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Theatre Education: A Resource of Practical and Project-Based Warm-ups/Theatre Games for K-12
Bippity Bippity Bop
  Where we learned it: Creative Drama at NU
Ages: 4th grade and up
Materials: None
Process:
- The students stand in a circle. One person stands in the middle. She will point at people in the circle and give them a direction. The people in the circle have to follow that direction or they will come into the middle.
- When a student makes a mistake, that person becomes the person in the middle.
- The different directions are as follows and new directions are continually added.
- When the leader points to a person in the circle and says “Bippity Bippity Bop,” the student responds with one word “Bop” before the leader finishes the phrase.
- If the leader points to a student and says simply “Bop,” the student says nothing.
- All of the following involve one student that the leader points at as well as people standing on either side of that student. The title of the action is what the leader says.
- HOUSE—Student kneels and says spookily “Come in. Come in.” Side students reach their hands up at a 45° angle and create a roof by touching fingertips.
- COWBOY – Student twirls arm like a lasso, gallops like riding a horse and yells “Yee ha!” Side students face forward and gallop on a horse saying “Clip Clop.”
- JELLO—Student wiggles like Jello. Side students create a bowl around the middle student with their arms.
- ELEPHANT—Student creates an elephant trunk with her arms. Side students use their arms to create large elephant ears on either side of the middle student’s head.
- BUNNY—Student creates a bunny tail behind her back with her hands. Side students create long bunny ears by holding one arms up to the middle person’s head.
- DEER—Student makes a wide-eyed face like a deer caught in headlights. Side students create antlers by holding their hands up to the middle person’s head.
- GODZILLA—Student roars like a rampaging Godzilla. Side students cower down low and scream.
- PALM TREE—Student holds her arms out like palm fronds. Side students ball up like coconuts on either side of the tree.
- AIRPLANE—Student creates goggles over her eyes using his/her hands. Side students put arms out to either side to create the wings.
- STONEHENGE - ALL students (not just the three indicated) stand with feet together, raise hands above head and bring down into prayer form. While they are doing this, the must say “Ohm” and hold it. Like meditation!
Variations:
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