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RAINBOW TAG
A British game, but very popular with Sparks (Rainbows in Canada)
2 girls are designated "it." Everyone else holds a strip of any coloured card in their hand. The "its" chase the others and try to tag them. When tagged, you have to give "it" your card, then go to the leader for a new one. The first "it" to have collected 3 DIFFERENT colours of card yells, "Stop!" and the round is over. Having to go back to the leader for a replacement card keeps the girls in the game, & keeps them from running too far away!
CIRCUS THEME GAME
Divide the girls into four groups by numbering them 1, 2, 3, 4, etc and then ask all the 1st to stand together , all the 2's etc....then you have four mixed up qroups. One group are told they are the acrobats and they have 15 minutes to practice their act. Another group are to be clowns....give them a box of props.....another group were to be the animals and the fourth group are the band. They will have great fun coming out with their acts and dressing up. You could have a Ring Mistress start the show......have fun....the girls will love it.
COLOUR TAG
Pick about 4 people to be 'taggers'.
Then set boundaries (you want an open space ie: school gym).
Then someone calls out a colour (everyone wearing red for example) and then everyone wearing that colour (or can do patterns, ie: stripes, tartan etc) has to run across. If they are tagged, they sit out.
If the caller calls out: "colour tag" then everyone runs.
If the caller calls out "energizer" then everyone sitting out can rejoin in the game.
DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE
Duck, Duck, Goose is fun. 1 person is "it". Everyone else sits in a circle. "It" walks around the outside tapping people on the head as she says "duck, duck, duck," etc. When she says "goose" instead of "duck" that person has to jump up run around the outside of the circle while "it" runs the other way around the circle. Whoever gets back to the empty spot last is "it".
PEOPLE TO PEOPLE
Category: Outdoor, or large space
Age: 5 - 12 years
Number of participants: A lot.
Everyone gets into pairs, except for one leader. The leader yells out, "Toe to toe", "knee to elbow", "head to knee" etc. Partners TOUCH these body parts together until the leader yells out "People to people." Then everyone changes partners and the leader tries to find a partner. The person who is without a partner, becomes the leader. (In the event of an even number of children, an adult can be the first leader and participate in the game thereafter!)
THE FIVE PENNIES
Get the girls to sit on the floor in 2 parallel lines with a reasonable space between each line. Number them 1 - ? along one line and then the same starting at the other end with the second line.
(If you ask them to choose a partner first and then sit them diagonally opposite their partners i.e. the two number 1s being partners, etc, it is easier to make sure that they are equally matched.)
In the middle of the space between them, put 5 coins on a chair and an empty chair at each end of the space. As you call out a particular number both those girls dash up, pick up one penny and place it on the chair at the end. You will already have told them which chair belongs to each side! They do the same for the second penny while the first girl to pick up the third penny and get it to her chair gains a point for her side.
EVERYONE'S IT
Everyone is 'it'. When you are tagged you put a hand on that spot and keep trying to tag other people without moving that hand. If you are tagged a second time, then you must put your other hand on that spot. You are not 'out' yet though. You continue to tag other people (with your elbows) until you are tagged a third time. Then you sit down.
A variation on this, will allow some one to be the Doctor and that person will go around and rescue the people who are sitting down. Once the Doctor has been tagged three times, the game is over.
Ages: All ages
Number of children: Any number from 5 and up
Category: Definitely rowdy, large space required
MARS BARS GAME (three or four)
You will need: a knife
2 Dice (more may be needed if the group is particularly large)
Old clothes (jumper, trousers, hat)
For younger girls use Fun-size Mars Bars or the smaller sweets version instead of the large bar and the knife.
Girls sit in a circle.
Place one bar, the knife and the old clothes on a chair / table in the centre of the circle.
Give the dice to 2 girls sitting facing each other in the circle. Each girl throws the dice and passes it on in a clockwise direction. If a girl gets a 6 then she jumps up, runs clockwise around the outside of the circle, through her space into the centre of the circle where she puts on the clothes and then cuts a slice of the bar. However there may be someone after her and if she is tagged by another girl before she cuts the bar she must take off the clothes as quickly as possible to allow the other girl put them on. If she cuts the bar she is allowed to eat it. Only an untagged girl may eat the bar, continue till finished.