Games and Sports

Select the Games / Sports Badge below for downloads of the badge program and any supplements associated with it.

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Carnival Games
Games of chance and skill are mixed together at a carnival. It’s so enjoyable, many organizations and groups use carnivals as a fundraising event. It can also be used to get new people interacting within your organization or group.
Initial Release: 11.7.2013 / Latest Release: 7.13.2014

• Badge Program: Carnival Games — EP_Carnival Games
• Supplement: Carnival game activities — Supp_CG_Activities
• Supplement: Carnival game diagrams — Supp_CG_Diagrams
• Supplement: Carnival games — Supp_CG_Games
• Supplement: Carnival game printables – BINGO, guess tickets, punch cards, raffle tickets — Supp_CG_PR
• Supplement: List of carnival game signs (below) — Supp_CG_Sign
• Supplement: Activity signs – 1 blank / 10 with names — SUPP_CG_Sign_Activity
• Supplement: Blank signs (vertical / horizontal) and thank you sign — SUPP_CG_Sign_Blanks
• Supplement: Cake walk signs – 1 blank / 15 numbered — SUPP_CG_Sign_Cake Walk
• Supplement: Game signs – 1 blank / 24 with names — SUPP_CG_Sign_Games
• Supplement: Information signs – 5 — SUPP_CG_Sign_Info
• Supplement: Payment signs — 2 blank / 6 with amounts — SUPP_CG_Sign_Pay
• Supplement: Ticket signs — 1 blank / 5 with amounts — SUPP_CG_Sign_Tickets
• Supplement: Helpful tips — Supp_CG_Tips

 

Christmas Activities
You’ll notice that often the activities that surround Christmas occur every year. Let’s examine different activities and possibly find a few you can use or adapt for your own fun.
Initial Release: 12.22.2014 / Latest Release: 12.22.2014

• Badge Program: Christmas Activities — EP_Christmas Activities
• Supplement: BINGO Cards – 3 designs — SUPP_Christmas Bingo
• Supplement: Color / decor sheets, 7 — SUPP_Decor_Christmas
• Supplement: Make words from Christmas phrases, 10 — SUPP_WORD_Christmas

 

Cooperative Activities
Looking for a way to get together with your scouts over the summer? Have a group of friends you’d like to visit with and do more than talk? This badge will help you find or create activities for you to enjoy as a group.
Initial Release: 5.10.2013 / Latest Release: 7.13.2014

• Badge Program: Cooperative Activities — EP_Cooperative Activities
• Supplement: Cooperative activity ideas — Supp_Cooperative Activities

 

Cooperative Games
Cooperative games allow your group to work together. These types of games are inclusive. They emphasize participation and challenge rather than defeating another person or team. There is no “winner” or “loser”. You can focus on fun!
Initial Release: 10.15.2010 / Latest Release: 7.13.2014

• Badge Program: Cooperative Games — EP_Cooperative Games
• Supplement: Cooperative game rules — EP_Cooperative Games

 

Fairy Play: Activities
There are many fairy activities that can be incorporated into play dates, events and parties.
Initial Release: 5.15.2011 / Latest Release: 7.13.2014

• Badge Program: Fairy Play – Activities — EP_Fairy Play_Activities
• Supplement: Cottingley activity sheet — Supp_Cottingley
• Supplement: Fairy activity ideas — Supp_Fairy Activity
• Supplement: Writing fairy haikus — Supp_Fairy Haiku
• Supplement: Flower fairy activity — Supp_Flower Barker

 

Fairy Play: Games
Games you play very day can easily be adjusted to fairy games. Below are fairy games for you to try. You may notice that the rules tend to be general so that you can create your own fun fairy games.  Sometimes just the chance to be creative opens up a whole new world.
Initial Release: 5.15.2011 / Latest Release: 7.13.2014

• Badge Program: Fairy Play – Games — EP_Fairy Play_Games
• Supplement: Fairy BINGO cards — Supp_PR_Fairy Bingo
• Supplement: Fairy games minibook — Supp_MB_Fairy Games
• Supplement: Fairy word find — Supp_WF_Fairy

 

Family Game Night
As after school activities, sports and more take over your kids’ lives, you’ll miss spending time with them at home. By creating a family game night, you have a reason for everyone to get together.
Initial Release: 3.22.2013 / Latest Release: 7.13.2014

• Badge Program: Family Game Night — EP_Family Game

 

Family Game Night: Home Edition
Add a twist to your family game night – featuring your family. Let your family make the games you plan  on playing. Creativity is the key. Not only will you have fun playing, you’ll have fun creating the games as well.
Initial Release: 3.22.2013 / Latest Release: 7.13.2014

• Badge Program: Family Game Night – Home Edition — EP_Family Game HE
• Supplement: Create a game box — Supp_Game Box
• Supplement: Blank printable game cards — Supp_PR_Cards Blank

 

Halloween Games
Explore vintage Halloween games and some new ones.
Initial Release: 10.26.2014/ Latest Release: 10.26.2014

• Badge Program: Halloween Games — EP_Halloween Games
• Supplement: Halloween BINGO cards, 3 designs — SUPP_Halloween Bingo
• Supplement: Halloween games we play today minibook — SUPP_MB_Today Halloween
• Supplement: Vintage Halloween games minibook — SUPP_MB_Vintage Halloween
• Supplement: Foods to experience with your senses in stations — SUPP_Sensory Food
• Supplement: Silhouettes – 2 backgrounds / 1 sheet of characters — SUPP_Silhouette Play
• Supplement: Halloween-style tic-tac-toe, 2 designs — SUPP_TTT Halloween
• Supplement: Word find for Grimm (tv show) — SUPP_WF_Grimm
• Supplement: Word find for Halloween — SUPP_WF_Halloween
• Supplement: Word find for Supernatural (tv show) — SUPP_WF_Supernatural
• Supplement: Make words from phrases, 3 — SUPP_WORD_Halloween

 

Harry Potter: Games
The house who wins the most games wins the “Quidditch Cup.” While “Quidditch” is the most  recognizable game, you may find other games are more to the liking of your group. You can do a variety of games or choose one for the houses to compete against each other.
Initial Release: 6.27.2011 / Latest Release: 7.13.2014

• Badge Program: Harry Potter – Games — EP_HP_Games
• Supplement: Blank game board to create your own game — SUPP_HPG_Hogwarts Houses
• Supplement: Printable games – Quotable Harry Potter, Character Mix Up, Villian Mix Up — SUPP_HPG_PR_Misc
• Supplement: POTTER BINGO cards — SUPP_HPG_PR_Potter Bingo
• Supplement: Rune printables — SUPP_HPG_PR_Runes
• Supplement: Bernie Bott’s Beans blank trading cards – make your own — SUPP_HPG_TC_Bean Flavors
• Supplement: Potion trading cards, 7 sheets — SUPP_HPG_TC_Potions
• Supplement: Potion trading cards, blank — SUPP_HPG_TC_Potions B
• Supplement: Spell trading cards, 16 sheets — SUPP_HPG_TC_Spells
• Supplement: Spell trading cards, blank — SUPP_HPG_TC_Spells B
• Supplement: Word find for the flavors of Bernie Bott’s Beans — SUPP_HPG_WF_FlavorsSUPP_HPG_WF_Potions
• Supplement: Word find for magical potions —
• Supplement: Word find for charms, curses and spells — SUPP_HPG_WF_Spells

 

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Activities
Use some or all of these activities to help get your participants into the mood for your Harry Potter adventure.
Initial Release: 6.27.2011 / Latest Release: 7.13.2014

• Badge Program: Harry Potter – Hogwarts Activities — EP_HP_Hogwarts Activities
• Supplement: List of Hogwarts’ classes by year — SUPP_HPHA_Classes
• Supplement: Places in the Harry Potter universe and possible activities — SUPP_HPHA_Places
• Supplement: Activities and printables for arithmancy class — SUPP_HPHA_PR_Arithmancy
• Supplement: Activities and printables for divination class — SUPP_HPHA_PR_Divination
• Supplement: Printable graduation certificates, 7 with years and 1 blank — SUPP_HPHA_PR_Graduation
• Supplement: Basic Gryffindor information — SUPP_HPHA_PR_House_Gryffindor
• Supplement: Basic Hufflepuff information — SUPP_HPHA_PR_House_Hufflepuff
• Supplement: Basic Ravenclaw information — SUPP_HPHA_PR_House_Ravenclaw
• Supplement: Basic Slytherin information — SUPP_HPHA_PR_House_Slytherin
• Supplement: Ideas for your own sorting hat — SUPP_HPHA_Sorting Hat

 

Icebreakers for Adults
Icebreakers are used to get individuals or groups unfamiliar with each other to interact. It can help people become more comfortable in a new activity, event or gathering. This badge program is geared toward more “adult” icebreakers.
Initial Release: 11.12.2010 / Latest Release: 7.13.2014

• Badge Program: Icebreakers for Adults — EP_Icebreakers Adults
• Supplement: Icebreaker activities — SUPP_Icebreaker_Sampler

 

Icebreakers for Children
Whether you’re starting a troop or planning an event, icebreakers are great for kids to get to know each other. While icebreakers can be games or activities, this badge program is geared toward a younger audience.
Initial Release: 11.12.2010 / Latest Release: 7.13.2014

• Badge Program: Icebreakers for Children — EP_Icebreakers Kids
• Supplement: Icebreaker activities — SUPP_Icebreaker_Sampler

 

Independence Day Activities
On July 4th, Independence Day is celebrated in the United States. Let’s explore this holiday and the fun we can have.
Initial Release: 6.24.2014 / Latest Release: 7.13.2014

• Badge Program: Independence Day Activities — EP_ID_Activities
• Supplement: Patriotic obstacle course ideas — SUPP_Patriotic Obstacle Course
• Supplement: Eagle BINGO cards — SUPP_PR_Eagle Bingo
• Supplement: Make words from “Declaration of Independence” — SUPP_WORD_Declaration
• Supplement: Make words from “USA” — SUPP_WORD_USA

 

Night Games
Activities take too much thought. Hikes are too organized. So, let’s just play and have fun under the night sky.
Initial Release: 5.27.2014 / Latest Release: 7.13.2014

• Badge Program: Night Games — EP_Night Games
• Supplement: Night cootie catcher — SUPP_CC_Night
• Supplement: Flashlight games minibook — SUPP_MB_Flashlight Games
• Supplement: Night games minibook — SUPP_MB_Night Games
• Supplement: Match constellation with meaning — SUPP_MT_Constellations
• Supplement: Be safe at night — SUPP_Night Safety
• Supplement: Constellations word find — SUPP_WF_Constellations

 

Parachute Games
Incorporating a parachute in your fun time allows everyone a chance to play as a group. Parachute size should be considered to make sure there’s enough room for everyone. If you can’t afford a parachute, you can make your own from patterns available on the Web or try some of these games with a simple sheet.
Initial Release: 4.1.2011 / Latest Release: 7.13.2014

• Badge Program: Parachute Games — EP_Parachute Games
• Supplement: Parachute games — SUPP_Parachute Games

 

Roleplaying Game Basics
Roleplaying games allow you to create your own character and an entire imaginary world where you can be a magic user, a spy, a detective or even a super hero. Some games are “hack and slash” where you  save the day by disposing of slews of monsters. Some are solving problems and coming to a peaceful resolution.
Initial Release: 12.22.2013 / Latest Release: 7.13.2014

• Badge Program: Roleplaying Game Basics — EP_RPG Basics

 

Seuss Activities
The world of Dr. Seuss is fun and magical. Activities for the Seuss theme can be focused on the world he created, a specific book or more abstract.
Initial Release: 4.7.2015 / Latest Release: 4.7.2015

• Badge Program: Seuss Activities — EP_Seuss Activities
• Supplement: Printable “happy birthday” banner — SUPP_Seuss_Banner
• Supplement: Printable cards to vote for favorite book — SUPP_Seuss_Vote

 

Seuss Games
Having fun is essential! Let’s explore ways we can incorporate games into our Seuss theme.
Initial Release: 4.14.2015 / Latest Release: 4.14.2015

• Badge Program: Seuss Games — EP_Seuss Games
• Supplement: Senses BINGO cards — SUPP_Seuss_Senses_Bingo
• Supplement: Word find with fractured Seuss book titles — SUPP_WF_Fractured Titles
• Supplement: Word find of various Seuss characters — SUPP_WF_Seuss Characters

 

Super-Size Games
My daughter and I were brainstorming possibilities to add to a local garden as a way to increase attendance. We were exploring interactive ideas. Super-sized games was one of these ideas. While we haven’t implemented any of these, we have discussed them with the head master gardener  who was very enthusiastic.
Initial Release: 3.25.2012 / Latest Release: 7.13.2014

• Badge Program: Super-Size Games — EP_Super-Size Games
• Supplement: Diagrams for some super-size game ideas — Supp_Game Basics

See also under GENERAL:

• Printables: My Games
• Printables: World Games