Silly Cat Tricks (K-6)

1. Create a list of silly tricks for kids to perform. Write each trick on a separate piece of paper. You'll need one per student. Examples of tricks:
 1. Do a cartwheel.  2. Sing.  3. Say the ABC's backwards.  4. Do   ten sit-ups. 5. Write your name on the chalkboard backwards.

2. With a hole puncher, punch holes in the papers, slide yarn through the holes and secure each paper in series by tying a knot in the yarn. Leave about two feet between each paper.

3. After all the papers are on the yarn, wrap the yarn up into a big ball so no tricks show.

4. Have the children form a circle. Starting with any player, have them unwrap one by one until they reach a trick. The child pulls off that trick.

5. Have them perform the trick for a treat. No trick, no treat!

6. Continue until all the players have a turn.

 Note: Treats can be candy, stickers, and small  trinkets. Be creative; make the treat something they want or they might not want to do the trick. For older grades, cans of pop and bags of candy or chips work well. Wrapping the treats will keep up the suspense throughout the game. Let the kids unwrap their treats after everyone has played.


 

 Wild Cat Toss (K-6)

1. Line up stuffed animal cats on a child's desk, making believe the desk is a fence. If you'd like, decorate the desk to look like a fence using construction paper.

2. The object is to try to knock down the cats by throwing balls at them. Each child gets three shots. Mark the starting line with masking tape.

3. Position this game so that the balls are being tossed in the direction of an empty wall.

Frightened Cats (K-6)

1. Push two desks together. one by one, have each child lie back on the desks with his or head hanging over the edge.

2. Comb through their hair with your fingers-- or ask another child to do this--to make the hair wild and scary looking.

3. Kneel so you are level with their face. As the wild cat (child) to look frightened, then take a photo.

4. Turn the picture so the child's face is right side up. On a sticky label, write the child's name with a permanent marker and fill in a suggestions. (For example: "Katie frightened by a ghoul friend.")

5. Attach the sticky not to the bottom of the picture. This is a popular favor.

 Meow Meow (K-6)

1. On a piece of wood, glue or tape down five cat-related items. The embroidery hoops should be large enough to fit over each item, because this is a ring-toss game.

2. Mark the starting line with masking tape.

3. Give each child three tries to ring the items. A ring must fall completely over an item to count. Give a point value to each item if you would like to make this game competitive. older grades are more competitive and like to know their scores.

Cat Eyes (K-2)

1. On the poster board, draw black cats sitting on top of a fence. Add some color to the drawing if you'd like.

2. Place the poster board level with the children's heights, possibly on the chalkboard ledge or taped on a door or wall.

3. Determine a starting line and mark it with masking tape.

4. Play this game like "Pin the Tail on the Donkey." Hand the kids some cat eyes, then blindfold them one at a time,  turning them around three times before directing them towards the drawing. The object is to get the cats' eyes into the correct area.

5. Use round colored self-adhesive labels for the eyes. If you mark the children's names on the labels you will be able to show them who won by getting closest to the correct area.

 Clever Cat Quiz (3-6)

Paper and Pencil

1. Give each child a piece of paper and a pencil.

2. Have them number lines from 1 to 16.

3. Ask them the questions listed below, explaining that all the answers start with the word cat. Before beginning, give them an example such as "What cat is a child's string game?" Answer: Cat's Cradle.
 

 What cat causes a sudden disaster? Catastrophe

What cat breeds cattle? Cattleman

What cat is a tall reed like marsh plant? Cattail

What cat sleeps lightly? Cat Nap

What cat is a member of a church? Catholic

What cat is a is a girls name? Catherine

What cat likes to be in the water? Catfish

What cat will turn into a butterfly or moth? Caterpillar

What cat likes to hang out in a group? Category

What cat likes to play baseball? Catcher

What cat breaks into houses? Cat Burglar

What cat roams in an underground cemetery with tunnels? Catacomb

What cat is sent in the mail? Catalogue

What cat lives on a range in New York state? Catskill Mountains

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