Get Active: Parachute Games
Tuesday 26th January 2016Parachute games are a great way to begin an evening as the children can just join in as and when they arrive. It’s lots of noise, lots of running and lots of fun!
Sharks & Lifeguards – Ask for two volunteers to be lifeguards and one volunteer to be the shark. All children sit on the floor with both legs under the parachute and create waves by fanning the parachute. The shark crawls about under the parachute and grabs each child by the feet to pull them under the “waves”. When the shark has your feet you have to shout for help and the lifeguards will run around the outside of the parachute and pull you out to safety. Once there are no children left sitting around the edge you can start again with new lifeguards and a shark.
Anybody who has… – Have all the children stand around the edge of the parachute and raise and lower it to make “mushrooms”. In between each “mushroom” shout ‘Anybody who has a sister, anybody who has brown hair etc’. If the child has what is being shouted they have to run under the parachute and hold a handle at the other side. This is lots of fun when it applies to everybody!
