Page 4 - Despicable Creatures 1 hour

“Who knows the sleeping bunnies song (the children will already know the song and how to play the game)? Well I’m going to teach you how minions play ‘Sleeping Bunnies’. We’re all going to be minions and go to sleep and when we wake up, we are going to dance all around the room.”
Verse:
See the minions sleeping, (the children lie down, pretending to sleep) Till it's nearly noon.
Shall we wake them,
With a merry tune?
They’re so still.
Are they ill? "Wake up minions!” (the children wake up)
Chorus:
Dance little minions, dance, dance, dance, (everyone dances) Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance,
Dance little minions, dance, dance, dance,
Dance, dance, dance. X 2
“Back to sleep, back to sleep! Now put your hand up if you can think of another ‘despicable creature’ that we can pretend to be? We can be ghosts, frogs, monsters, snakes or any other ‘despicable creature’ you can think of!” Make sure to choose the birthday child if they volunteer. Take the chosen child’s idea (e.g. frogs) and alter the lyrics to create a new verse.
Verse:
See the frogs sleeping, (the children lie down, pretending to sleep) Till it's nearly noon.
Shall we wake them,
With a merry tune?
They’re so still.
Are they ill? "Wake up little frogs!” (the children wake up)
Chorus:
Jump little frogs, jump, jump, jump, (everyone waddles around the room in the same direction)
Jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump.
Jump little frogs, jump, jump, jump,
Jump, jump, jump. X 2
Repeat the process another two or three times.
If you need to join in with the actions to encourage them then please do so. Otherwise, you should clap along as you sing the chorus to help maintain energy.
9. PARACHUTE ACTIVITY WITH HIDING: ‘The Minions Are Hiding’ (sung to the traditional tune of ‘Someone is Hiding’)
“It’s time to play with the parachute again!” The children sit around the imaginary parachute and move it from side to side to the pulse for the first two lines. For each, “Peek-a-boo!” the children quickly lift the imaginary parachute up high into the air and then down again on “I see you!” Repeat the song with the real parachute. Next choose two or three children (including the birthday child) pretend to be minions and curl up and hide underneath the parachute. Repeat the song and for each, “Peek-a-boo!” you reveal the hidden children. Repeat until every child has had a turn. Once the game has been played a few times, encourage the children to sing the words with you. If you have a party assistant or if there is a willing parent nearby, ask them to hold the opposite end of the parachute and encourage the children to all go under together as you sing the song one final time.
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