Hat game

Popularised as a "board game" which you can now buy in the shops, we have been playing this one for years in my family - and with much enjoyment too. It makes a great game for mixed age groups and works best as a sit-down game, perhaps in the early evening or after a meal. Give each player a stack of small pieces of paper and a pencil, and ask them to secretly write down on each piece the name of a famous person or character alive or dead, fictional or non-fictional, real or cartoon.

Fold each paper in half and throw them into the hat. When all the names are in the hat, give it a good mix. Divide the players into teams. It is best to have no more than 3 or 4 teams with no more than 3 or 4 players on each team.

Try to mix up ages and abilities. One player is chosen from each team to start, and one team is chosen to start. Then the next person goes. When all team members have had a turn, give a point for the fastest team and a point for each feather still left in the hat.

For this kids hat party game, split the kids into teams and give each child a paper cone hat with a piece of elastic on to secure it on their head. Each team selects a CAPtain who stands several meters away from his teammates. On the whistle each team member must hop on one leg to the CAPtain, and place his hat on top of the captain's hat and then hop back to his teammates. When the captain has all the hats on his head, he must hop back to his team, distribute a hat back to each person.

First team to finish is the winner. On a table line up a stack of paper hats. Give each child 3 small balls and see how many hats he can knock off. This hat party game often keeps the kids amused for hours and is a good game whilst you get the food ready. It is easy to make your own and you could make a hat shape such as a bowler hat or straw hat to blend in with your hat party theme. Pinata Rules How to make a pinata.

These kid's hat party games are brimming with excitement and will have the kids jumping and leaping to HATtention. Sorry I couldn't resist! That's because the answer to the question, "Who has the hat? Instead, the first person to make a sound after the speaker asks the question is the one who "has the hat". There is no actual hat involved. All you need is someone who knows how to play the hat game yourself, the speaker and at least one person that doesn't. Ask each person whether he or she is familiar with the hat game.

The game only succeeds when at least one person is unfamiliar with it. Tell a story involving a hat. Say, for example, "I have a hat.