How To Play Musical Pillows

  • November 20, 2009
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Follow these directions to have your party participants skipping around the room.

You Will Need

  • A radio or other music player
  • A music operator
  • Participants
  • Pillows
How To Play Musical Pillows: Choose radio operator

Step 1: Choose radio operator

Direct one person to operate the radio.

How To Play Musical Pillows: Arrange two pillow rows

Step 2: Arrange two pillow rows

Arrange two rows of pillows, one pillow for each player, except the music operator.

How To Play Musical Pillows: Start the music and walk

Step 3: Start the music and walk

Remove one pillow and start the music. The participants walk around the outside of the pillow rows.

How To Play Musical Pillows: Stop the music

Step 4: Stop the music

Stop the music. The participants scramble to find a pillow to sit on. Only one participant to a pillow.

Have the music operator look in the opposite direction of the participants to eliminate cheating.

How To Play Musical Pillows: Eliminate one player and one pillow

Step 5: Eliminate one player and one pillow

Eliminate the player that did not sit on a pillow and remove another pillow.

How To Play Musical Pillows: Repeat steps four to six

Step 6: Repeat steps four to six

Repeat starting and stopping the music until only one person is left. They are declared the winner.

Musical chairs, also called “Going to Jerusalem,” originated between 1875 and 1880.

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