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Pass the Parcel

                   How to run a Lucy Sparkles & Friends Pass the Parcel game!

                   You will need:
                   •  A pre-wrapped parcel
                   •  Additional Lucy Sparkles & Friends stickers for the children who do not get a prize in the
                      parcel

                   Details:
                   The parcel is wrapped in alternative blue and brown paper, with a sticker and printed
                   ‘challenge’ in each layer apart from the central one. The central prize is in a grey paper bag in
                   the middle.

                   In order of unwrapping the challenges go:
                   1)  Everyone squeak like a mouse!
                   2)  Everyone pat your head and rub your tummy!
                   3)  Everyone give the person next to you a cuddle!
                   4)  Everyone do 3 star jumps!
                   5)  Everyone ROAR like a lion!
                   6)  Everyone stand up and spin around!
                   7)  Everyone shout ‘Happy birthday!’
                   8)  Central prize (no challenge)

                   How to run the game:
                   •  Sing  ‘Let’s  Make  a  Circle’  to  get  the  children  seated  in  a  circle.  Then,  play  the  track
                      indicated in the party plan you’re following. The children pass the parcel around the circle.
                      You  stop  the  music at random intervals. The child who is holding the parcel when the
                      music stops opens “one layer only”. Tell the child that they will get a surprise in the parcel
                      and “there will also be a Lucy Sparkles challenge: It might say something like ‘jump up and
                      down’ or ‘everybody shout hooray’ and we all have to do what it says!” Bear in mind that
                      children under 4 will need help reading it. So anticipate this and tell the child if they can’t
                      read it you will help them read it.
                   •  When  the  child  opening  one  layer  gets  their  sticker  and  finds  the  printed  challenge,
                      regardless as to whether the child reads it out loud themselves, repeat the challenge clearly
                      yourself so everyone can hear and then lead them all in that action. E.g. “Alright everyone
                      let’s all roar like a lion together, 1, 2, 3 ROOOAR!” Once you’ve completed that, carry on
                      with the game as above.
                   •  When  you  get  to  the  penultimate  challenge  “everyone  shout  happy  birthday”  you  will
                      know that the next layer is the central layer. This should ideally go to the birthday child.
                   •  When  the  birthday  child  has  got  their  central  prize  tell  them  that  you  have  some
                      additional stickers for them to help you hand out to “all your friends that didn’t get a layer”.
                      Get these from your Sparkly Bag and hand them out with the birthday child to the other
                      children.
                   •  Make sure you congratulate everyone at the end for a brilliant game of Pass the Parcel!

                   Tips and extra ideas:

                   •  Use lots of energy to keep it fun and fast paced.
                   •  Do the challenge activities with momentum and lead them in confidently with a “1,2,3” or a
                      “ready”.
                   •  If  you  have  older  children  you  can  also  pass  around  a  toy  with  the  parcel  (going  in
                      opposite directions) and whoever has the toy when the music stops has to make a sound.
                      E.g. if it’s Olaf they have to say “I like warrrrm hugs”.
                   •  Sing a song while the parcel is being unwrapped.  E.g. “Sophie’s unwrapping the parcel,
                      the parcel, the parcel...at Ella’s birthday party” (to the tune of ‘Let’s Make a Circle’).
                   •  If the children are younger you can get them to clap to the music or tap their tummies or
                      heads as the parcel is being passed around- but remind them to remember to pass the
                      parcel too!
                   •  Before you start the game tell all the children that if they don’t get a layer not to worry as
                      there are “treats for everyone at the end of the game and/or party.” Keep this upbeat!
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