Flip the Color Cards

Materials

• 20 rounded-corner cards with a different color on each side
• A timer

How to play

1. Make two teams, one color each. Space 20 two-sided cards on the floor with 10 of each color facing up.
2. On the signal, walk to a card and flip the opposing color to your own. Touch one card at a time; do not carry away or stack cards.
3. You may flip a card back after an opponent turns it. If both reach for one card, one yields; do not hold another player’s hand or body.
4. At 30 seconds, let go and stand still. Count upward-facing colors with the facilitator. The larger total wins; equal totals are a draw.
5. Swap colors, reset to 10 of each and play a second round. Rotate waiting players at this break.

Ways to adapt

Preschool children: cooperate to make all cards one color. Younger primary school children: 20-second rounds. Older primary school children: allow strategy time, then compare after swapping colors.

Sources and references

• HITOWAキッズライフ アイビーキッズ代々木西参道「手作りめくりカードゲーム」 ↗