Rubber Chicken Games

I was really trying hard to think of some creative games for Thanksgiving to play with my teenager and adult children this year. Then, it came to me rubber chickens kind of look like turkeys, so why not!  These are also great games for Easter.  

We bought our colored chickens at the Dollar Tree. (Colored Noise making chickens similar to the ones we used, but don't stand up  Amazon Link)

Flickin' Chicken (Amazon Link)

I was so excited to buy this game, I just burst out laughing as soon as I came across it. Basically the game comes with a disc you throw and 4 bouncy rubber chickens.  It plays similar to mini golf.  You takes turns chucking your chicken trying to get it to touch the disc, the chickens bounce so it's very challenging.  Like mini golf, you count the number of throws it takes you to get your chicken to touch the disc.  A super fun game!  You can use these chickens for some of the following games.

Chick Flickin Game (Amazon Link)

Basically, you fling chickens to knock down a cup tower with bullseyes on them . We bought some of the flinging chickens last year in a two pack at the Dollar Tree.  We used them to hit targets we placed on the wall and knocked over cups.  So, we basically made the same game without even knowing this one existed. They are a little bit sticky, but don't really stick to the wall.  More like it slows the drop down.  This year I bought the multicolored pack on Amazon, so we could have more players and they could each have their own color.  Click here for link. They are pretty decent other than the paint in the eyes is much larger.  Can't wait to try them out. We played that you counted each fling until you knocked the black cup off the table.  There are several ways you could count points. Click here for a Amazon Link to a game box set of targets and chickens.

The Eye of Providence

Build a pyramid and place a eyeball ping pong ball on top.  Try to shoot off the eye with the Chick Flickins.

I Got My Eyes on You

Place 4 cups on the edge of the table.  You must flick the chick flickins at the eyes.  you get a point for each eye you knock off only if the cup is still standing.

Pass the chicken

Pass the chicken over under through all team members.  The last player must run to the front and start over.  The first team to successfully get through all team members getting a chance to be at the front of the line wins.

The Sky is Falling Chicken drop

Drop chickens into a stockpot, bucket or cup standing on a ladder, stool or chair.

Capture the Chicken 

Play just like Capture the Flag, but use a rubber Chicken for the flag. Each team hides their Rubber Chicken. A few team members stay behind to protect the Rubber Chicken and a few members try to find the opposite teams Rubber Chicken.  The team that finds and retrieves the opposite team's Rubber Chicken first wins.  We played it, where if the other team tagged you, then you had to go to jail, until a member of your team tagged you out.  There are many variations to this game, so come up with whatever rules fit your party.  Check out this fun alternative indoor play by Flag house Activity Channel on YouTube.

Chicken Football

Played the same as flag football, expect use a rubber chicken for the ball.

Chuck the Chicken 

I remember playing this game with the local youth group. Split players into 2 equal teams. Both teams line up on opposite sides of play area.  Don't make the play area too large or points will rack up fast.  Set time or point goal to end the game. The first player on team 1 shouts "Chuck the Chicken!" and throws the chicken as far from team 2 as possible.  Team 2 runs to the chicken.  While team 2 is running after the chicken team 1 huddles up tight as can be.  The player that chucked the chicken runs laps around the huddled team members.  Each lap counts as 1 pt. Count laps out loud. The first player to reach to chicken picks it up, and the rest of the team members line up behind them.  The team must now pass the chicken to the player in the back alternating over their head and then under their legs. When it reaches the last player they must yell "chuck the chicken" and throw it as far away from Team 1 as possible.  Team 1 stops running laps and chases the chicken like team 2 previously did.  Play continues like this for however long you want to play time wise or point wise, just make sure that both teams got equal turns.  The team with the most points wins.

Don't Touch My Chicken

Have teams players line up across from player in the opposite team. Place a rubber chicken between each of these players.  The players have to follow the commands you yell out.  If you yell "head" they must touch their head,  "arm" arm,  "feet" feet, etc.  When you yell "chicken" they must grab the chicken.  Yelling cheek or chin really throws people off. The person who grabs it first is still in the game.  Change places so you are in front of another person with only one chicken between you.  Game continues until one player is left making them the winner. 

Chicken Dance (Amazon Link)

Have judges decide who can dance the chicken dance the best.  You can have different categories like the funniest, craziest, lowest, best or worst.  Download the song here.

Chicken Freeze Dance

Play the Chicken Dance song above.  Stop the music and all players must be frozen chickens.  the last player to freeze is out.  Continue play until the last player is named the winner.

Chicken Sides

Tape off a line separating two sides. 2 player game. Start with the same number of chickens on each side. Both players must stand and hold their right hand behind their back. Try to get all the chickens on opposing team's side.  You can only touch one chicken at a time. After 30 seconds, the player with the least amount of chickens wins.

Chicken Rolls

Line up to roll the chicken with your nose. The first person to roll their chicken across the finish line wins.

The Chicken Slide

Slide harder chicken across table without it falling off the edge.

You can do prizes for distance, tape off sections for each prize.

Musical Chairs (Chicken Dance song)

Chicken Hole 

Play Corn Hole, but use small rubber chickens instead of beanbags.

Chicken Tag

Like regular tag but the person who is it tags the players with the rubber chicken.  You can either do tag players out or tag drop the chicken.  The tagged player must pick up the chicken and they are now it.  You can squeeze the chicken to alert the other players a new player is it.  You can add funny things like cluck like a chicken or do the chicken dance before you can chase anyone.

Chickens (card game Spoons)

Play the card game Spoons,  but use rubber chickens in place of the Spoons. Click here for complete instructions for the game on our blog.

Extreme Chickens (Spoons)

See above-Instead of placing the chickens in the middle of the table,  put them all over the room in challenging places.  You have to run and get them. Careful on where you put them, or things will be broken and fought over.

Amazon link to Spoons game 

Amazon link to Giant Spoons game

Chicken Relay

Relay race using rubber chickens.

Crazy Chicken Relay

Race holding the chicken in a different body part per 2 person group on a single team.  For example: Shoulder to shoulder, elbow to elbow, cheek to cheek, back to back, forehead to forehead,  knee to knee,  hip to hip, etc.

Chicken Legs and Wings

Have team players stand in a line. Pass the rubber chicken holding the rubber chicken between your knees to the next player in line between their knees. If you drop the chicken, you must start over with the first player. Once you've made it through all the players, the repeat but this time pass under your wing (arm).  The first team to pass the rubber chicken through all the players without dropping it wins.  

Chicken Toss

Your team tosses the rubber chicken into a stockpot one at a time,  run to the back of the line.  If you only have one rubber chicken run retrieve the rubber chicken, then run back to give it to the next teammate in line.   See how many stockpots you can get in a minute.

Alternative play:

If you don't make it in the basket you're out.  Last team with a teammate still in the game wins. 

Try it standing on one foot.

Chicken Songs

Using only rubber chickens your team must perform a song.  Squeeze the rubber chickens to the tune of a song and have the other players guess the song.

Poop the Chicken

Have the group split into two teams. Line up the teams on one side of the room or yard. Place a stockpot with enough rubber chickens for each team member inside it in front of each team. Place the stockpot on the other side of the room or Each team member must race one at a time, waddling with rubber chickens between their legs or thighs, to the stockpot across the room or yard. The players must drop the rubber chicken into the stockpot and run back to their team.  If the rubber chicken was dropped anytime before the stockpot they must start over.  If the rubber chicken does not land in the stockpot, you must start over. Once the player has returned, the next player can go. Repeat until all the players have had a turn. The first group to finish is the winner. 

*If you only have one rubber chicken have the player run back with it and time the teams.

Don't Cluck

You have one minute to try and get a member of the opposing team to laugh using the rubber chicken.  One point for each player you get to laugh. 

Chicken Cluckin' Wars

You each act like a chicken trying to get the other person to laugh.  The first person to get the opposing player to laugh wins.

Chicken Neck

Separate players into two groups.  The players must pass the rubber chicken down the line using only their necks.  The team that gets through all players first wins.

Heads Up

Hold a basket on your head and try to catch the SOFT rubber chickens in it. 

Chickens Don't Fly

Line up to see who can throw the chicken the farthest.

Hidden Chicken

Hide chickens and have players look for them.

Hot and Cold

HOT or COLD:  Have on player leave the room.  Hide a rubber chicken.  Have the player that left the room return.  That player must now try and find the rubber chicken.  The rest of the group must say warm, warmer, hot, hot hot, on fire when the player walks close or cold, colder, freezing when the player walks further away from the rubber chicken.

Chicken Noodle Soup

We cleaned the chicken flingers really well and put them in cold to room temperature chicken noodle soup.  Using only our teeth, we raced to get all the chickens out of the soup.  If you play keep in mind these are NOT food grade and choking hazards are always a risk when playing food games. Play at your own risk and DO NOT eat them!  The chicken will feel like the noodles in the soup, making it challenging. I recommend using no broth to prevent accidental inhalation. Always check for food allergies before playing food games. 

Falling Chickens

Flick the little chicken at the big chickens to knock them over.  The ones I have stand up.

How Did The Chicken Cross The Street

Balance the chicken on your foot and race across the room or yard. This was actually pretty hard. 

Check out these super fun chicken socks on Amazon.

Bouncing Chickens

On an trampoline with an enclosure put one or multiple chickens on to the trampoline and bounce. Try not to let the chicken(s) touch you, if it does you are out.  The Flickin' Chicken (Amazon Link) rubber chickens would work great for this game.

Hot Chicken

Similar to Hot Potato. Stand in a circle and PRETEND a rubber chicken is hot. You must pass the rubber chicken or keep tossing it in the air, because it is too hot to hold. The first person to drop it or hold it longer than 1 second is out. Play continues until one player is left and declared the winner.

Basketball Chickens

Toss the rubber chickens into a child's or waste basket basketball hoop.

Chicken Chicken

Play it just like Button Button using one of the mini Chicken Flingers.

Chicken Fried Baskets

One player tosses the rubber chicken and the other player must move the basket they are holding to catch it in. Try throwing the chicken backwards for an added challenge.

Chicken Foot Toss

Sit on your booty on the ground. Place the rubber chicken on your feet.  Kick it over your head behind you and have another player catch it in a basket. 

Chicken VS Hotdog

This is a fun game we just added to our chicken Thanksgiving stash. It was really fun, but I will warn you the teenagers and young adults did make a bunch of dirty jokes about them. Just tell People to keep it clean if you have younger kids.  My much younger niece and nephew loved playing it.  It's age range is 8+

Up Chickens Down Chickens 

You need a quarter. It's similar to button button. Split into two teams. Have each team sit on the same side of the table. Pass the quarter under the table through your team, being sneaky not to reveal who has it. Team captain yells up Chickens.  Everyone puts their elbow on the table with a fist straight up in the air. The person with the quarter is secretly holding the quarter in this fist. Team captain yells down Chickens. Everyone slaps the table leaving their hand flat in the table. The person with the quarter tries not to let it make a noise. The opposite team must guess who has the quarter. Your team gets point for each incorrect guess. The team with the least amount of points wins. 

Chicken Foot (Dominos Game)

I learned to play this game from my grandmother when I was in junior high.   She loved to play games and went through a domino game phase. 

Chicken Time Warp

Card Game

Tell "Why did the chicken cross the street" jokes

Easter Games (including multiple egg games) on our blog click here.

Thanksgiving Games on our blog click here.

YouTube has tons of cover songs with rubber chickens for added fun!

Chicken games to buy:

Squawk Amazon Link

Peek A Doddle Doo Amazon Link

Chicken Challengers Amazon Link

Inflatable Pool Chickens Amazon Link for ultimate chicken fights

Inflatable Turkey Amazon Link (It literally looks like a cooked turkey)

There are so many different ways to incorporate rubber chickens into games.  Get creative and have fun!

Comment below your favorite Rubber Chicken Game

Our Blog is full of fun unique games, so look through it.  Here's a few of our favorites:

Crappy Party (Poop Themed) on our blog click here.

Party Games for Teenagers on our blog click here.

Easter Games (including multiple egg games) on our blog click here.

Thanksgiving Games on our blog click here.

50 Easter Games

We love to play games in our family.  Here is a huge list of games we've played or made up over the years for Easter.  Easter is a fun time to get together with family and friends, we hope these games make your Easter party one to remember.

Many of our games require jelly beans, but other Easter candy such as Robin Eggs, Skittle, M&Ms can be used.

These Nerds Bumpy Jelly Beans are our favorite Jelly Beans.

Mom doesn't like Jelly Beans, so she likes to use mini Robin Eggs instead.

Many of the games require Plastic Easter Eggs found here.

Sticky Situation

Gently toss a small plastic egg towards your team mate who is holding a lint roller.  The team mate must try to catch as many plastic eggs with the lint roller as possible.  Use the same number as eggs for each team and a fresh piece of tape on the lint roller. The smaller and lighter the eggs the better.

Humpty Dumpty

You must race to fix all these broken eggs.  They have to be matched with their other half in the same color.  The first person to get all their eggs matched and put back together wins.

Variation: Start with all the eggs put together mismatched, players must fix them.

Bunny Ears Ring Toss

Separate into teams of two.  One player must wear firm bunny ears.  The other player must gently toss a ring onto the bunny ears.  The team that gets the most rings onto the bunny ears wins. You can also play this using stuffed animals.  We used the rings from our Twister Hoopla game.  They are perfect.  They are in four different colors with four of each color. Or purchase a similar game here.

Chicken Dance Contest

Have judges decide who can dance the chicken dance the best.  You can have different categories like the funniest, craziest, lowest, best or worst.  Download the song here.

Would also be fun as freeze dance.

Lay an Egg Race

Place a handle-less basket across the room or yard.  Easter grass optional (recommended if you use real eggs).  Players must separate into two teams.  In a basket next to the player place an egg for each player on the team (my girls like to go twice so we put two eggs for each player). The players one at a time must place an egg between their thighs and run across the room or yard as fast as they can without dropping the egg.  They must then, pretend to be a chicken laying an egg and plopping it into the basket only using their thighs.  If they drop it along the way they must start over.  If it doesn't land in the basket, they must start over.  Then, they run back to their team and give the next person in line a high five.  The next player can't take the egg out of the basket until the previous player gives them a high five.  The first team to have all their players lay an egg into the basket across the room wins.  You can use raw, boiled, or plastic eggs.  We have played before that if the eggs cracks open when you drop it, you must start over with a fresh egg.  If you have a fun crowd, this can be a real funny game!

Egg Toss or Water Balloon Toss

Have players separate into teams of two.  Give each team an egg or water balloon.  Start two feet apart facing each other.  They must toss the egg to their team mate.  The team mate must catch it.  If they don't catch it or it breaks at any point in the game they are out. Then, everyone must take a step back.  Repeat until only one team is left. 

Eggs in a Basket

Separate into groups of two.  One teammate holds a Easter basket, and tries to catch the eggs in it.  The other teammate tosses the eggs.  The team that catches the most eggs in their basket wins.

Egg on a Spoon Races
Race using raw, hard boiled, or plastic eggs.

Egg (Balloon) Race

Have players race holding balloons between their legs.  For added fun, make them water balloons. 

*Balloons are egg shaped.

What Color Are You?

Separate jelly beans into their matching colored bowls.  Use chop sticks for an added challenge.

How Many?

Guess how many jelly beans are in the jar.

Pin the Tail on the Bunny

Make your own by drawing a bunny on a poster board, or buy the set here.  You can use cotton balls or Pompoms for the tail.

Bean Bozzled

Some of the jelly beans taste delicious, some taste like dirt or worse! Click here for the game.

Egg Bowling

bowling with a giant egg.  The Egg isn't circular, so it is more challenging.  Click here for a Easter Bowling Set.

Bunny Tail

Race blowing marshmallows across table with a straw.

The first person to cross the finish line wins.

Minute To Win It Easter Eggs

Glue or duct tape an old tissue box to an old belt.  Fill the tissue box with 24 plastic Easter eggs.  Place the belt on the player with the tissue box on the player's back.  The player has one minute to try and hop around to get all the eggs out of the box before the minute is up.

Bunny Hop

Potato sack races.

Easter Egg Tower

Stack halves of Easter eggs on top of each other to make a tower.  You an time it if you want to.  The player with the tallest tower wins.

Egg Golf

Play mini golf using eggs.  Eggs aren't circular do they roll all over the place, making it more of a challenge.

Egg Roll

Make wind by moving cardboard back and forth behind the egg.  Race to move the egg over the finish line.  Don't touch the egg with the cardboard.  The egg isn't circular, so it will roll in different directions. You can't touch the egg.

What Kind of Egg are YOU?

Fill plastic eggs with different items.  Have a master list of what's inside them.  Have players shake the plastic egg and guess what's inside.  The player that has the most correct guesses wins.  We like to make it difficult by filling them with different kinds of grains or beans,

Memory

Using the top half of plastic eggs. Hide two of each object under the egg tops.  If you find a match you get another turn.  If you don't get a match your turn is over.  After the last match is found, the person with the most matches is the winner.

Take out Jelly Beans

Using chopsticks move jelly beans from take out containers (or a plate).

Catch My Jelly Bean

Toss jelly beans and have a teammate catch them in a cup with one minute.

Drop a Jelly Bean

Place a jar on the floor. See how many jelly beans you can drop and make it in the jar.

My mom used to play this with us using beans as a kid.

Could also use M&M's, Skittles or mini erasers.

Nerds and Squeezers

You can play this game two ways.  Compete using tweezers move your color of nerds from one cup to another in a minute.  Or, you can play individually dumping both colors into a bowl and separating them into separate bowls using tweezers.

Hold Onto My Egg
You can also race teams.  Put half the team on opposite sides of the room.  place a jelly bean in the spoon.  Each member must walk across the room one at a time and transfer it to the other player.  The team wins who gets the last person across the room successfully.  The hard part is if they drop it, they must start over.

You Take My Breath Away

Suck a jelly bean, M&M or Skittle with a straw and transfer it to another bowl within one minute.

Cup Toss 2
Toss a jelly bean across the room into a bowl, see how many you can get within one minute.

Scoop of Jelly Beans

Place a bowl full of jelly beans on one side of the room.  Divide the group into two groups.  Using only the spoon race to transfer the full bowl to the empty bowl.

Don't Eat Peep

You have nine squares.  Place a Peep or jelly bean in each square.  One player leaves the room.  The other players or room Mom pick a square to be Pete.  The player returns.  The player begins to eat the jelly bean until they try to eat Pete, Everyone yells "Don't Eat Pete!"  The player must stop eating the jelly beans at that point. There are tons of versions out there, here are a few I've used.

Our Thrifty Ideas

20 Things to Make with Peeps

Musical Eggs
Just like musical chairs, but you use cut out Easter eggs.  You could even tape eggs to the chairs.  In a circle place heart for each player.  Remove one egg.  Start music.  The players must walk around the circle until the music stops.  When the music stops each player must stop on the closest egg.  The player that didn't get a egg is out.  Remove another Egg and play continues.  Repeat until one player is left and declared the winner.

Save the Eggs

Click here on our blog for rules.
Use Jelly beans instead of Swedish Fish.

Hot and Cold or Boiled Egg

HOT or COLD:  Have on player leave the room.  Hide the egg.  Have the player that left the room return.  That player must now try and find the egg.  The rest of the group must say warm, warmer, hot, hot hot, boiled egg when the player walks close or cold, colder, freezing rotten egg when the player walks further away from the mini pumpkin.

Hot or Boiled Egg
Similar to Hot Potato. Stand in a circle and PRETEND the Egg is hot. optional: You could pull it out of an Easter Basket. You must pass the egg or keep bouncing it in the air, because it is too hot to hold. The first person to drop it or hold it longer than 1 second is out. Play continues until one player is left and declared the winner.

Freeze Dance

Kids always love to freeze dance.  When the music is playing the kids dance.  When the music stops the kids must stop, if they don't they're out.  Play continues until there is one winner.

Easter Bunny, May I?

The Easter Bunny stands at one end of the room.   The kids line up on the opposite side of the room.  The kids in order must ask "Easter Bunny, may I_______?"  The Easter Bunny either replies "Yes, you may." Or "No, You may not, but you may______."  The first person to reach to Easter Buny is the winner and t for the next round.  Fun Easter Requests: Bunny Hop; Worm Crawl; Chicken cluck; Roll like a egg; Fly like a bird; Waddle like a duck; Walk like an baby animal.

Duck, Duck, Goose

Have all players sit in a circle. The person who is it walks around the circle gently touches everyone's head in order calling them a duck. Until they pick a player to be the goose. Then, they touch that picked players head calling them a Goose. That person must now standup and chase the player that was it trying to catch them and tag them before they have ran around the circle. If the person who was it gets tagged before they reach the Goose's seat, they must be it again. However, if the player reached the Goose's seat, the Goose is now it. I always tell my kids to pick someone who hasn't had a turn yet, to ensure everyone gets turn.

Egg Drop Pong

Set up 12 glasses like you would for beer pong.  Except each glass is filled with either a yummy normal soda or other drink and some are filled with nasty flavoring.  Drop a plastic egg into the drinks, the one it lands in is the one you get.  So, it's a gamble on if you get a yummy drink or a gross one. Non-alcoholic for the kiddos.  A variation is Rootbeer Pong

Pass the Egg

Split the group into two teams.  Have each team stand in a straight row. Hand each team a egg.  Have them race passing the egg down to the end and back.  the team that gets their egg all the way back first wins.

Up Close and Personal

You'll need two eggs.  Divide the group into two teams.  Have each team stand in a straight row.  Place an egg under the first person's chin.  They must pass it to the next person in line using only their neck, chin, and chest.  The next person in line must take the egg under their chin using only their neck, chin, and chest.  Continue passing the egg until it is passed to the end of the line.  The first team to successfully complete this wins.

 Easter Egg, Easter Egg Who has the Prize?

Similar to Button, Button Whos Got the Button. Have players sit in a circle with their hands out and their eyes closed.  Give each player a plastic egg.  Inside only one egg, put a quiet prize.   Have the kids pass the egg to their left chanting "Easter Egg, Easter Egg, who has the prize?" Each child gets one guess.  They raise their hands to be called on.  If they are right they get to be it, and the game starts over.

Floating Egg Game

Similar to the duck pond game.  In a pool of water.  Write different prizes on paper and put inside sealed plastic eggs.  Then give each child a butterfly net.  They must catch the egg in the net to get the prize.

Easter Egg Card Game

(Similar to Spoons card game or Musical Chairs):
Click Here for rules on another of our blog posts.

Egg Bob

Similar to bobbing for apples.  Fill a large tub or pool full of water, place a bunch of sealed plastic eggs in the water.  They should float.  Optional: Tie players hands before their back.  Using only your mouth try to get the egg in your mouth and pull them out of the water.  Time each person.  The person with the shortest time wins.  For smaller children you could use a butterfly net or tongs.

Bingo

There are tons of versions out there, here are a few I've used.

Sugar Bee Crafts

Teaching with TLC

Mad Libs
A fun game or activity for fast finishers, I've even got them out at the treat table to keep kiddos under control.  Think about the audience and ask if they will understand the joke or if it is to advanced for them when picking a mad lib. There are tons of printables out there, here are a few I've used.

Free Easter Printables

Teaching with TLC

Tic Tac Toe

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Play with Jelly beans.

Chicken vs Hotdog 

Chicken Time Warp

Card Game

Christ After the Tomb Game

Click Here for directions. Another variation is like hide and seek, but instead of the person who is it hiding, they hide the Christ or figurine.

You can substitute an Easter egg or stuffed animal.

Easter Egg Hunt Variations

1.Glow in the Dark Easter Egg Hunt

2.Non-Candy Easter Egg Hunt ideas.

3.Give each child a colored pail and they are only allowed to collect the eggs that are their color.  Great way to keep it equal for different age groups.

4.Easter hunt using balloons instead of eggs filled with goodies, must pop the balloons to get the goodies. *NOT recommended on grass, it might pop the balloons.

5. Jokes on You!  For older kids, fill some of the eggs with really good stuff (candy, toys or prizes) and some with gross stuff (ex. slime, vegetables or gross jelly beans)

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