Fitzle Spitzle
Age Group: 8+
Outside/Inside: Either
Materials: Two small objects to pass around the circle; it doesn't matter what they are.
Description
This is a fun game that generally provides a lot of laughs. Have the group form a circle (sitting). Show them your two objects and explain to them that one of them is a Fitzle, and the other is a Spitzle (you don't have to go into very much detail on what exactly a Fitzle and a Spitzle are!) The Fitzle will be passed one way around the circle, the Spitzle the other. Below is the procedure for passing the object (applied to both - Fitzle is used as an example):
Giver (to receiver): "This is a Fitzle."
Receiver (to giver): "A what?"
Question must be passed from person to person all the way back to the starting point: you. In practice it will sound like, "A what? A what? A what? A what? ..."
When the question gets to you, you reply to the person next to you, "A Fitzle."
The answer gets passed all the way back to the person who is receiving: "A Fitzle. A Fitzle. A Fitzle..."
Only then can the receiver accept the object.
The receiver turns to the next person and says, "This is a Fitzle." and the process happens all over again.
The Fitzle and Spitzle are passed in opposite directions, so when they both pass the middle is when it gets REALLY interesting. Soon people are hearing "Fitzle...Spitzle...A what? A Fitzle..." on all sides and they soon forget what they're supposed to be saying to whom. It's a great game! If they start getting bored or frustrated, you can call it off at any time.
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