Johnny Oops

This pattern observation game enhances perceptual skills and lateral thinking through an engaging challenge of discovering hidden rules. Johnny Oops helps participants develop their attention to detail while enjoying a fun guessing game experience. Perfect for classrooms, team-building events and family gatherings seeking a challenging pattern guessing game that stimulates cognitive abilities. The progressive nature of this activity creates opportunities for insight and collaborative problem-solving.

Johnny Oops – Pattern Observation Game

1. Sit in a circle, including yourself.
2. Announce that each person’s task is to identify the ‘key’ which unlocks the secret to a game.
3. Use an index finger to touch each of the tops of your fingers of your other hand, starting from your pinky saying “JOHNNY” with each touch.
4. After touching the top of your index finger, sweep down the webbing between it and your thumb saying “OOPS” and then touch the end of your thumb saying “JOHNNY.”
5. Reversing your direction, sweep back down and up the webbing and say “OOPS,” then finally touch the top of every finger again saying “JOHNNY” each time.
6. Invite a series of volunteers to repeat exactly what you did.
7. Here’s the key: interlock your fingers together in front of you once you have finished.
8. Unless a person interlocks their fingers at the end, they will not have unlocked the secret key.
9. As each person makes an attempt to uncover the key, congratulate those who get it, and encourage those who do not.
10. Continue to offer more and more obvious clues until everyone has identified the key.