Pass the Bag

Pass the Bag is an educational game for three to eight players designed to teach colors, shapes and sizes. Components include a plastic bag with one see-through side, four collecting cards and 40 wooden pieces in five shapes, each in two sizes, with four pieces of each size in red, yellow, blue and green.

With up to four players, each player takes a card. Players take turns holding the bag with the clear side facing away (so the other players can see the pieces inside). The current player selects a piece by touch that matches a piece of the right size and shape on his card. If it is the right color, he places it on his card. The first to fill his card wins.

A variant for any number of players is to place up to three cards in the center of the table. Players try to select by touch a piece that matches any piece on any card. A player who draws one of the right color places it on a card. Otherwise, he keeps the piece. When the bag is empty, the player with the fewest pieces in front of him wins.

Players are encouraged to use words, noises, gestures and expressions to mislead the active player into thinking he is touching the correct (or incorrect) color.