MYSTERY GRINCH TAG: Fun K-5 Holiday Christmas PE Game
Bring holiday magic to your gym with MYSTERY GRINCH TAG – A super fun K-5 Christmas PE Game!
Mystery Grinch Tag – Christmas PE Game
In this festive elementary PE activity, students are given a fun “mystery number” and team up with classmates to become GRINCH Taggers.
This easy-to-set-up holiday PE game is perfect for December gym class, winter parties, and school Christmas events where kids can move, laugh, and celebrate together.
MYSTERY GRINCH TAG is a surefire way to spark joy and enthusiasm with your students.
This game is a must-have resource for any elementary physical education teacher looking to energize their Christmas PE lessons and keep their students active.
Get the FULL LESSON PLAN PDF RIGHT HERE
Hi there, it’s so great to meet you! I’m Mrs. T. (Love 2 Teach and Learn) or you can call me Jen – a Michigan mom, wife, new grandma (aka “Jemma”) and K-12 PE teacher who has also taught Kindergarten, 3rd, and 6th grades.
I love teaching PE class because I get to spend time telling silly jokes and exercising while laughing with my students.
READY! SET! LET’S RELAY!
MYSTERY GRINCH TAG, is so much fun. I just know you are going to love playing it with your kiddos this Christmas Holiday season.
Equipment Needed
For this Awesome Mystery Grinch Tag Christmas PE Game, you will need the following pieces of equipment:
- 2 GREEN POOL NOODLES
- CLIPBOARD, SCRAP PAPER, PENCIL/PEN
- SMALL STICKERS or MARKER
- KIDS READY TO HAVE A BLAST
Simple Game Set-Up
FIRST, count up the number of students in your class.
THEN, secretly, one by one, give each student a small sticker with a different number on it and have them stick it on the inside of their hand so nobody can see it.
NEXT, place 2 Green “GRINCH STICKS” or pool noodles in the middle circle of the gym.
FINALLY, have all of the students line up along the end lines of the gym.
GAME DIRECTIONS: Mystery Grinch Tag
The game begins when the teacher yells out two different random numbers. The two students who have those numbers are the Grinch Taggers.
The Grinch Taggers run quickly to the middle of the gym and pick up the two green pool noodles to tag with.
The teacher sets a timer for 45-60 Seconds (you decide). The Grinch Taggers are a partner team and work together to tag as many students as they can during their 45 second to a minute time frame.
If a student gets tagged by a Grinch Tagger, they must sit down on the gym floor right where he/she got tagged.
At the end of the round, count up how many students the Grinch Taggers were able to tag (they get one point for each) and the teacher records their score on the clipboard.
The teacher begins a new round by calling two more mystery numbers to become the Grinch Taggers.
The game continues until all students have had a chance to be a Grinch Tagger and the partner team with the most points WINS.
Game Teaching Tips – Mystery Grinch Tag
TIP 1: The little colored circle stickers that you can buy in packs at big stores like Walmart work really well for writing the numbers on. Then, just have the kids put the sticker on the inside of their hand so they don’t forget their number.
TIP 2: If you don’t have stickers you can use sticky notes or a Crayola, non toxic marker and write their number on the inside of their hand so they don’t forget.
TIP 3: It’s very helpful if the teacher has a clipboard and a scrap piece of paper to write all of the mystery numbers on before the game.
TIP 4: Be sure to keep track of the numbers you’ve called so everybody gets a turn. You can also play in Grinch groups of 3 or 4 too.
TIP 5: I like to play a fun, upbeat Christmas song when playing this game. Just make sure you time it so that every round is the exact same amount of time.
Watch: How to Play Mystery Grinch Tag
Happy Holidays
So, what do you say? Why not blast some “clean” and upbeat PE music , maybe tell a few funny Christmas Jokes and bring the excitement of MYSTERY GRINCH TAG to your gymnasium today!
Don’t forget – you can snag your very own copy of this easy, fun, NO PREP Lesson Plan RIGHT HERE.
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Your physical education lesson plans will definitely level up when you add MYSTERY GRINCH TAG to your Christmas PE Class Schedule.
Thanks so much for stopping by today and spending some time with me.
I really appreciate it and I hope that you have a TRULY BLESSED And BEAUTIFUL Day spent laughing until your cheeks hurt!
