{"id":449,"date":"2011-03-09T01:06:03","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T01:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/game-ideas-for-your-irish-party\/"},"modified":"2011-03-09T01:06:03","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T01:06:03","slug":"game-ideas-for-your-irish-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/game-ideas-for-your-irish-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Ideas for Your Irish Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether celebrating St Patrick&#8217;s Day or considering your Irish roots at your next family reunion here are a couple of fun Irish game ideas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/image1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/image_thumb1.png\" width=\"236\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font color=\"#00ff00\" size=\"5\"><strong>Musical Shamrock Game<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>Make very large green shamrock shapes about&#160; 2 feet square.&#160; They don\u2019t need to be fancy just simple shamrock shapes.&#160; The ideas is similar to \u201cmusical chairs\u201d game- you want to have fewer shamrocks than players. Scatter shamrocks over the playing area.&#160; Explain that as the music plays all the players must keep moving but must stay off the shamrocks.&#160;&#160; When the music stops players run to a shamrock.&#160; However, each shamrock must have three players on it. Those with only one or two as well as those that have nowhere to stand are eliminated.&#160; Remove a shamrock or two after each round.&#160; (You always want to have fewer shamrocks than players)&#160; Winners of the game&#160; are those who have not been eliminated when only one shamrock remains.&#160; Give out green lollypops, cupcakes or stickers for prizes.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/image2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/image_thumb2.png\" width=\"235\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><font color=\"#00ff00\" size=\"5\">Irish Scavenger Hunt<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"left\">Divide into teams, giving each team an identical list of green items.&#160; Tell each team that they must stay together when searching for their green items. <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Some ideas to search for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Something that grows green <\/li>\n<li>Something you are wearing that is green<\/li>\n<li>Green crayon, green colored pencil, green marker <\/li>\n<li>Find a plastic item that is green <\/li>\n<li>Find something soft that is green <\/li>\n<li>Something hard that is green<\/li>\n<li>Find something you can build with that is green <\/li>\n<li>Green snack <\/li>\n<li>3 leaf clover<\/li>\n<li>Fruit that is green <\/li>\n<li>Vegetable that is green<\/li>\n<li>Pop Can<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><font color=\"#00ff00\" size=\"5\">Irish \u201cRoad Bowling\u201d Game<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mastersgames.com\/cat\/outdoor\/croquet.htm\"><font color=\"#000000\">Croquet<\/font><\/a> is supposed to have come from a game called Crookey in Northern Ireland but another fun \u201creal\u201d Irish game is \u201cRoad Bowling\u201d.    <br \/>Road bowling is an unusual version of bowling that is particular to Ireland. It is played with a steal shot, (or use your own idea for a ball of some sort) which is tossed <em>under arm<\/em> by the player down a twisty road. The player who gets to the finish line with the least amount of throws wins. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/image3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/familyreunionhelper.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/image_thumb3.png\" width=\"241\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why should you never iron a 4-leaf clover? You    <br \/>don&#8217;t want to press your luck.<\/p>\n<p>May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow, and may trouble avoid you wherever you go.<\/p>\n<p>Aunt MO<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twoheartstogether.com\/2009\/03\/07\/green-scavenger-hunt\/#ixzz1G3h6HqTP\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether celebrating St Patrick&#8217;s Day or considering your Irish roots at your next family reunion here are a couple of fun Irish game ideas. 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