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b) Explain that they are going to be princesses and superheroes and you are going to give them a musical treasure (egg shaker) each.
c) When the music plays they must march their treasures to the royal palace (demonstrate as you tell them). When the music stops it means the baddie is coming and so they must freeze so the baddie can’t hear them and steal their treasures. “If everyone stands really still when the music stops, you will all win a Haribo treat.”
d) “I am going to turn into the baddie 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 baddie. The children freeze. You get grumpy
because they’ve managed to escape 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 superheroes 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 baddie. Tell the children
that you’ve turned back into a princess/superhero, congratulate them and tell them you will give them their Haribo prize before you go home.
9. ACTION SONG OR POEM ONE: ‘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.
(Witch returns to the circle. 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 be the superhero and tie a coloured scarf around their shoulders to be a cape. They ‘fly’, using the superman pose, around the outside of the circle, you demonstrate first. If there is not much room they fly around the inside of the circle.)
A superhero came flying by, flying by, flying by,
A superhero came flying by. Long, long ago.
(Superhero taps princess to wake her up.)
He/she used his/her powers to wake her up, wake her up, wake her up. He/she used his/her powers to wake her up. Long, long ago.
All the children hold hands with a partner (including the superhero and princess who hold hands with each other) and dance around in a circle as you sing the last verse two times. If there is extra time at the end of the party you can repeat the game, choosing different children to be the princess, witch and superhero.
There was a happy celebration, celebration, celebration. There was a happy celebration. Long, long ago.
10. SUPERHERO’S FOOTSTEPS*
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