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Thread #85915   Message #4181355
Posted By: GUEST,Lavender
11-Sep-23 - 02:02 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Concentration (kids' game)
Subject: RE: Origins: Concentration (kids' game)
I played the first game in this thread but separated into two separate games. Both have one kid with their eyes closed and the other behind them tracing patterns on their back and speaking.
For the first game, trace a slow spiral on their back while saying "People dying, children crying." Then sqeeze their shoulders and waist while saying "concentrate" twice. Then repeat the whole pattern. Grab their shoulders and say "You're standing on top of the Eiffel Tower when you hear someone call your name. 'Name!'" Turn them to the left. "You don't see anyone. You hear them call again. 'Name!'" Turn them to the right. "You still see no one." Turn them forward, then push them. Ask what color they see. The meanings of the colors were largely made up but were what they landed in and determined whether they lived or died. I remember surviving by falling in light blue cotton candy.
The second game was simpler.
"There's an egg on your head, (put fist on their head)
and the yolk is running down. (wiggle fingers down back)
"You've got a knife in your back, (put fist on their back)
and the blood is running down. (wiggle fingers down back)
And repeat the whole thing once.
There was a similar game that was much more popular because the goal was to give someone the chills.
"Around the world" (Draw a circle on their back)
"X marks the spot" (Draw an X)
"Dot, dot, dot" (Poke three times down their back)
"Comma, comma, comma" (Draw three commas down their back)
"Attacks, attacks" (Squeeze their shoulders, then their waist)
"Tight squeeze" (Squeeze their shoulders hard)
"Cold breeze" (Blow on the back of their neck)
"Now you have the chills"
I also played Concentration where you have to list words in a category. It was only played with two people. You started with your right hand slapping down with your left slapping up, switching directions to slap again, then clapping three times. Slapping always happened on words.
"Concentration" (Clap 3x)
"64" (Clap 3x)
"No repeats" (Clap 3x)
"Or hesitation" (Clap 3x)
"The topic is" (Clap 3x)
"[Topic]" (Clap 3x)
If you said a word that had been used before or failed to say something before the claps, you lost.