Equipment: Dried chickpeas, 1 mini grabber claw (available on ebay) and 1 cup per player; 1 bowl
Space: Small area to sit in a circle around a table or on the floor
How to Play: Place the bowl in the centre of all the players. Give each player a cup with an equal number of chickpeas in it (eg 20). On the word ‘Go’ each player has to get the chickpeas from his/her cup into the central bowl using only the grabber. The first one to empty their cup of chickpeas is the winner.
Players cannot hold their cups – they must stay on the table the same distance from the bowl. When all the chickpeas are in the central bowl, the players can then try to get as many of them into their own cups as possible until all are gone. The one with the most chickpeas is the winner.
Variations: Use the other hand
For a larger number of players, split into teams and place the teams further apart with the bowl in the middle so players have to take the chickpea in the grabber to the central bowl. Then play the game in reverse. As a finale, allow players one at a time to take chickpeas from other players’ cups for a specific length of time eg 1 minute. Players cannot defend their cups! The team with the most chickpeas at the end is the winner.
This could also be played using teaspoons rather than grabbers, but only 1 chickpea can be moved at any time.
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