Page 7 - Out at Sea 2 hour

Ask the birthday boy/girl if they would like to be the next evil sea witch. If they say no, choose someone with their hand up who managed to escape you. Remind the next sea witch that when you sing, “The sea witch is chasing” they must catch as many pirates and mermaids as possible. Repeat and then choose a child who “managed to escape” to be the next sea witch (otherwise they’ll all just be caught on purpose). Repeat as many times as necessary (for example if there is no pass the parcel and/or not many children you may get through the activities quickly and so extend this one, or if you are running behind you could perform the activity just two or three times).
17. MUSICAL BUMPS: ‘C’mon and Swim’ performed by Bobby Freeman
Ask the children if they know the game ‘Musical Bumps’. Tell them we’re going to play a game just like it! “Now WE all know that mermaids are real but they don’t want anyone to know. So every time they see a human swimming in the water, they swim down to the bottom of the ocean and hide in a giant shell!” Tell the children that as the music plays they are going to swim around the ocean just like real mermaids (demonstrate pretending to swim around the ocean as you say this) but when the music stops it means there is a human coming and so they must jump down and hide in a shell as quickly as possible (demonstrate jumping down and curling up into a ball as you say this). Do not eliminate children or make anyone ‘out’. Rather, tell them that you will be watching carefully and if they jump down and hide in a shell when the music stops, then they will all get some magic sparkles at the end of the party! Play the track and the children all pretend to swim around the room. Encourage them to do different types of movement such as swimming high, swimming low, making a whirlpool and dancing! Pause the music sporadically and the children jump down and hide in shells. At the end of the game, congratulate the children on doing a great job and tell them they’ve all won some magic sparkles that you will give them at the end of the party.
NB: If there are children at the party who don’t want to be mermaids, tell them they can be swimming pirates instead!
18. PARACHUTE ACTIVITY WITH HIDING: ‘Man Overboard’ written by Lucy Milan Davis
“Who can tell me what the captain makes the naughty pirates do? We’re going to play a game about walking the plank with the parachute but first we need to learn the special rhyme.” Say the following rhyme with the imaginary parachute, moving it from side to side to the pulse and lifting it up high as you say, “It was me!”
A pirate was made to walk the plank, He fell in to the sea.
A pirate was made to walk the plank, Who was it? It was me!
Explain to the children that everyone will get a turn of hiding underneath the parachute. Encourage the children to repeat the words, “Everybody gets a turn.” Take out the real parachute. Ask the birthday boy/girl if they would like to be the first naughty pirate that has fallen overboard. They hide under the parachute (ocean). Everyone else sits around the chute and moves it from side to side as they say the rhyme. As the group says, “It was me!” the children holding the edges of the chute lift it high into the air to reveal the hidden child who then returns to the circle. Ask the next child along in the circle if they would like to hide underneath and repeat. Make sure everyone has a turn. You may need to choose two or three children at a time, depending on the size of your group. If there is an adult in the room available to help you, ask them to hold the other end of the parachute so that you can perform the rhyme one last time with all the children hiding underneath at once.
19. ACTION SONG OR POEM TWO: ‘Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’ performed by Lucy Sparkles & Friends
“To be real mermaids and pirates you have to be very clever so now we’re going to do the tricky version of ‘Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’ to see just how big and strong your brains are!” Play the track and perform the actions indicated by the lyrics. Don’t forget to sing along and remind the children when to use their “thinking voices”. See if you can catch anyone out!
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes, Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes, And eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.
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