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d) “I am going to turn into the scary dragon every time the music stops.”
e) Give each child a musical treasure.
f) Play ‘Shake it Off’ and the children march around the room and shake their musical treasures.
g) Pause the music and pretend to be the dragon. The children freeze. You get grumpy because
they’ve managed to elude you. “I’ll get you next time!” Try to be as silly as you can to make the
children laugh.
h) Repeat several times until you confess that the princesses and knights have beaten you and
delivered the musical treasures to the royal palace. You cry and say “I want my mummy!”
i) Walk away and when you turn back you are no longer the scary dragon. Tell the children that you’ve turned back into a princess/knight, congratulate them and tell them you will give them their
Haribo prize before you go home.
9. ACTION SONG OR POEM: ‘There Was a Princess Long Ago’ by Traditional
The children are standing in a circle and holding hands. Ask the birthday girl if she would like to be the special princess (if not ask them if they’d like a friend to be the princess with them or choose another child) and give her a tiara to wear. The chosen child stands in the middle of the circle. The group sings the first verse and walks around the princess in a circle. * Birthday girls aged 3-4 will usually prefer to have a friend in the middle with them.
There was a princess long ago, long ago, long ago, There was a princess long ago. Long, long ago.
(Children in the circle lift their arms up to be the walls of the tower.)
She lived in a big high tower, big high tower, big high tower. She lived in a big high tower. Long, long ago.
(Choose one boy or girl to be the naughty witch and give them a magic wand. They leave the circle, go into the middle and cast a spell on the princess.)
A witch was naughty and cast a spell, cast a spell, cast a spell.
A witch was naughty and cast a spell. Long, long ago.
(The witch returns to the circle and the princess lies down and sleeps.)
The princess slept for a hundred years, a hundred years, a hundred years. The princess slept for a hundred years. Long, long ago.
(Choose one boy or girl to ‘ride’ an imaginary horse, using a coloured scarf as the reins, around the outside of the circle. You demonstrate first. If there is not much room they ride around the inside of the circle.)
A brave knight came riding by, riding by, riding by.
A brave knight came riding by. Long, long ago.
(The brave knight kisses princess who wakes up.)
He/she kissed her hand to wake her up, wake her up, wake her up. He/she kissed her hand to wake her up. Long, long ago.
All the children hold hands with a partner (including the knight and princess who hold hands with each other) and dance around in a circle as you sing the last verse two times.
There was a happy celebration, celebration, celebration. There was a happy celebration. Long, long ago.
10. THE BRAVE KNIGHT’S FOOTSTEPS*
Ask the children if they know a game called ‘Grandma’s Footsteps’. Tell them they’re going to play a game just like it called ‘The Brave Knight’s Footsteps’. Tell them to stand in a line against the wall at the back of the room. You stand roughly five meters in front of them and place the blow up or foam sword on the floor just in front of you. Tell the children that if they can take the sword without you noticing them then they will all have beaten you to become the winners! When you turn your back to the children they must creep towards you as quietly as they can, but when you turn to face them they must freeze! If you see them moving they must go back to the wall and start again. The game ends when one of the children manages to take the sword whilst your back it turned. When you face the children and see that it has been taken, give them all a round of applause and congratulate them all on beating you. It’s important that they feel like it’s you against all of them (and not them playing against each other). You can play the game as many or as few times as required by your party timings.
NB: Don’t worry if the children start laughing/cheat- they always do!
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