The Floor Is Lava Games
The Floor Is Lava is a unique and fun game that kids of all ages love to play. The game rules and basic concept is simple enough for even young children to understand and crazy enough that tweens and teens still like to play.
How To Play The Floor Is Lava
In this fun game all the players pretend that the floor is made of lava
and they cannot touch the ground. The players must move around the room by
climbing on furniture and creating bridges with common household items
such as books or pillows.
Any player that touches the floor during
the game is out.
During the game the players must be constantly
moving from one area of the room to the next and aren't allowed to sit or
stand anywhere for more then 10 seconds.
The Floor Is Lava Variations
There are many different ways that the game can be played depending
on how many children are playing and where they are playing.
The Floor Is Lava Tag
Start by deciding who will be the
first tagger and that person must tag another player without touching the
floor. When a player is tagged they become the new tagger and must tag
someone other than the person who tagged them.
Playground The Floor Is Lava
This version is
a great game to play on the playground using all the playground equipment to
keep players up off of the ground. One player is the Lava Monster and they
are allowed to walk on the ground to tag other players. Players must
continue to move around the playground equipment and if they are still for
more then 10 seconds then they are considered tagged.
The game can be played that when a Lava Monster tags someone the
tagged player is the new Lava Monster or that the Lava Monster must tag
everyone and the last player tagged becomes the new Lava Monster.
For older kids add in the rule that if a player is tagged by the Lava
Monster then they have to stay still, but another player can tag them back
into the game.
Lava Regeneration
A fun rule for the game is
that if a player touches the ground then they have to complete a silly task
or dare to get back in the game. We use these
kid friendly
dares that you can print out before the game. Cut the dares into
individual pieces and place in a container for players to draw from when
they touch the floor.
Paper Stepping Stones
This is a fun
version to play inside for younger children. Place different colored pieces
of paper on the floor and tape them down with painters tape. Arrange the
paper so that they make paths all around the room and are close enough
together so that young children can jump from one piece to the next.
Let the children free play on the pieces of paper or make it more
challenging by calling out a color and then all the players must rush to
stand on that color of paper without stepping on the floor.
Impromptu Lava
The Floor Is Lava game can be
played anywhere at anytime. Surprise your kids while shopping or at the park
by simply yelling "The Floor is Lava!" and they have 5 seconds to find an
object to stand on that will get them off the ground.