Very little is required for this game called "And Then ...". All that is needed is lots of writing paper and a pen. And some active imaginations.
The idea is for the children to take it in turns to each write a part of a story. Not particularly difficult or particularly different. The trick, however, is that the players write only their part of the story and then fold down the paper so the person writing the next part of the story can only see the last line.
When the children have finished writing the story, the paper can be unfolded and the whole story read aloud to all the participants.
Here are just a few suggestions based on popular genres in fiction.
This first one may be most suited to a group of girls particularly teenagers. The players could create a love story including the following parts
- set the scene (e.g city, country, perhaps even the seaside)
- a girls name
- a boys name
- where they first meet
- what she says to him
- what he says to her
- what happens next
- the ending.
Perhaps a group of older children may like to write the following parts for a crime story.
- set the scene (e.g. a house, back garden, school room)
- what goes missing
- who discovers it's missing
- what happens when the Chief Inspector arrives
- who does he suspect
- why does he suspect them
- how he solves the crime (finger prints are found, a shoe print in the garden matches someone's footwear)
- the ending.
Perhaps if there are a group of young boys they may be interested in writing a science fiction story.
- Set the scene (little country villages are great locations for these types of stories)
- the creature arrives from outer space
- what special powers does the creature have
- how do the local people react when they discover the creature
- how does the creature react when it discovers the local people
- the ending (e.g. does the creature escape in its ship, make friends with the locals).
Players can sit around in a circle with each player next in the circle writing the next part of the story. An alternative is to write the parts of the story on cards and have the players draw a card from a bowl. This way it is more random as to who writes what and so the results perhaps more interesting.
The players could play one round and read the story, put their cards back in the bowl and draw cards again so that a different story is told.
Looking for more ideas? Try Games for Kids Parties, Party Fun for Kids, Best Ever Games.
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