• Divide the children into two equal teams.

• The first person in each line must put a large teddy bear under her chin and pass it to the next person in their line.

• The next child grabs the teddy with her chin, and on and on, until it gets to the end of the line.

• If the teddy is dropped, the team must start over.

• The team to pass the teddy from the front to the back of the line without dropping it wins!

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Teddy Too Hot:

This teddy game is played just like hot potato, only a bear will be tossed instead.
• Have the children sit in a circle.

• Start the music (lively music works very well!).

• The children begin passing the teddy until the music stops.

• The child holding the 'hot' bear when the music stops is - out.

• Start the music again to begin another round.

• The rounds continue until two players remain.

• Next, a final round is played with these two players. When the music stops, the child not holding the bear wins.

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Musical Teddy Chairs:

• Place chairs in a circle (facing out).

• Set up one fewer chair than the number of children present.

• The game starts when the music is turned on and the children begin walking around the chairs.

• When the music stops the children will place their teddy bears into an empty seat. The teddy bear who doesn't have a seat to sit on is - out.

• Start the music again to begin another round.

• The rounds continue until a single bear is place in the last remaining seat. This teddy wins!

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Where's The Teddy?:

• Hide an old teddy bear in the room.

• The guests begin looking for the teddy.

• You will call out 'hot' or 'cold' to the children as they search excitedly for the bear.

• The child who finds the old teddy wins!

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Teddy Bear-M&M Relay:

• Start the game by having the children form two separate lines (equal sized teams).

• Place two bowls of M&Ms on the opposite end of the room.

• The first two children in each line are given a teddy bear to hold in the left arm, and a large wooden spoon to hold in the right hand.

• Call "GO!", and these first two children will start quickly walking toward the bowl of M&Ms opposite them (no running allowed).

• They scoop out as many M&Ms as they can using only the hand with the spoon. They should be holding their teddies with the other arm.

• The children walk carefully back to their respective teams with their spoons full of M&M's. They deposit the M&Ms into another set of bowls - one sitting beside each line.

• The next round continues as the spoons and bears are quickly passed to the next children in each line, who then take-off to do the same.

• The group to completely transfer all of their M&Ms wins the game!

  Note: M&Ms dropped along the way go back into the bowl from which they were removed.

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