 There
are paintings of ancient Egyptians having a tug-of-war without a
rope!
The way they did it was to have two teams in a single line. Each
team is lined up one behind the other, holding on to the waist of
the person in front of them, facing the other team. There could
be a line between the teams.
The first person in each line, the leader, extends their arms. Each
team leader clasps the arms of the opposite team's leader and the
tug-of-war begins.
The first team to pull the other across a line wins! OR first team
to break contact with themselves (i.e. someone lets go of their
fellow teammate) loses! |
You'll need 5 or more people, a large space and a "Lagan",
which is a handkerchief or scarf, to play the game. Choose an area
to be home base, and choose one player to be “It”.
All the other players stand on the home base and cover their eyes
(no peeking!) while the player who is “It” hides a handkerchief.
When the handkerchief is safely hidden, “It” moves to
home base and calls out “Buri!”.
The other players look for the Lagan (handkerchief). The player
who finds it tries to tag all of the other players before they reach
home base. Once a player has been tagged, they are out and must
sit down at home base.
The game continues until all the players are tagged. Then, the person
who found the handkerchief taps one of the tagged players on the
head. That player then becomes “It”, and the game starts
again . |
Bounce Eye is believed to have been created by early Australian
settlers in the late 1700s. The game requires 3-4 players, and
3 marbles for each player.
Use a piece of chalk to draw a one-foot circle on a sidewalk.
Each player puts two marbles in the center of the chalk circle.
The first player stands up straight and drops a marble (from eye
level) trying to knock the other players' marbles out of the circle.
If any marbles are knocked out, they become the property of whoever
knocked them out. Each player has a turn, until all of the marbles
are knocked out of the circle. The player with the most marbles
at the end wins!
|
 "El
ven conmigo" means "come with me" in Spanish. To
play the game, you'll need a large space and 5 or more players.
One person is chosen to be “It”. The rest of the players
sit in small circles of 4 or so, facing towards each other. The
player who is “It” runs around each group.
When “It” taps someone on the shoulder, both the tapped
person and “it” must run around all the groups, racing
to sit where the tapped player was. Whoever gets in the open seat
is no longer “it”, and the game continues with the other
player as the new "It." |
You'll need a large space and handkerchief or scarf and at least
5 or more players.
One person is chosen to be “It”. The remaining players
make a large circle by sitting down, facing inward, with each player
looking ONLY straight ahead.
“It” walks around the outside of the circle, and eventually
drops the handkerchief behind one person who must then grab the
handkerchief and run around the outside of the circle.
The player with the handkerchief tries to get back in their seat
before “It” does. Whoever does not get the seat becomes
“It”. If person does not notice that “It”
has dropped the scarf behind them, when “It” comes around
to their spot, “It” picks up the handkerchief and continues
to walk around the circle. |
