Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Pyramid

OBJECT - Don't knock the pyramid over!

GAME TYPE - Elimination games.

WHO'S IT FOR - Group One. You can have about two to six players for this game. If you have more, it gets a little long.

WHAT YOU NEED - Plastic, paper or styrofoam cups, probably about ten to twenty for each player. Also, a table or other flat surface to play on.

HOW TO PLAY:
  1. Pass out cups to each player. Each player sits around the playing surface. Play goes to the left.
  2. The first player puts a cup, upside down, on the table.
  3. The next player puts a cup right next to the first cup.
  4. The next player puts a cup on top of the first two cups, making a two level pyramid.
  5. The next player adds another cup to the bottom row.
  6. The next player adds a cup to the second row, so it balances on two cups.
  7. The next player puts a cup at the top, making a three level pyramid.
  8. Keep adding in this manner, building up the pyramid until it topples over.
  9. Whoever added the cup that knocked down the pyramid is out.
  10. Pick up the cups, and start over with the remaining players.
  11. When it gets down to two players, the one who doesn't knock over the pyramid is the winner.

Players should be very careful not to jostle the table or playing surface at all, otherwise the pyramid will come tumbling down prematurely.

THIS WORKS ON - Eye-hand coordination (being able to balance cups on top of other cups), Desxterity (being able to move around the existing pyramid so as not to knock it over), competition (trying not to be the one to knock down the pyramid)

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