The Crane
Play this game like "London
Bridge Is Falling Down" sing the words to
that tune and have the children walk under the crane. After two
children have
been caught, they may form another crane for the rest to walk under.
Lift the dirt up in a crane
In a crane, in a crane
Lift the dirt up in a crane
Dump into the dump truck
(Drop hands to catch child)
Pin the Tools on Bob
This is just like
Pin the tail on the Donkey. Get a poster of Bob the Builder
and create a few cardboard tools for the kids to pin on while blindfolded.
Tool Shapes
Use tool shapes as a
matching game the shape to the outline. Just trace
the shape to the construction paper and cut out and then just trace a
shape to another piece of construction paper and let them match them.
Toolbox Game
Put one tool in a toolbox and
sit in front of children. Hold toolbox up to one child,
quickly open box,
let child see tool, and close box. Have child tell which tool he saw.
Put two
tools in toolbox. Let child see
the tools and close box. Open
and remove one tool. Let child look in the
box and tell which tool is missing.
Scoop's Scooping Game
Divide your group into
two equal teams. Give each team a bucket, bowl,
or dump truck. Then give each person of every team a spoon and a pile of
sand.
Have each team sit around the bucket, and when you say "go" each team has
to try and
fill their bucket with sand using only their spoons. The team to fill
their bucket first wins.
Dress the Builder
Divide the kids into two
teams and have them select one team member to dress.
Give each team a T-shirt, a flannel shirt, jeans, socks, work gloves,
goggles,
tool belt and tools. The first team to dress the person wins the game!
Another
variation of this game is to have each team take a roll of caution tape
and
wrap it around one kid until he's completely covered. First team to finish
wins.
Roley the Steamroller's Relay
Divide the group of kids into
two teams. Within each team, group the children in pairs
(if there is an odd number of kids, have one group of three). Make a start
and finish
line for each team and mark it off with caution tape. Have each team stand
in a line,
while the pairs are standing next to each other. Then have the first kid
from each pair
cross his/her arms across the chest and lie down on the ground (this kid
is going to be the
"rollee"). The other kid from the pair rolls his/her partner to the finish
line. Once they reach
the finish line, the next pair should be ready to roll. As prizes, you can
give steamroller trucks.
Wheel Barrow Races
Divide the group of kids
into two equal teams and have each standing in a single file
line one after the other. Then tell the first kid in each line to get on
their hands
and knees. To start the game, the second player of each line grabs the
first kid's
ankles and holds up their legs (so that they can walk on their hands).
Then have them
race to a designated area and reverse back. Continue this until the first
team to finish wins.
Wendy's Clean-Up Relay
Divide the group of kids
into two teams. Line them up on one side of a large play area
and place buckets on the other side of the play area. Then, for each team
place a
claw toy (the kind where you squeeze the handle to open the claw on the
other end)
and an equal number of blocks right by the buckets. To start the game, the
first person
on each team runs as fast as they can to their team's blocks and uses the
claw to
pick one block up and put it in the bucket. When they finish, they return
to their team and tag
the next kid who continues doing the same thing. The first team to finish
is the winning team.
Foreman Says
Here's a cool variation
on one of the classic party game ideas:
Simon Says. One child should wear a construction helmet and can be the one
to call
out the commands. The kid says "Foreman Says" and the others do as they
are told.
Some command examples are: dig with a shovel, mix cement, drive a truck,
hammer
a nail, etc. If the "Foreman" doesn't say "Foreman Says" the others stay
still. Those who do
move are out. Play continues until only one contestant remains and is
declared the winner.
Find Bob's Phone Hunt
Hide a bunch of toy cell
phones (which you can find at candy stores with candy in them).
Gather all of the kids together, have a phone ring in your pocket, and
then say "Oh no, Bob
the Builder has lost his cell phone again and it's ringing!!" Then give
the kids five to ten minutes to
run around the classroom and search for the phones. Make sure everyone
gets a phone in the end.