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Pooh
Party Game Ideas

Remember the games you use to play as a kid?
Use any of those standard party games and simply
change the game name to
Pooh, Eeyore, Rabbit, Tigger, Owl,
Kanga, Roo or Christopher Robin
and you are set for fun games
at your Pooh Party!

Here are a few ideas:

Gunny Sack Race
 now named
Tigger's Bounce

Here's how to play:
Provide a start and finish line (across the backyard or park)
Provide each child with a burlap sack or fabric sack
(plastic is dangerous and breaks)
Start all the kids and their sacks off at the same time.
First one to cross the Finish Line is the winner.

Activity Variation
Prior to the Tigger Bounce Game:
Provide black and brown and yellow construction paper,
scissors and glue and ask each child
to make their own Tigger Tail.
Attach the Tigger Tail to their back of the
 gunny or fabric sack and watch the fun
as the kids bounce here and there
with all the tails bouncing in the air.

Pin the Tail on the Donkey Game 
now named
Pin the Bow on Eeyore's Tail

Here's how to play:
Using a large piece of butcher's paper
(from the meat department at your grocery store)
and draw a big Eeyoe on it with his tail in the air.
Using brightly colored construction paper<
cut out bows and add double-sided tape to the back.
Write a child's name on each bow.
One child at a time, blindfold them, gently turn
them around and when they are facing the poster,
have them walk with their arms stretched out till
they reach the poster on the wall and add
their bow to where they think the end of 
Eeyore's tail is located.
The child closest to the end of
Eeyore's tail is the winner.

Pin the Tail on the Donkey Game
now named
Pin the Bee on Poohs Nose

Here's how to play:
Using a large piece of butcher's paper
(from the meat department at your grocery store)
and draw a big Pooh FACE turned sideways
with his nose in the air.
Using yellow construction paper
cut out bees and mark stripes one
side with black marking pen.
Add double-sided tape to the back of each bee.
Write a child's name on each bee.
One child at a time, blindfold them, gently turn
them around and when they are facing the poster,
have them walk with their arms stretched out till
they reach the poster on the wall and add
their bee to where they think the Poohs nose is located.
The child closest to the end of Poohs nose is the winner.

Egg & Spoon Race
now named
Rabbit's Race

Here's how to play:
Provide a large spoon and an inflated balloon
for each player.
(spoon size should be based on
the ages of the kids,
smaller spoons for older kids,
larger spoons for younger kids)
Provide a Start/Finish area inside or outside.
Kids hold out spoon away from their body
and place an inflated balloon on it.
When told to start, each carries their spoon
and balloon to the Finish area without dropping the balloon. 
At the Finish Line, the child removes the balloon,
places the balloon on the ground and sits on it till it pops.
If the balloon drops, the child must go back
to the Start Line to try again.
First one to pop his/her balloon is the winner.

 WARNING: 
Balloon pieces from pop balloons are dangerous
to babies, toddlers and pets. 
To avoid the pieces from being swallowed
or stuck in ears and noses
(and who knows where else they can find),
be prepared to pick up the
pieces immediately and trash.

Newspaper Ads Game
now named
Owl's Birthday Numbers

Here's how to play:
Provide each child with a crayon and a page from the newspaper Classified Ads.
Many of the ads will have numbers in them.
When told to start, all the kids have a certain
amount of time (say, 2 or 3 minutes) 
to draw a circle around each of the
to match the age of the birthday child.
The kid with the most numbers is the winner,
and you can provide 2nd, 3rd, etc. places, if desired.

Bingo
now called
100 Acre Woods Bingo

Here's how to play:
Cut and paste or draw pictures of all
the 100 Acre Woods characters 
in different actions to blank Bingo cards.
ENSURE that every card is different
or everyone will be a winner.
Prepare a Master Set for the caller
(one of every picture used) and a Master Sheet.
Fold in half and place them all in a bowl.
As each photo is drawn from the bowl and called,
place it on the Master Sheet
so winning cards can be verified)
Play over and over again.

Variation of Bingo: 

Musical Chairs
now named
Chrisopher Robin's
Dance of the Chairs

 You've got the idea now... 
Have fun re-creating other 
standard party games!

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