Watts Branch Tribe
(Potomac, Maryland)

Games

Games Treasure Hunt
Supplies: Magic marker, inexpensive prizes, blindfold, posterboard with inexpensive prizes drawn on it.

 This game is similar to pin the tail on the donkey. Draw prizes available on posterboard and stick on wall. Blindfold the child, have him touch the posterboard with a marker after you spin him several times. Child wins the prize he marks.

Wink
Supplies: Deck of cards.

 Select the same number of cards as you have participants. Include the Ace of Spades as one of these cards. Have group sit in circle. Pass one card out to each participant. They keep their card a secret. The person with the Ace of Spades is "it". "It" then tries to eliminate the other players by sticking their tongue out at them. They must do this without others in the seeing them. Once "it" has eliminated you by sticking their tongue out at you, you are dead and must throw your card to the center of the circle. If someone sees "it" stick his tongue out at another person, he can accuse "it" of having the Ace. If he is right the game is over; if not, play continues until all participants are dead or until "it" has been caught.

Bead Chase
Supplies: String, 2 beads.

Thread two beads onto a long closed string circle. The tribe stands around the string with both hands on the string. One brave is selected to stand in the circle and find either bead (members of the circle hide the beads in their hands). The object is for the group to move the beads continuously around the circle without being detected. When the Brave/Princess in the middle guesses correctly who has the bead, the person with the bead is now "it".

Hobo Relay
Supplies: Old Clothes.

Divide group into team. Have a starting point. Have team members run to pole of old clothes, put on clothes, run back, take off clothes. Second person picks up clothes, runs down, puts clothes on, runs back, undresses, etc. First team through wins.

Mystery Ball
Supplies: Ball.

Divide Indians into two lines facing each other. One line passes a ball behind their backs. After the passing stops, Indians in the other line take turns guessing who is holding the ball. Guess until the ball is found. Winner is the line with the minimum guesses.

Question & Answer
Supplies: Pencil & paper.

Each person writes a question and an answer on separate sheets of paper. All questions are mixed up in one pile and all answers are mixed up in another. Each child pulls a question, reads it and then pulls an answer and reads it. Answers don’t match questions which makes it unique.

Toilet Paper Relay
Supplies: 2 Rolls of Toilet Paper.

Divide group into two teams. Have them stand in a straight line facing each others back. Pass toilet paper between legs and back over heads. If paper breaks, start over. First team to finish wins.

The Cookie Machine

Big Braves stand in two lines and face each other.
Each little Indian is placed one at a time in the arms of the Big Braves. Little Indian is then baked into the "cookie" of his choice by being passed down the line of Big Braves (flipped, tossed, shaken, thrown into the air).

 String Threading Relay
Supplies: 2 long pieces of string.

Divide tribe into 2 groups. have teams thread string through first players shirt and out pants leg, then next player does the same. Play continues until all team members are threaded together. first team completely threaded wins.

Roll it Again
Supplies: Dice.

Divide into groups of at least 4. Give each group a dice. Each group is to try to reach 23. when you say go, the first person rolls the dice and hands it to person in the circle to his right. This person rills the dice and group adds it out loud to the previous roll. This continues until the group hits 23. If they go over 23 they must start over. Winner is the first team to roll 23 exactly.

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