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Description

A take on the game Captains Coming with a Coronation theme. Produced by scouts.org.uk https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/coronations-coming/

Resources

Hoop, chalk or masking tape to mark base (optional)

Instructions

One member of the group is the Royal Guard. This person will call out the actions. It could be a young member, young leader or adult volunteer.
Everyone else should stand in the centre of the space, ready to respond to the commands with the appropriate action.
Everyone should practice the Royal Guard’s commands. You could choose a selection from or all the following:
Buckingham Palace: Run to the left of the space
Westminster Abbey: Run to the right of the space
King’s coming: Bow to each other
Polish the crown jewels: Crouch down and pretend to polish the crown jewels
King’s crown: Place your hands either side of your head, like a crown
King’s procession: Stride around the room
Sit on the throne: Stop and pretend to sit down
Wave to the crowd: Stand still and wave to everyone around you
Hoist the flag: Pretend to pull a rope up the flagpole to pull up the flag
King’s Horses: Move around the room like you’re riding a horse
National anthem: Stand still and pretend to sing
An adult volunteer or young leader could do the actions as they’re shouted out for people to copy. You may want to have a written or printed copy of the actions.
Alternatively, if you want to people to become out as you play the game, you could add in these actions:
Street party (5,4,6,2,3): Gather in groups of the shouted number and link arms in a circle to form a street party. Anyone not in the required number could be out.
Trumpeters (5,4,6,2,3): Get into a row of the shouted number and pretend to play the trumpet. Anyone not in a row of the required number could be out.
Playing the game
Once everyone knows the commands, play the game.
You could have a practice round. Read out each action one by one and give people a little bit more time to remember the action.
Remember, you don’t have to use all the actions. You could also add it more actions as you go to make the game harder.
You could start to get faster to make it harder and play it so the last person to do the action is out. 
The person left at the end of the game is the winner.

Tags

• Captain's Coming
• Coronation
• game
• king
• king Charles

Badge Links

• Teamwork - Team game