Group GamesMusical Chairs
Players walk around a ring of chairs while music plays. When it stops, everyone sits, but there is always one chair too few.
- Players
- 6 or more
- Time
- 10 to 15 minutes
- You need
- Chairs, music
- Ages
- 4 and above
- Type
- Party games
How to play
- Place chairs in a circle, facing outwards, one fewer than the number of players.
- Start the music. Players walk around the chairs in one direction.
- Stop the music suddenly. Everyone sits on the nearest free chair.
- The player left standing is out. Remove one chair and start again.
- The player who wins the last chair is the winner.
Tips and variations
- No pushing and no touching the chairs while walking. The person running the music should face away so the stops are fair.
- No chairs? Use newspaper sheets on the floor as "islands", or cushions.
- For a kinder version with small children, nobody goes out: remove chairs and let them share, until all must fit on two or three chairs.
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