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How to Play Musical Chairs

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Musical chairs is a popular children's game throughout the world. Whether you play the traditional version or one of its variations, kids of all ages will have good time trying to beat the music and grab a seat in this game of speed and agility.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

things you'll need:

• Music
• Chairs

1. Play Musical Chairs

   • 1

     Place a number of chairs in circle with their backs to each other. The number should be one less than the number of people playing in the game.

   • 2

     Ask the players to stand in a circle around the chairs before the music begins. Once the music starts, they should move in a line around the chairs.

   • 3

     Stop the music. All players must try to take the seat closest to them. The player left without a chair is eliminated and one chair is removed from the circle after the remaining players stand up.

   • 4

     Play the music and stop it in the same manner, eliminating one player and one chair at a time.

   • 5

     Award the winning prize to the last person sitting in this game.

   • 6

     Play the chair-less version of this game known as Musical Bumps. In this game, players sit on the ground as quickly as possible when the music ends. The last player to sit is eliminated from the competition.

   • 7

     Try Musical Statues if you prefer to stand. In this version of the game, players must maintain their pose when the music stops until the music begins again. Any player who moves while the music is stopped is eliminated from the game.

   • 8

     Keep your feet off the ground in the version of Musical Chairs which uses the same number of chairs as the number of the players. In this version, all players take a seat when the music ends but must keep their feet off the ground during the silence. They can only put them down once the music starts again. If their feet do touch the ground, they are eliminated and their chair is removed from the circle.

   • 9

     Put colored circles on the ground in place of chairs and have the players stand in the middle of only certain colors as they are called to increase the difficulty of this game.

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