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Left & Right Game - Christmas
Get ready for plenty of laughter with this Christmas passing game! Residents listen carefully to a festive story and pass an object left or right whenever they hear those words.
Materials
- A soft ball or small, lightweight object
- Christmas Left & Right Story (below)
How to Play
- Seat residents in a circle.
- Give one resident a soft ball or object to hold.
- Explain that whenever they hear LEFT, they must pass the object to the person on their left. Whenever they hear RIGHT, they pass it to the person on their right.
- Read the story aloud, emphasising the words LEFT and RIGHT.
- Continue until the story ends. Expect plenty of laughter as the object changes direction!
Variation: For an extra challenge, give every resident an object to pass.
Christmas Left & Right Story
Christmas was almost here, and Mother RIGHT was finishing the Christmas baking.
Father RIGHT, Sue RIGHT and Billy RIGHT returned from their last-minute Christmas shopping.
"There's not much LEFT to do," said Father RIGHT as he came into the kitchen.
"Did you leave the basket of food at the church?" asked Mother RIGHT.
"I LEFT it RIGHT where you told me," said Father RIGHT.
"I'm glad my shopping is done," said Billy RIGHT. "I don't have any money LEFT!"
The phone rang, and Sue RIGHT LEFT the room to answer it.
She rushed back and told the family, "Aunt Tillie RIGHT LEFT a package for us RIGHT on Grandma RIGHT's porch!"
"I'll go RIGHT now and get it," she said as she LEFT in a hurry.
Father RIGHT LEFT the kitchen and brought in the Christmas tree.
By the time Sue RIGHT returned, Mother RIGHT and Billy RIGHT had begun decorating the tree.
The entire RIGHT family sang Christmas carols as they hung decorations and strung lights RIGHT around the tree.
Then they LEFT all the presents neatly arranged under the tree and went to bed, hoping they had chosen the RIGHT gifts for everyone.
Now, I hope you have the RIGHT present for yourself, because that's all that's LEFT of our story!
Except to wish you a Merry Christmas ... isn't that RIGHT?
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Co Ordinator
Lifestyle Officer
Have tried this game with our residents. Was hilarious. We need more stories. Not very successful in a large group though as some people miss out a turn so tried it with two balls. What chaos! Such fun!! Try it. Recommended by me. Have fun.
Diversional Therapist
I love the sound of this as I can hear their laughter now, cannot wait to try it
diversional therapist
We used the Left Right game with our Secret Santa gifts at our Christmas Party. Everyone had a gift (to the value of $5 - wrapped up) . As I read the Left Right story they had to use their gift and pass along to people next to them. Much laughing as people had to pass their gift, with a few getting mixed up.
Diversional Therapist
I have done that game before and with the right clients it is so much fun and a huge giggle!
Co Ordinator
Hi Kimberley, no instructions needed, give each person a lolly for example, whatever! Keep passing it to either person on left or right. Janelle, I wanted a bit more fun for ours & decided to google, got some great games, will be using them this week. I downloaded a word bingo from here, have had a great time with that. If things gets quiet & say I call the word "halt" get them to put hands up if have it & give them a sweet. No prizes at the end as sweets have gone, makes for a fun game, amazing how many hold their hands up all through the game. This is the best site I have ever come across! So much for everybody.
Diversional Therapist
Hi Kimberly
Like you I couldn't find the instructions so I Googled 'left right game' and lots of variations came up. I'll definitely be adding it to my activities programme. Hope this helps.
Diversional therapy team leader
Yes I played this game last year for Valentines day with a version of a love story and the residents thought it was great fun at the end they all had a have-a-heart ice cream.
Co Ordinator
This could be changed to something else, I am sure! If we have a dull day, weather not much will certainly go for it! I put a little chocolate with a scratchie on it as a special for a change, they thoroughly enjoyed it!
lifestyle therapist
that will definitely be included this Christmas:) we did a similar game for a wedding shower - it was hilarious, with the MC (me) unable to continue reading, as i was laughing so much at the chaos that the table was in trying to figure out left and right!
