Magic Bubble Machine

  • Grades 3-5

  • Bean Bags

Development Goal

To build cooperation, teamwork and verbal communication

Before You Start

Equipment Needed:  Beanbags or other soft, squishy items (one per two students), blind-folds

  • Pair the players up
  • Explain that they have been transformed into Magic Bubble Machines!  The Magic Bubble Machine will only work if they act as a team.
    • One person will be the Bubble Spitter who is blind folded and cannot see.
    • The other person is the Driver who must direct the Bubble Spitter where to go and throw
  • Have each pair decide who will be the Bubble Spitter and who will be the Driver

 

Set Up

A basketball court or similar space

How to Play

  • The object is for the Bubble Spitter to hit other Bubble Spitters with a bubble (bean bag), while avoiding being hit themselves.
  • The Driver must direct their Bubble Spitter to help them hit other Bubble Spitter or avoid being hit. The Bubble Spitter cannot move without being directed by the Driver.
  • The Driver must also direct the Bubble Spitter to pick up bubbles on the ground.
  • When a Bubble Spitter is hit, both the Bubble Spitter and the Driver move to the sideline where they can now see the other Bubble Machines and distract them by also calling out directions!

Variations

Make teams of 4 or 5 people. Each team links up by places their hands on the shoulder of the person in front of them. The Driver is the last person in the chain and everyone else is blindfolded. The Bubble Spitter is the person in the front of the chain.