Need Games to do at Theatre Day Camp?

Question

I need help on games or activities that I could let the kids play that deals with the stage management part of theatre. I really need help with a game the kids could play! I need this by tonight!! ANY advice would help!!! Thank you soooo much!

Answer 1

HOUSE-TREE-NEIGHBOR!!!!!: kids get in a circle and are told instructions. first is the HOUSE. in order to win the game they have to work together...it's a teamwork-builder exercise. you have an adult be the "caller". the caller says HOUSE and simultanously points to one child. this child will be the middle of the house and he/she must take both hands and form a "window" with their hands (hands open, palms out, thumbs forming right angle with thumbs touching). the children on the left and right side of the child you initially pointed to must form the ROOF of the house; the child on the left, takes both hands straight out together at a down angle from the child on the right who is doing the opposite...their pointed hands form the apex of the roof. go through it a few times pointing at other children so they get the hang of it. TREE: the child in the center takes both arms straight up and side-by-side to form the trunk of the tree and the child on the left and right form the limbs by making a circle with their arms and placing them on the side of the middle child. practice a few times. NEIGHBOR: the child in the center takes hands and crosses them in front of his body, putting his hands within grasping distance of the other children on his left and right. those children then GENTLY grasp the hand extended. practice a few times. this was all really practice because the real part comes when you just start calling out either one of those guys. once you point, call an action, begin counting to 3. i start slowly at first until it appears that they all can get it on a reasonably short count. then the fun begins. you speed that sucker up. if they can't make it, they are OUT and must leave the circle and sit down quietly to watch. make sure the kids maintain the circle, or they'll start hitting each other, because of proximity, and someone might get hurt. and please clap for whomever gets OUT...this shows that it's okay to get out and that they will have another chance to get better at it. just keep encouraging them even though they get out so no one gets upset. if they do, i always stop the game and had a discussion on how to improve their skills, i.e. how to learn to work better as a team by LISTENING, COOPERATIING, AND CONCENTRATING. once there is a winner, start again...believe me they'll want to.

you can also just make up random actions for them. i added JELLO: the center child makes a bowl using his arms held in a circle in front of the body while the two on the side make "jello" movements and i always make them come up with a sound....it's very funny.

Answer 2

Do improvisations, sensitivity exercises, and have the students "become" a variety of animals as they march onstage -then they have to exit the part of the stage to which you direct them. There must be a ton of acting and theater books in the library -go visit your local library.

Answer 3

well

1) if u have a stage: there are different places on the stage such as upstage and downstage. you could pick one kid to keep their eyes closed. all of the rest of the kids quietly choose a place to hide (upstage, downstage) and with their eyes closed the one kid you picked and they choose one place to try and guess the place with the most kids. kinda like 4 corners.

2) play charades: have the kids act out certain movie stars, parts from certain movies, characters from movies and the other kids have to guess who they are pretending to be.

3) have the kids associate terms from theatre and parts of the theater with other easily recognizable or everyday terms to them so they can know the terms better.

all in all there are many games you could make up. but it depends on the kids age and comprehension level too.

~hope my answer helps~

Answer 4

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