You're It!
This game is a mix of tag and red rover. Lots of fun for the whole neighborhood!
What you will need:
Clothing or other markers to delineate your ocean
Players...the more the better
- Set up a rectangular ocean: to determine the right width, have everyone hold hands and spread out across the field. Mark two sidelines with clothing or other markers.
- The fish line up at one end: The queen or king octopus stands in the middle and cries out
- "I am the octopus, queen (king) of all motion. Let's see if you can cross my ocean"
- The fish try to run or sneak across the ocean as the octopus tries to tag them.
- If tagged, they become seaweed. Keeping one foot planted, the seaweed try to reach out and tag the fish running by, thus turning those players into seaweed too.
- Once the fish reach the other side, the octopus and seaweed say the chant and the crossing contest starts again.
- The game continues until all teh fish become seaweed.
- The last fish tagged becomes the new octopus.
