Drama Game: IF YOU LOVE ME HONEY, GIVE ME A SMILE
IF YOU LOVE ME HONEY, GIVE ME A SMILE is a classic drama game to get everyone laughing and practice keeping a straight drama face!
​How to play if you love me honey, give me a smile
Players:
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This is a whole class circle drama game and can be played with medium to large groups.
How to play this drama game:
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Students stand in a circle and the first allocated person stands in the middle.
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The first student in the middle must approach another student and say:
“Honey, if you love me, give me a smile?”
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And without laughing or smiling (with an absolutely neutral expression), that person must say:
“Honey, you know I love you but I just can’t smile”
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If the middle student manages to make a student smile, they switch places and the smiling student must try to get someone else to smile.
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If they do not get a smile they must try someone else.
Rules
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Absolutely no touching - the student in the middle must use their voice, facial expression, movement, focus and gestures to try and “crack” the other students into smiling/laughing.
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The student in the middle, stays in the middle until they can make someone smile.
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If someone doesn’t smile, the student in the middle must move on to the next student. They can’t keep trying the same person.
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Notes
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I find students take this game on very quickly and will naturally try different tactics to get a smile.
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The general manner of the game (being students with their peers), makes students laugh.
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Choose a confident student to go first.
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This drama game is included in the FREE Drama Games PDF which you can download HERE!
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