What's in the Can?
A week-by-week guessing game with one unlabelled tin. Each week a new volunteer shakes it, weighs it up and guesses what is inside.
- Players
- 5–100
- Ages
- 6+
- Time
- 5 min
- Prep
- Some
- Equipment
- 1 item
What to bring
- 1 tinned food (something specific, with the label peeled off)
Before the session
- Buy a tin of something specific and peel off the label before the first week
- Plan a few hints to release across the term
How to play
At the start of the term, buy a tin from the supermarket and peel the label off. Pick something specific, like spaghetti with sausages or whole baby carrots, so the guessing lasts. Each week choose one to three people to come up, inspect the tin, shake it and guess. Release a hint as the weeks go on to keep it moving. Open it on the last week to reveal the answer. Only works with a group that meets regularly.
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