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Activity Sheets
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Preprinted sheets with three activities: name the quilt block; word jumble,
quilt trivia and an answer sheet. Click
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Activity Sheets from Quilt Campus
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All Shook Up
Each team must unscramble quilt block names
Anagrams
A word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
For example, Pecan Hint to Nine Patch. You can play with anagrams here on the Wordsmith site.
Baskets of Fun
Make up little baskets with slips of paper in them, then collect these
items:
1 Bag - To help you keep it all together
1 Bandaid......To heal hurt feelings
1 Button.....To close your mouth before saying an unkind word.
1 Candy Kiss....to remind you everyone needs T.L.C.
1 Candy Hug - Because we all need hugs & kisses
1 Candle - to remind you to share your light with others
1 Cotton Ball - for the rough roads ahead
1 Earplug - To remind you to tune out the negative
1 Eraser - everyone makes mistakes and it's O.K. Every day you can
start over.
1 Happy Face - smiling not only increases your face value, but it's
contagious
1 Lifesaver - To remind you that many times you or others need help
1 Marbles - To remind you to keep rolling along (in case you lose yours)
1 Match - To light your fire when you feel burned out
1 Mint.....Because you are worth a mint.
1 Pencil - To remind you to keep sharp
1 Recipe - to make when you want to do something special for someone
special
1 Rubber Band - To remind you to be flexible and bind us in friendship
1 Sandpaper.....To sand off the rough edges of people around you.
1 Smartie - To help you on those days when you don't feel so smart
1 Snickers - To remind you to take time out to laugh
1 Star.....Because everyone is good at something.
1 Starburst - To give you a burst of energy on those days when you don't
have any
1 Stick of Gum - To remind you to stick with it
1 Sweet & Sour Candy - to help you accept and appreciate the
differences in others
1 Sweet Tart - Remember, there are sweet and tart things in everything we
do
1 Toothpick - To remind you to pick out the good qualities
1 Tissue....To dry the tears of a friend who is hurting.
1 Tootsie Roll - To remind you not to bite off more than you can chew
Color Challenge
Each team has to match colors with descriptions
Cookies for Santa - a Holiday game
Each person brings a wrapped quilt related gift. The group stands or sits in a
circle and someone reads the following story. The gifts are passed LEFT or
RIGHT as word is said. When the game ends, open the gift you have!
Mr & Mrs WRIGHT woke up early on the day before Christmas. Mrs. WRIGHT
planned to bake some cookies for Santa's visit. She told Mr WRIGHT, "I
want to have just the RIGHT cookie for Santa when he comes tonight."
She looked in the pantry and discovered that she had no sugar LEFT. "Mr.
WRIGHT," Mrs. WRIGHT cried, "I have no sugar LEFT in my pantry. I
need some to bake just the RIGHT cookie for Santa. Will you go to the store to
get some for me?"
Mr. WRIGHT said, "You're RIGHT. I'll go RIGHT now." And he LEFT
immediately.
Mrs. WRIGHT began to prepare her cookie batter. When she reached for the sack
of flour, she saw there was only a little flour LEFT...not nearly enough to
make her cookies. "Oh dear," said Mrs. WRIGHT. "Mr WRIGHT just
LEFT for the store. He will not like to have to go back again." Mrs.
WRIGHT quickly LEFT her baking and called the grocer. "This is Mrs WRIGHT.
My husband, Mr. WRIGHT just LEFT to get some sugar at your store. I just
discovered I don't have enough flour LEFT for my cookies. Will you tell him to
buy some flour too?"
"Oh Mars WRIGHT," the grocer said, "Mr WRIGHT just LEFT with
your sugar. In fact, he bought the only sack we had LEFT on the shelf. I'll try
to catch him RIGHT quick so he can bring your flour too. We have plenty of that
LEFT."
Just then Mr WRIGHT drove up with the sack of sugar. "Here Mrs. WRIGHT.
This is the only sack they had LEFT."
"Oh Mr WRIGHT," said Mrs WRIGHT. "I don't have enough flour LEFT
to bake Santa's cookies. I tried to catch you at the grocers but you had
already LEFT."
"Oh no," said Mr WRIGHT. "I'll go RIGHT back." And he LEFT
immediately.
Mrs WRIGHT turned RIGHT around and went back into her kitchen. Suddenly she
realized she had not bought any butter for the cookies either. "Oh
my," she exclaimed, "How can I bake the RIGHT cookie for Santa
without butter!"
She called the grocer again and asked him to tell Mr WRIGHT to bring butter
too.
Fortunately, Mr WRIGHT had not LEFT the store yet. When he returned home, Mrs.
WRIGHT said, "Bring in the flour and butter RIGHT now so I can bake
Santa's cookies."
Mr WRIGHT began carrying lots of bags into the kitchen. "All RIGHT, what's
all this?" said Mrs WRIGHT.
"Well," said Mr WRIGHT, "I didn't want to have to go back to the
store again so besides your flour and butter I bought all the cookies the
grocer had LEFT. That way Santa is sure to have the RIGHT cookie."
Cross Quilting
Each team will have 5-10 minutes to
locate all the quilt words in a word search puzzle. To make this more
challenging, do not use a key on the page!
Don't Say That!
Each person will be given a safety pin on
entering the room. The object is to end up with the most pins. You get
pins by catching another person saying the forbidden word - pick something
it's hard to avoid like quilt or rotary . When someone catches you saying the
word, you have to give up your pin. Points for 1st, 2nd and 3rd highest
number of pins.
Fat Quarter Poker
A very funny ice breaker type game using your fat quarters and playing
cards sold by Atkinson
Designs. Mini color lesson.
Frog Stitch Wizard
a race to be the first quilter to "reverse" stitch a "bad" block. a
great way to get your rippppit done by someone else.<GBG> Hidden picture
Each team gets a picture of a quilt - tons of blocks - they must find the
named blocks in the least amount of time.
How many blocks?
Each team will be assigned THREE letters. They will have 5 minutes to write
down as many block names as they can that begin with that letter. Barbara
Brackman's book will be used as the "dictionary."
Name It
A tray full of quilty
items the winner is the one who can name the most after looking for 1
or 2 minutes. No note taking allowed!
a variation put several "not sharp" items in a bag tell what they are
just by touch.
Name that Quilt Block!
Pack a sewing basket
All groups play - group lasting longest wins. Name an item in a sewing
basket, next person says that item, plus a new one. When a person can't
remember, they drop out. Winner 4 points, next to last 3 points.
Putting it Together
Each team gets an envelope with construction paper block pieces. Every team
tries to put together as many blocks in 10 minutes as they can. Most blocks
wins - 4 points, 3 point, 2 points. Two point bonus for using all the blocks.
Quilt Bingo
This is a fund raising event to which other guilds and the public can be
invited. Tickets are sold to a certain amount of bingo games. The
prizes are wall quilts or other relatively high appeal prizes that have been
donated by the members and/or local shops. There are usually at least one
raffle, too - this is a good place to sell tickets for the raffle
quilt! The sponsoring guild sells refreshments, sandwiches, pizza,
snacks, baked goods and any other goodies. If small donations are received,
they can be used as door prizes.
Quiltbug
Whose got the quilt bug? The leader of this game puts a small
clothespin on someone in the room without their knowledge. Later she
rings a bell and everyone has to hunt for the bug. (If the person
discovers it in the meantime, they secretly put it on someone else.)
The person found with it draws a slip of paper from the task bag. She would
then have to perform the task which might be pressing for anyone in the room
for 5 minutes, being a sewing slave for 5 minutes, helping anyone "unsew"
for 5 minutes, performing the hokey-pokey, shouting "I love
quilting!" 3 times, etc. Upon completion of the task, they choose from
the prize basket - notions, patterns, etc that were donated.
Quilto
Quilters bingo. Choose numbers under the word q-u-i-l-t.
Sometimes we have Quilty Bingo. Local fabric shops might donate
prizes if you promise them you will mention them over and over! Also
have everyone bring in a quilty something old or new (but what they
would want in return) and then have a Blind Auction.... they bring
it
in wrapped (everyone might not go home with something, its a gamble)
and you can do it one or two ways, have everyone walk around chinese
auction style and put in tickets that they have bought, or just hold
up each wrapped item, shake it a bit, tell how heavy and do an actual
auction with live bids.. it is also a good way to raise some money
for your guild. Quilto can be purchased commercially at www.Quilto.com
or by E-mailing Trudy4quilto@aol.com Quilt Pictionary
Need tripod and newspaper pad - each person draws the name of a block and
then must make her team members guess the block by drawing things that make
them say the words. Play with two teams of 5 each. Each member takes one turn.
Each team that wins its "heat" gets one point. The team with the
best overall time gets a 2 point bonus.
Rotary Race
Each team will choose one person to cut strips - fabric will be provided
and strips will be cut at 2". They will cut for 5 minutes. Inaccurate
strips will be disqualified. These strips will be used for rail fence, etc.
Points: 5, 4, 3
Scavenger Hunt
Each team will get a list when they come in. They must collect either/both
items and signatures of people with items or information. First completed
sheet turned in to judge wins 4 points, 2nd sheet. 3 points, 3rd
sheet, 2 points. You can use items such as a chatelaine, brass thimble, red thread, person
wearing contact lenses, person with more than 3 children, person who has lived
in more than 2 countries outside of US, etc. If you want to theme the hunt
(for example, Christmas), use items like a fat quarter of christmas fabric or
any red or green, a spool of red or green thread, etc. To make this more fun, each list
will have one "ringer" item that we plant somewhere in the room.
To make this the ice-breaker type, use search terms like
"Someone that has 4 children", "Has lived in more than 5
states", Owns 3 sewing machines", "Has Blonde hair and Blue
Eyes", etc.
Sew and Slice
3 members of each team will work to sew strips from Rotary Race in sets of
4, then cut apart in 6 1/2" units. When time is up, most units wins 5
points, 2nd 4 points, 3rd, 3 points.
Sew it!
a race to be the first to get a block sewn by hand from already cut
pieces. Steal this gift! Everybody brings a wrapped gift. Then each person draws a
number from 1 to whatever. #1 picks a present and unwraps it, then #2
can either unwrap a new present or steal from #1. If your present
gets stolen, you get to make another choice. The game continues until all
the presents are given out.
Still Crazy
One member from each group will sew foundation crazy squares. One with most
blocks made after 1 hour wins 5 points, second place 4 points. Third place 3
points
Strip Poker
Played with cards, but the betting money is strips of fabric. Doesn't
have to be poker, or even a full card game. Try a high card draw, or
slapjack with the winner getting all the strips on the table.
Thimble relay
Each team will pick 4 members to form a relay team. The object is to walk
with a spoon containing a thimble without dropping thimble.
Thimble Toss
Get a churn or other suitable
container and have teams toss thimble from a line 2-4 feet away. Or drop
thimble into open bottle (like clothespins into milk bottle).
Threaders
Each team choose ONE person to thread needles - needles are threaded into
same spool - How many needles threaded in TWO minutes?
Or... thread the entire package of needles onto the one spool of thread.
Each team member threads one needle and passes it on to the next person. The
team to get all the needles on the quickest wins a prize.
Ugly Fabric Dare
Everyone contributes 1 yard of an ugly fabric. The yard is passed
around while music is played. When the music stops, everyone must rip
the yard they have in half and pass the half yard on when the music starts up
again. The game continues until the last piece is 4" x
4". By this time, everyone has a lot of different fabrics in a lot
of different sizes. The "dare" is to make something of it!
Under the Big Top
Each group will get a batch of blocks. They are already trimmed to 10
1/2" . They will be told how to assemble their blocks (5x7) into a top
and the first group to finish wins
Who Wrote it?
Each group gets a list of books and authors - they have 5 minutes to match
them up.
Who's Watching?
A bonus game for the attentive. A
selection of items will be on display at the registration table. Later,
people will be asked to write down as many as they remember OR several large
items will be on display at front of room all morning. At lunch, remove
one item. After lunch, ask who can identify the missing item.
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