Indian Games

Fruit Basket

Materials: Chairs (optional)
The children sit in a circle. Each child is a fruit. There should be many of the same fruits, for example 6 apples, 6 oranges, etc. One child is in the middle. That child yells the name of a fruit such as "banana" and all of the children who are bananas must stand up and run to sit in the chair of another banana. The child in the middle also runs for a chair. The child who does not get a chair will stand in the middle and call out the next fruit. Sometimes, the child will call "fruit basket" and everyone will run for a new chair.

It’s fun to use fruits that are common in India, such as: papaya, banana, pomegranate, sweet lime ( mosambi), orange, pineapple, coconut, etc.

Colours

The game leader calls out a colour. The players must all run to touch something that colour. The leader calls out another colour and the players run again. Sometimes the leader can call out two or three colours at the same time, and the players must find a way to touch all of the colours at one time. Players cannot use their own clothing and should always take at least 5 steps each round. 

At Sangam, we often play this game using Hindi words for colours.