Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one … Happy New Year! Welcome the New Year with a kids' activity that's not only a barrel of laughs and loads of silly fun, but will challenge youngsters to perfect their counting skills.
All you need are a few cans of Silly String, a half dozen adventurous kids and a wide, open space to pull off the activity of the year. The Silly String New Year's Eve countdown game requires boys and girls to perfectly recite numbers one through 10 backwards in order to spray one of their fellow players with a good-hearted heaping of Silly String.
Kids will revel in delight no matter what end of the Silly String they're on.
Supplies Needed for the Silly String New Year's Eve Countdown Game:
- Silly String (One can for each child participating)
- Masking tape
- An open area outdoors to play
- A minimum of six children is reccomended
How to Play the Silly String New Year's Eve Countdown Game:
- Create a medium to large circle on the ground using the masking tape. Note: Base the size of your masking tape circle on the number of kids participating. You will want kids to be able to comfortably form a complete circle by standing along the masking tape markings.
- Evenly position kids along the masking tape to form a complete circle.
- Arm each child with a can of Silly String.
- Randomly choose a child to stand in the center of the circle.
- Tell kids it's time to count down to the New Year!
- Randomly choose a player to shout out the New Year's countdown: "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...Happy New Year!"
- If the child can countdown to New Year's correctly, then he/she gets to "spray" the child in the middle of the circle with Silly String. If not, play moves on to the next player and so on until the countdown is correctly completed.
- Once the chosen player is able to correctly countdown to New Year's correctly, he/she can choose a new participant to take the spot in the center of the circle.
- Repeat the New Year's Eve countdown activity until each kid has had a turn to participate.
- Now it's your turn! Have any adults present stand in the center of the circle. Instruct EVERYONE to count down to the New Year. At the end of the countdown, let all the kids go crazy with their cans of Silly String and spray the adults in the center of the circle.
Kids will have a ball ringing in the New Year with the Silly String Countdown Game, and can brush up on their counting skills at the same time. Happy New Year!
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