Old Man and the Sea

Type of Game: Birthday - Old Man and the Sea

Equipment: Prizes, "Throw Back" items, blue blanket/sheet, and a spring-tension curtain rod

Formation: Individual

# of Players: 5+

Description: Hang a blue blanket across a doorway using a spring-tension curtain rod. An adult(the Old Man) hides on one side, in "The Sea." Each child takes a turn with the fishing pole(a paper clip or clothes pin acts as the "hook") and casts over the top of the blanket.

The adult pulls on the line and attaches either a prize or a "throw back", a funny item the child would not want to keep, such as underwear, a baby bottle, old boot. Each child gets to cast until they win a prize.