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Uncle Otto's bath: sentences built on folded paper
A paper-and-pen game: everyone adds one part of a sentence without seeing the rest, then you read out the results.
- Difficulty
- ◆ easy
What you need
- One sheet of paper per player, turned sideways
- One pen per player
How to do it
- Turn the sheet sideways and write the sentence “Uncle Otto is sitting in the bathtub” as the first row, laid out as a table.
- In the next row, under “Uncle”, write a word for a family relation.
- Fold the sheet so the first column is hidden and pass it to your neighbour.
- In the second column (“Otto”), write a name, fold again and pass on. Keep going until the sentence is complete.
- At the end, unfold the sheets and read the sentences aloud.
Variations
- Change or extend the sentence, e.g. “Uncle Otto is sitting in the bathtub to splash around”. Then everyone adds a sentence part at the end.
Sources
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Viele Spiele fürs Autofahren funktionieren nur mit einem Blatt Papier und einem Stift.
