How to play an make a Twister

Para continuar con la cuarentena os proponemos el juego del twister, en esta actividad podréis aprender tanto a jugar como a fabricar vuestro propio twister. Es una actividad optativa , especialmente pensada para 3º y 4º, que busca mejorar la coordinación, el equilibrio, el esquema corporal y la lateralidad. Con ella podréis pasar un buen rato en familia tanto fabricando el Twister como jugando. Esperamos que la disfrutéis.

Homemade Twister Game

One of the most popular party games has to be the twister game. No, we’re not talking about tornados here, but the fun game that gets everyone wrapped up in everyone else – literally! It’s the perfect game to play during the holidays with family and friends, and it guarantees lots of laughter.

According to Wikipedia, Twister was played for the first time in 1966 on The Tonight Show by Eva Gabor and Johnny Carson. The idea of this game was then sent in to the producers and Milton Bradley was the first group to publish this game.

If you have never played Twister before, don’t worry! It’s super easy to learn; all you have to do is follow these simple twister rules and you’ll be bending sideways in no time.

Twister Requirements

We recommend that you’ll need 2-3 players to play this game; more would make things a bit more complicated. It would also be wise to get someone to referee the game. You will also need a Twister set, which will include the Twister mat, and a spinner. This game works best on a flat surface.

How to Play Twister

Spread the mat out onto the ground. You can put heavy objects in the corners in order to make sure the mat doesn’t slide around too much.

If you haven’t played Twister before, you’ll have to set up the spinner. Simply press the needle into the centre hole. You will see that there are different colours on there as well as a left foot, right foot, left hand, and right hand on it.

The referee will then spin the spinner and calls out the action that should be carried out by the players. If the referee calls “Left foot, blue!”, then all the players should move their left foot to the blue circle.

Remember that you may not move your body until the referee calls out an action, except if you allow another person’s limb to pass through. There may also be only one player’s limb per dot.

If your limb is already on the colour dot that has been called out, you’ll need to find another dot of the same colour.

If you fall down, you will be eliminated from the game. It’s important for you to keep your balance at all times! The last person standing is the winner.

How we make a Twister Game:

We made this on a cold winter's afternoon, it was fun to make, and fun to play with.
You will need:

A roll of paper
Scissors
A roll of sticky-tape
A large plate
A pencil
Colouring crayons (red, blue, green and yellow)

Cut 3 equal lengths from the paper roll (around 6' long) and tape them together to make a huge square of paper.

Draw a grid of 16 circles (4 x 4) using a pencil to draw around the plate.

Colour each row a different colour with crayons. - This bit was fun.

That gives you your playing 'board'

I made the spinning selector piece by using a square of paper with the colours and hands and feet written around the outside.

We used a piece of lego as a make-shift spinner - you could try making one out of cardboard or something

If you don't know the game it goes something like this:
One person is in charge of the spinner.
One or more people are on the board.
You spin and call out where the pointer lands (eg. left foot, red)
The people on the board have to put their left feet on a red dot on the board, and keep it there. The spinner spins again.
You are only allowed to touch the board where the spinner tell you to.
If you fall over you are out of the game.
We played many variations, younger kids can enjoy hoping from one colour to another, or the spinner can call out different instructions to each player.

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