Sleeping Lions
Also known as Dead Lions, Quiet Lions
Everyone lies still pretending to be a sleeping lion; hunters try to make them move without touching.
How to play
All players except one or two are 'lions', they lie on the floor, eyes closed, as still as possible.
The remaining players are hunters.
Hunters move around the lions, saying funny things, pulling faces, making noises, anything short of touching them, to make the lions move.
Any lion who moves, laughs, or opens their eyes stands up and joins the hunters.
The last lion lying down wins.
In school settings, the teacher acts as the hunter with no intention of waking the lions, it is purely a calm-down exercise.
Keep it fair
Set a firm no-touching rule before the game, hunters who touch a lion to force a reaction are immediately disqualified from being hunters.
