How to Do the Hokey Pokey

Here are the directions in case you've forgotten how to do this old standby for children's parties and other raucous events.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Party Games
• Party Supplies
• Party Decorations
• Party Food
• Kazoos

1. Gather several people into a group and form a circle.

2. While singing the "Hokey Pokey" song, follow the directions.

3. Put your left leg into the circle.

4. Put your left leg out behind you.

5. Put your left leg in again and shake it all about.

6. Put your elbows at your sides with your hands about shoulder height and do the hokey pokey, turning clockwise in a circle and alternately raising your hands a few inches.

7. Stop turning and clap your hands while singing, "That's what it's all about."

8. Repeat the entire dance, but change the body part to your right leg, then left arm, followed by your right arm, head, and finally your backside.

Tips & Warnings

• Don't try this on skis or while operating heavy machinery.

[winsecrets]

on 2/10/2009 Take it from a "Hokey-Pokey" expert, I was a Hokey-Pokey song leader at different rinks over 3,000 times in my life. At the end of the Hokey-Pokey song when it says "Do-the-Hokey-Pokey" three times, you have to get on your knees like your worshiping bending toward the floor and sitting back up several times, all-the-while crazily wiggling your fingers and then clapping your hands on the floor as you bend. Doing this several times and quickly get back up again to finish the song with, "That's-what-its-all-about". And there is where you kick your right leg up and clap your hands underneath the leg as you kick. Also, someone forgot to add the most important body part..... your "whole self"!! Maybe Hokey-Pokey is "What-it's-all-about". "[e-mail]"

on 11/22/2005 Take the hula hoop around your hips. Swing the hula hoop around in a circle. Shake your hips in a small circle. Keep practicing for a few minutes at a time. In no time, you'll know how to hula hoop really well.