I Was Walking Down the Street

We will play a game called “I Was Walking Down the Street…!” It is a game of quick thinking, creativity, and storytelling.

We’ll start by gathering everyone in a circle. The game begins with one player who says: “I was walking down the street…” and finishes the sentence with something creative or outrageous to begin building an imaginative story about their walk and what they saw or experienced.

After the first player completes a couple of sentences and starts the story, the leader will say “stop” and point to another player, who must continue the story from where the previous one left off. We’ll keep switching players, with each one picking up the story where it ended, until everyone has had a turn… or until the story comes to a complete conclusion.

Here’s how it works step-by-step:

1. Everyone sits or stands in a circle.

2. The first player starts by saying:
   👉 “I was walking down the street, and I saw…”
   Then they add something imaginative — for example:
   “...a dragon eating ice cream at the bus stop!”

3. That player tells a few sentences to start the story.

4. Then the leader says “Stop!” and points to someone else.

5. The next person must continue the same story right where it stopped.
   For example:
   “The dragon looked at me and said, ‘Want a bite?’”

6. The turns keep going around the group, with everyone adding to the story.

7. The game can end when everyone has had a turn or when the story feels finished.