The Halloween 'Pass the parcel' game.

 

 

The Halloween 'Pass the parcel' game.
Subject	Suitable for almost any vocabulary. The parcel can be a ‘present’ a shopping bag, a toy box or anything else your imagination can create.
Group size:	Suitable for all class sizes and can be played with one teacher.
Materials	`parcels` (At least two so that the next can be prepared while the first is in play.) The parcel needs a plastic sleeve into which the focus card can be slipped Vocabulary cards. I used ‘good’ and ‘bad’ items randomly. Music of your choice.

 

Game set up.

Go through the vocabulary in the standard way and drill. Place a vocabulary card into the `parcel`. Sit the students in a circle.

 

Playing rules.

Pass the parcel while the music is playing. (Here you are…) When the music stops, draw the object out and award points. Identify the object and say the structures. I usually play one round per student with the younger ones.

Variations.

You could add, and I do, `danger cards` to the vocabulary.

Richard’s comments. Makes a good party game for Christmas and Halloween.