Stuff the Turkey (indoor game)

Players: 4 or more in pairs; referee
Materials: 10 inflated balloons for each team, laundry basket for each team, T-shirt for one player in each team
Surface: Soft surface

Stuff the Turkey is hilarious, if not a little noisy. Prepare for the game by blowing up 10 balloons for each pair of players. Place these balloons in the laundry baskets. One player of each pair also gets a T-shirt to wear.

At the start signal from the referee, Player #1 of each team reaches into the laundry basket, pulls out a balloon, and hands it to Player #2. Player #2 “stuffs the turkey”—that is, he squeezes the balloon under his T-shirt, then rolls around the floor trying to burst the balloon under his weight. When he succeeds, he stands up for another balloon.

This is a hilarious spectacle, with players rolling and popping balloons all over the place. It’s also a great game to watch, so call in all your friends.

The first pair of players to pop all their balloons can declare themselves the winners.

Collected from The Little Giant Book of Kids’ Games by Glen Vecchione