Stick Stick
A.K.A. Button, Button, who has the Button?
One person starts out as "it' and the other players form a circlesurrounding her. They sit cross legged
All members of the circle sit with their knees touching. The left hand formsa "cup" shape, (palm up) and is placed on the person to their left'sright knee (so each person has someone else's left hand on their right knee.)The right hand is made into a clenched position ( as though hiding something.)One person starts with a twig small enough to be concealed in their right hand.The person who is "it" must know where the stick is starting.
It is imperative that the players have the motion down-pat before the actualgame is played. They must all start with their right hand in the cupped hand ofthe player whose hand is on their right knee, then everyone at the same timemoves their right hand into their own left hand, then back to the other hand,then back to their own hand. The stick is passed from one player to the next,but must be concealed to the best of their abilities (especially during theactual passing of the stick.) After the song is sung once through, the personwho is "it" can begin to guess who has the stick. When theysuccessfully guess, those two players switch places. Half the fun is trying toconceal the stick--the other half is pretending you have it when you reallydon't!!
The song is as follows, each line break represents the hands going from sideto side
Stick
Stick
How I
Wonder
From one
hand in-
to the
other
Is it
fair?
Is it
fair?
to keep poor
(say name of player in center)
sitting
there?
This song is repeated until theperson guesses where the stick is. No fair hiding the stick!!
Contributed by Kim Sgouroudis
OR
The children all stand in a circlewith one person in the middle. That person has a button between his hands thathe is going to drop into one of the other player's hands. The object of the gameis to go around the circle pretending to drop the button, but not letting theothers know who got the button. Then the other players guess who got the button.The drop is accomplished by holding the button between your two hands stretchedout flat. You stand facing another player who is holding his hands the same way,only he opens his a little bit so you can run your hands through his. If youdecide to drop the button, you open the bottom of your hands a little and let itdrop. If you don't drop the button, just leave your hands closed, and go throughthe motion. After you have gone completely around the circle, all the playersguess, with all of them trying to look like the one with the button. Whoeverfinally guesses correctly gets to be in the middle and drop the button.
Contributed by Sue Johnsen
