🎲 Challenge Dice

What you need

Equipment: One die. Write the task key on a board or big sheet: 1 = charades, 2 = song, 3 = dance, 4 = riddle, 5 = physical challenge, 6 = player's choice. Prepare four or five ideas for each number.

How to play Challenge Dice

1. Players sit in a circle and the die passes clockwise.
2. The player whose turn it is rolls the die into the middle.
3. The host reads the task type and gives a specific task: "Charades: a dentist."
4. The player has 10 seconds to think and 60 seconds to perform.
5. The group guesses or judges, depending on the task.
6. Succeeded? Points. Struggled? A second try with a hint.
7. Rolled a 6? The player picks any task type, but scores only half.
8. Pass the die to the next player.

Scoring and wrapping up

Scoring: Task done: 2 points. Done with help: 1 point. Own choice (6): half a point. Group vote for performance of the round: 1 bonus point.

To finish: After three rounds, add up the points and crown the Dice Champion.

By age

• Ages 5-6: Use only three task types and let the host perform with them.
• Ages 9+: Add a timer and a harder riddle list.

Variations

• Big group: Play in teams. The whole team does the task together.
• Capy twist: Roll two dice and do both tasks at once, like singing while doing a physical challenge.

Tips for the adult in charge

• Put the task key on the board before you start so everyone can see it.
• Any child who does not want to sing or dance can swap for a riddle. No one should feel forced.

Safety

Keep physical challenges gentle and done in a clear space.

🖨️ Printable dice task cards

Sort the cards by number and read one out when that number is rolled.

• 1 Charades: a dentist
• 1 Charades: brushing a lion's teeth
• 1 Charades: a chef flipping pancakes
• 1 Charades: an astronaut on the moon
• 2 Song: sing Happy Birthday like an opera singer
• 2 Song: sing a nursery rhyme like a robot
• 2 Song: hum a song for the group to guess
• 3 Dance: dance like a jellyfish
• 3 Dance: a dance with only your arms
• 3 Dance: a slow-motion dance
• 4 Riddle: What has hands but cannot clap? (A clock)
• 4 Riddle: What gets wetter the more it dries? (A towel)
• 4 Riddle: What has a neck but no head? (A bottle)
• 5 Challenge: hop on one foot 10 times
• 5 Challenge: balance a book on your head for 10 seconds
• 5 Challenge: touch your toes 10 times
• 6 Free choice: pick any task type you like
• 6 Free choice: invent a task for yourself