Send students on a hunt for the color purple. Hide a variety of purple objects around the classroom. Gather students and provide them with brown paper bags, and explain to them that you have hidden purple objects around the classroom and that they are to search for the objects and collect them in their bags. After an allotted period of time, call them back to a meeting area. Ask students to set out the items they have found, count them, and the student who found the most purple items wins the game.
Get kids up and moving with an active purple game. Cut out circles from different colors of construction paper, including purple, and set them out on the floor. Be sure to alternate the purple circles, ideally placing two or more different colors between each. Have students stand in line and take turns hopping from purple circle to purple circle. If a child lands on a color other than purple, she must sit out. To make the game more challenging, spread the circles out as the game progresses. The last student standing wins the purple hop game.
Students race to grab the color purple as quickly as possible in this game. Set out a variety of objects, only one of which is purple. When you give the word, students must race to grab the purple item in the pile. The first student who does so earns a point, either for himself or for his team. Replace the purple object with a different purple object each round.
This game is similar to red light, green light, but focuses on the color purple. On pieces of poster board, use different colored crayons to draw different shapes: a red circle on one piece of poster board, for instance, a yellow triangle on another; a dark purple square on one and a light purple heart on the other. Have students stand on one side of the room and you stand on the other. Hold up the cards, changing the color on the poster board each time. When a purple card is held up, children should move to the front of the classroom, but they must stop when you hold up another color card. If a child moves when a color other than purple is held up, he must sit out. The first child to make it to you wins the game.