How to Play the Sound Test Game

You'll need sharp hearing for this game.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Keys
• Bells
• Gardening Gloves
• Rocks
• Shoeboxes
• Candies
• Macaroni
• Rice
• Cotton Balls And Swabs
• Silverware
• Coins
• Common Nails
• Marbles
• Coins
• Rocks

1. Choose several items that have a distinctive sound. Some ideas: a bell, a bag containing some rice, a rock, cotton, marbles, a bottle of pills, nails.

2. Place one item or a group of the same items in a shoebox or cardboard box. Do this in another room or while the players are not watching.

3. Choose one person to begin the game.

4. Hand the player the box.

5. Tell the player that he or she may shake the box, but may not open it or peek inside.

6. Explain that the player must try to guess what is inside the box based on how it sounds. Players will also have a sense of how heavy the item is from holding the box.

7. Pass the box to the next person if the item was not guessed correctly. Continue passing it until the item is guessed or everyone has had a try at guessing.

8. Add a new item and continue passing the box.

Tips & Warnings

• Make this game very hard by not allowing the players to hold the box at all. Have the leader shake the box.

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