Musical Chairs

Get ready

1. Set chairs in a circle facing out, with one fewer chair than players.
2. Have kids stand in a circle around the outside of the chairs.

How to play

1. Start the music. Kids walk around the outside of the chairs.
2. Stop the music without warning. Everyone sits in the nearest empty chair.
3. The one kid without a chair is out and can become your music helper.
4. Take away one chair and start the music again.
5. Keep going until one kid is sitting in the last chair.

Tips & variations

• Walking only, no running or pushing. If two kids hit a chair at once, the one who was there first keeps it.
• For preschoolers, try the no-elimination version: take away chairs but everyone must still fit by sitting on laps or sharing. Everyone stays in.
• Use a worship song you're teaching so kids hear it over and over.