Games Ideas for Kids Groups 2 (Including Cops and Robbers, Jump the Stream, Chaos!)

Bigamy Find yourself a space in the hall with a partner.
You link arms with your partner. 2 people are not linking arms, one of them has to chase the other.

If the person being chased is feeling tired, then they link arms with someone, and the person on the other side of the threesome has to be chased instead.
If you get caught, then you have to chase the person who has just caught you. Chaos Children are running around.
There are no leaders.

It is utter chaos! (This is not a game), but can tend to happen quite a lot during games sessions that aren't controlled! Cops & Robbers (This game is also known as Creeps and Curs).
There are 2 teams (Cops and Robbers) who stand facing each other in the centre of the hall. If the leader shouts "Cops", the robbers turn and run whilst the Cops chase them and try to catch before they reach the end wall behind them. If the leader shouts "Robbers" then the Robbers chase the Cops. Fishy, Fishy Come Swim in my Sea This game is similar to Snakes in the grass. 2 children are chosen to be "Fish", and they are in the middle of the hall (they have to wriggle about like a fish, it is the same movement as a snake).

The fish shout out "Fishy, Fishy Come Swim in my Sea", and at that point, all the children have to run from one end of the hall to the other without being caught by the fish.
If anyone is caught by the fish, they become fish as well.
Alternative: Fish stand up as "seaweed" and tig runners on either side.
Anyone caught holds hands to extend seaweed chain. Happy Families Equipment: Pack of Happy family cards The cards are distributed to the children.
When the leader gives the signal, the children run around and try to find the rest of their "family".

Jump the Stream Equipment: 2 Pieces of rope and 4 helpers Ropes are placed close together and children have to jump across the stream.
The stream gradually widens to a river by increasing the space between the ropes.
A child is out if he stands on one of the ropes. Chair Nought's & Crosses There are 2 teams and they are each numbered. When a leader shouts a number, the person with the number from each team runs and sits on one chair (which are placed in a 3 x 3 grid). The numbers keep getting shouted until a team has won or there are no chairs left.
Shopping Basket Each member of the team is given the name of a vegetable or fruit (i.
e.

all the "1's" are potatoes, the "2's" are apples.

When their vegetable is mentioned, the children run to the opposite end of the hall and back.
First person back wins a point for their team.

If the words "SHOPPING BAG" are used, the team must join hands and all run to the end of the hall and back. Note: Try and make a really good story up which includes all the shopping items equally.

Silent Footsteps All the children stand in a line at one end of the hall, backs to the wall.

One child is picked to stand at the opposite end of the hall - facing the wall, eyes closed. The children in a line begin tip-toeing up the hall. If the child at the far end turns around, everyone must freeze, and if someone is spotted moving, they have to walk back to the start wall. The child at the far wall then turns back around and the rest of the children continue tip-toeing closer.
The winner is the first child who tip-toes far enough to reach the top wall.