02/new-fun-games-in-our-house/#comment-21333 Kate Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:32:56 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=3844#comment-21333 Bananagrams is lots of fun, and I'm also a big fan of Uno and Yahtzee. =) ~Kate "Which Proverbs 14:1 Woman?" http://proverbs14-1.blogspot.com Bananagrams is lots of fun, and I’m also a big fan of Uno and Yahtzee. =)

~Kate
“Which Proverbs 14:1 Woman?”
http://proverbs14-1.blogspot.com

]]> By: deputyheadmisress http://inashoe.com/2009/02/new-fun-games-in-our-house/#comment-21330 deputyheadmisress Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:30:42 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=3844#comment-21330 Newspaper: All but one player sit in a circle. One player (IT) stands in the center with a rolled up newspaper. IT calls the name of one of the players and then runs to tap (GENTLY) that player on the head. IF the player whose name is called calls the name of another player first, IT has to veer and try to get to that player before he calls out another name. As soon as IT taps somebody before they've called out the name of another player in the circle, that tapped player becomes the new IT and the former IT sits down and joins the ranks of the clobbered. This game is much sillier than it sounds, because people get flustered and call out their OWN names, or the names of people (in one case, book characters) who are not in the circle. It's a great ice-breaker for a group of guests where you may not all know each other's names. Categories: ordinary deck of cards, divide it up amongst players; players set cards face down in front of them. Choose a category, then each of you choose an item in that category- Examples: cars and car makes; football teams; flower species; dog breeds; authors; colors, books of the Bible; snacks; countries; mammals; sea creatures; names of streets- anything at all. So.... using the dog breeds category, I might be an Irish Wolfhound, the FYG a poodle, the Equuschick a Great Dane, etc, etc. We take turns to turn over the top card in our pile (play moves quickly)- if the card in front of YOU ever matches the card in front of another player, you both must try to call out the name the other player has chosen for that round (if I and the EC both had 5s in front of us, I would shout Great Dane and she would shout Wolfhound)- and then the person who shouted the correct name first wins the stack of face up cards in front of the other player, and play continues. That game is over when all the cards have been turned over, winner has the largest stack. Put the cards back in a pack, shuffle, redeal, and the dealer picks a new category. This is what makes the game challenging as you have to learn a new list of names each round.=) Newspaper: All but one player sit in a circle. One player (IT) stands in the center with a rolled up newspaper. IT calls the name of one of the players and then runs to tap (GENTLY) that player on the head.
IF the player whose name is called calls the name of another player first, IT has to veer and try to get to that player before he calls out another name. As soon as IT taps somebody before they’ve called out the name of another player in the circle, that tapped player becomes the new IT and the former IT sits down and joins the ranks of the clobbered.

This game is much sillier than it sounds, because people get flustered and call out their OWN names, or the names of people (in one case, book characters) who are not in the circle. It’s a great ice-breaker for a group of guests where you may not all know each other’s names.

Categories: ordinary deck of cards, divide it up amongst players; players set cards face down in front of them. Choose a category, then each of you choose an item in that category-
Examples: cars and car makes; football teams; flower species; dog breeds; authors; colors, books of the Bible; snacks; countries; mammals; sea creatures; names of streets- anything at all.

So…. using the dog breeds category, I might be an Irish Wolfhound, the FYG a poodle, the Equuschick a Great Dane, etc, etc.

We take turns to turn over the top card in our pile (play moves quickly)- if the card in front of YOU ever matches the card in front of another player, you both must try to call out the name the other player has chosen for that round (if I and the EC both had 5s in front of us, I would shout Great Dane and she would shout Wolfhound)- and then the person who shouted the correct name first wins the stack of face up cards in front of the other player, and play continues.

That game is over when all the cards have been turned over, winner has the largest stack. Put the cards back in a pack, shuffle, redeal, and the dealer picks a new category. This is what makes the game challenging as you have to learn a new list of names each round.=)

]]> By: Sheila G. http://inashoe.com/2009/02/new-fun-games-in-our-house/#comment-21322 Sheila G. Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:48:36 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=3844#comment-21322 Blokus is our new favorite. A little pricey but durable and a blast to play-an easy to learn but difficult to master-strategy game. Cons-lots of smallish pieces and each one is crucial to playing fairly--maximum of four players. Blokus is our new favorite. A little pricey but durable and a blast to play-an easy to learn but difficult to master-strategy game. Cons-lots of smallish pieces and each one is crucial to playing fairly–maximum of four players.

]]> By: Letisha http://inashoe.com/2009/02/new-fun-games-in-our-house/#comment-21311 Letisha Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:20:18 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=3844#comment-21311 how funny... we call speed scrabble "Take One!" The best way to play scrabble! :) how funny… we call speed scrabble “Take One!” The best way to play scrabble! :)

]]> By: Heather http://inashoe.com/2009/02/new-fun-games-in-our-house/#comment-21304 Heather Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:17:13 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=3844#comment-21304 1, 2, 3, 4 I declare a Thumb War; 5, 6, 7, 8 Try to keep your thumbs straight! And the giggling begins....:-) On a totally unrelated note, I was watching "Return of the Daughters" the other night, and when they showed footage from the Father-Daughter retreat, I said "Hey, that's Perry Coghlan and daughters!" And then laughed at myself, since I don't actually know you IRL! Love to read your blog, though, and it was fun to see you in the video! 1, 2, 3, 4 I declare a Thumb War; 5, 6, 7, 8 Try to keep your thumbs straight! And the giggling begins….:-)

On a totally unrelated note, I was watching “Return of the Daughters” the other night, and when they showed footage from the Father-Daughter retreat, I said “Hey, that’s Perry Coghlan and daughters!” And then laughed at myself, since I don’t actually know you IRL! Love to read your blog, though, and it was fun to see you in the video!

]]> By: Today's Journey http://inashoe.com/2009/02/new-fun-games-in-our-house/#comment-21299 Today's Journey Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:16:19 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=3844#comment-21299 Those sound like fun, if I only had someone to play with. Those sound like fun, if I only had someone to play with.

]]> By: Today's Journey http://inashoe.com/2009/02/new-fun-games-in-our-house/#comment-21298 Today's Journey Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:14:16 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=3844#comment-21298 those games sound like fun. To bad I don't have anyone 2 play with.. those games sound like fun. To bad I don’t have anyone 2 play with..

]]> By: Lois http://inashoe.com/2009/02/new-fun-games-in-our-house/#comment-21296 Lois Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:45:54 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=3844#comment-21296 My advice is to mark YOUR set of Dutch Blitz cards (dot in the upper corner or something) so you can combine them with another set for when another family comes over or something and not go crazy sorting them after, and that you laminate them -- they'll last you MUCH longer! Dutch Blitz is definitely my favoritest game ever! So is Pen, which we call Mennonite Madness. An additional rule might be for everyone to cut their fingernails first! There are some people I refuse to play with unless they do so....ahhh...so much fun! My advice is to mark YOUR set of Dutch Blitz cards (dot in the upper corner or something) so you can combine them with another set for when another family comes over or something and not go crazy sorting them after, and that you laminate them — they’ll last you MUCH longer! Dutch Blitz is definitely my favoritest game ever!

So is Pen, which we call Mennonite Madness. An additional rule might be for everyone to cut their fingernails first! There are some people I refuse to play with unless they do so….ahhh…so much fun!

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