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Hi Donna, how about 'Build a Snowman' instead? Draw a cute snowman that ends with a sad face it the word is not guessed correctly.

1. Largest body circle
2. Smaller body circle
3. Head circle
4. One arm
5. Another arm
6. Top hat
7. Buttons
8. One eye
9. Another eye
10. Carrot nose
11. Last turn - add a smile if the letter is guessed, if not, a sad face.

What a wonderful suggestion Talita

THIS IS A GREAT IDEA YOU COULD DRAW ANYTHING NOT ONLY A SNOWMAN.
GREAT WORK TALITA

Thanks Maureen I agree with you

I love the idea of the snowman! Adorable and fun. Thank you, Talita!

At our facility, we play the exact same game as hangman but call it wheel of fortune. We draw the blank spaces for a word or phrase, and when a chosen letter is not in the word, we simply write that letter at the top of the whiteboard - no need to draw anything for incorrect letters.

Thank you Gail what a great idea

We play a game called 'Confessional Hangman'. I'm not sure where I got the idea from but we use a variety of topics ( ie; proberbs,songs,household items, movies, icons in Australia ect) We have two teams and two different phrases to be solved. I use different coloured whiteboard markers to distinguish between the two phrases so each team doesn't get confused with which puzzle they are solving. We also use the Wheel of Fortune alphabet sheets (with the vowels covered) The clients keep track of the letters their team has chosen by covering the letters with washers as they are called. First team to solve their puzzle gets a tick.

I play a game that is a cross between hangman and wheel of fortune with a memory fitness group I run at a library. We just call it Wheel of Fortune although all we do is guess letters until someone comes up with the phrase. They seem to enjoy it.

Sounds like a good idea Virginia I say if it works use it

Thanks Virginia

I had same problem, so came up with different version called it 'The full monty' (bit cheeky) use cardboard cut out of man hands covering his modesty, then layer him with cut out clothing ie; pants, vest, trousers, shirt, tie, boots, jacket, hat, glasses whatever extra slowly removing items of clothing with each wrong guess, causes a few giggles !! i'm sure they get it wrong on purpose :)

Ha! I love this Rachel, this is a fabulous idea!

Confessional hangman also sounds like a fun group activity Carol!

We sometimes play something called “name that phrase”
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Hit the sack.
They have to guess the letters

Another great idea Rachel

It sounds to me like you are a great activity leader with many great ideas

thanks so much helped me as well

Check out Pinterest - they have some ideas - such as Build a Flower or Praying Man - you draw a man praying instead of a man hanging. We use Wheel of Fortune for ours.

Thanks so much Kristi
Yours is another great idea

Hi Donna,
In winter, I just use a drawing on the white board of a set of long stairs, and a big puddle at the bottom. I made a figure, with an umbrella, hat, gloves, boots with magnets to stick on the white board. Whenever an answer is wrong, he loses a warm clothing item, or he has to step down a step. The residents choose what happens. In summer, the figure has bathers, towel, sunglasses and sun screen, beach umbella and a sun hat- the puddle is full of sharks.

Wow what a great idea
I am sure took you some time to create this but I am sure your residents love it

awesome ideas

We also play the game wheel of fortune at our facility. The residents love it. We bought the game, which is called wheel of fun, from the magazine S&S Worldwide (I believe). At the end of the game we let the residents buy little snacks with the money they won.

Sounds like another great idea
Jodee