Games

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!

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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!

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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.

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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! 

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