Alphabet Scramble

This is a fun game that you can play with either a small or large group. The kids love this game and although it doesn't require a lot of movement, expect a lot of yelling :)

Materials Needed:
For this game you will need to supply each of your teams with a deck of 26 cards, each containing a letter of the alphabet. The hard plastic letters used for advertising signs (you know the ones that everyone rearranges to make funny slogans) work best, but if you don't have those readily accessible you can just print a set out.
You will also need a table for each of the teams that will hold the alphabet deck and will be used as working space for the teams.

How to Play: 
Split your group into two teams and give each team.
Tell the groups how many players you will need from each team for the first round and have those players come to the front where you will have their alphabet deck on a table.
Give the players a clue that you came up with before hand and the players will then race to spell out the answer before the other team. The team that spells the word correctly first gets a point and you then move onto the next example calling a up a new set of players.

So, as an example. If the clue I came up with before hand was, "5x2", the answer would be '10'. I would then tell my kids that I needed three players for the first found and they would have to spell out 'T-E-N'.
If my clue was, "This is the place where the Russo's live", I would need 7 players to spell out 'W-A-V-E-R-L-Y'.

You can come up with whatever clues you want and if you want to make the clues and the answers harder you may want to add a second set of the alphabet to the deck.

Warning: 
The only warning I have here is that the kids tend to get a little excited while racing to spell the correct answer and pages can get ripped. So if you plan to play this more than once I recommend laminating the deck.

Enjoy :)