What it is: A simple game of chance where you try not to get a face full of water
Best for: A small to big group
What you need:
- Small cup
- Water to put in the cup
- Slips of paper
- Drinking straw (optional)
How to play: Fill your cup with just a tiny amount of water. You could even dip a drinking straw in another cup of water, put your finger over the top, and release the water in the straw in an empty cup.
Choose one person to be It. How about José? Everyone else sits in a circle around the room and José stands in the middle and holds the cup of water.
José chooses a category. You can use the categories list in the word generator (or the categories post has some lists, too) for ideas if you want.
Let’s say the category José chooses is mythological creatures. José announces the category to everyone, then secretly thinks of an item in the category, like a dragon. He writes down “dragon” on a slip of paper, folds it up, and puts it down where no one can read it.
José then starts with one player, like Evie. Standing in front of her with the water cup ready, he has her name an item in the category. Evie says “hippogriff” so José moves on to the next player, Sophia. She says “Big Foot.” José moves to the next player, John, who says “dragon.” So John gets a face full of water. José just tosses it in his face. Then José shows everyone the paper with “dragon” on it, to prove that he did indeed come up with that word beforehand and not just pretend he had picked dragon because he doesn’t like John.
So, in summary, the player who names It’s pre-selected item gets the cup of water in their face. Then that person gets a turn to be It and think of a new category.
You can add a rule that, if any player takes more than 3 seconds to name an item, they get the face full of water. Also, the person who’s It keeps going around and around the circle until someone guesses the item.
Enjoy the suspense that comes from hoping a cup of water doesn’t get thrown in your face!