Theatre Education: A Resource of Practical and Project-Based Warm-ups/Theatre Games for K-12

Giants, Elves, Wizards

Where we learned it: Creative Drama class at NU
Age: 4th grade and up
Materials: None

Process:

1. Divide the class into two groups.
2. This game is played like a giant version of “Rock, Paper, Scissors.”
3. Each team goes off to their side and decides if they are going to be Giants, Elves or Wizards.  Everyone on that team has to be the same thing.
4. The teams line up back to back at a center line and yell, “Giants, Elves, Wizards” before turning to reveal to the other team what they are.
5. Giants beat Elves, Elves beat Wizards and Wizards beat Giants.
6. The winner team tries to tag members from the other team before they can get back to their side.  If they catch anyone, that person joins the winner team.
7. Play until everyone is on one team.
8. If the two teams turn and reveal the same character (e.g., they’re both Wizards) then they greet one another like long-lost wizard friends and go back to their team’s side to play another round.

Variations:

1. Change the name to be three things with a similar relationship in a subject that you are studying.