Here we go again with question #4 - Imagine you have the choice to drink from a fountain that will keep you at any age forever. At what age would you drink from the fountain and why?
This post is part of the Creative Brain Series from Growing Play on creativity, imagination, outside the box thinking, something quick to do while you are waiting or a boredom buster. The series will include one question every couple of days to get children and adults to think on their feet. There is no right or wrong answers just try to be creative. Spend 1-2 minutes to think or just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind to share your answer.
I struggled answering this question. Partially because there are positives and negatives to every age and stage in my lifetime. So here goes nothing - I would actually pick right now! My mid forties. Although my life is very hectic at times, all my children are still living at home (college in only two years away for our oldest), we have a decent balance between work and home life and I have a statement my almost 80 year old mother made years ago stuck in my head...she stated one of the happiest times in her life was when my 6 siblings and I were all younger.
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Here is a fun game to play around the campfire - Category Hot Potato Game. You will need one marshmallow for your "hot potato". Download Category Games or the Category game freebie. Cut apart the category cards.
How to play:
1. One person is IT and holds the marshmallow. Pass the marshmallow to the person on the right.
2. Pick a category and start to pass the marshmallow to each person around the fire.
3. The person who is IT has to think of three items related to that category before the marshmallow makes it all the way around the campfire back to him/her.
To make it harder: pick a category and a letter. Start with the letter A. The person who is IT has to think of three things in the category that starts with the letter A. For the next round move on to the letter B.
To make it easier: pass the marshmallow around the campfire twice while you think of three items from the category.
To add in some tasty fun: The player to the left of the person who is IT, has to eat the marshmallow to end the round. Therefore, the person who is IT can continue to name things from the category until the marshmallow makes it around the campfire and the last person eats and swallows the entire marshmallow.
Here are some more games to play while you sit around the campfire.
