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Thumb Wrestling In Stereo

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Two sets of hands gripped in a fun Thumb Wrestling energiser game

Thumb Wrestling In Stereo

Fun variation of the classic thumb-wrestling contest.

  • Friendly competition
  • Highly interactive
  • Triggers spontaneous laughter
  • Partner activity
  • No props

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. Form pairs.
  2. Instruct each person to extend both their left and right hands and to curl their fingers inside the matching palms of their partner.
  3. Starting with opposing thumbs side-by-side, each person aims to pin their partner’s thumb under their own thumb first.
  4. Best of five rounds wins.
  5. Swap partners and repeat.

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Comments (2)

  1. tim jordan

    love the variations, but can’t figure out what you mean by, “but this time all wrestlers curl their fingers into one big clump of palm propinquity”, would appreciate help, much thanx, Tim JORDAN

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    • Mark Collard

      This means all three (or four) players place their left or right hands into the middle (with finger tips touching) and then bend their fingers gradually as if curling into one other persons’ palm, but in fact are curling into one or two extra hands. Got it?

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