Krishna’s Names –
ABC Ball Game
How to Play:
- Sit in a circle and throw the ball to someone.
- The person receiving the ball has to say one of Krishna’s names starting with the letter A.
- The next person receiving the ball says a name that starts with the next letter, and the game goes on.
- One name cannot be said twice!
Krishna Seeks the Gopas
How to Play:
- Just like the pastime, Brahma hides the Gopas and Krishna goes to try finding them.
- Someone is chosen to be the seeker, Krishna, and someone is chosen to be the hider, Brahma.
- The rest are the Gopas. Brahma chooses spots to hide the Gopas while Krishna is counting to ten with eyes closed.
- Once Krishna is done counting, he goes to look for his lost Gopas.
- The game is over once Krishna finds all his Gopas!
Krishna’s Charades
How to Play:
- Everyone chooses to act out one of Krishna’s pastimes, incarnations, associates, enemies, etc.
- Acting is only allowed through movements and facial expressions, no talking is allowed!
- The audience has to guess what is being acted out; whoever guesses first, wins! You have to raise your hand to guess.
- The acting can also be done in groups, and each group can prepare a short skit for the rest to guess.
Krishna’s Pictionary
How to Play:
- Divide everyone into groups of 2-5 people.
- One person in each group is the drawer, and the others are the guessers.
- The drawers get a word that is related to Krishna from a few categories: object, personality, place and pastime.
- This word needs to be drawn out without talking, and the guessers need to guess what word is being drawn.
- The time is limited! The minimum limit is usually 1 minute, but it can be varied depending on the age and abilities of the groups.
- The first group to guess their word wins!