Kick the Can
Thanks to J. Conway for posting this game to the Guide Mailing List!
Home Base is a tin can or similar object. (plastic food tubs are quieter than metal ;-) One person is "IT". Players are given set boundaries. Other players go off and hide, while IT counts (to whatever). The players try to get back to base before IT does. When IT spots a player they both race back to base - whoever gets there first kicks the can. If IT kicks the can before the player does, that player is out for the round, but IT keeps looking for the others. If one of the other player manages to kick the can before IT does, she has then "freed" any others who were caught before. Play would then resume with the same IT. If IT manages to get to the can before all other players (meaning she has caught them all), the first person who was caught in that round is then IT. When we play, we set a limit as to how many times a person can be IT in a row (usually 3).
...And here's another variation of the game. Thanks to Jean Rowsell for posting this version to the Guide Mailing List!
Have four sets of Cans - 1 each of - Extra Large Fruit Can, Kernel Corn Can, Soup or Evaporated Milk Can, small Tomato Paste Can. Each set should contain one of each size can (they can fit inside each other). You can decorate the cans with old wallpaper, gift-wrap, etc. This is a relay game. You build the cans into four "towers" (smallest one on top), one tower for each team. The girls run up, kick the cans over, restack them and run back to tag their next team mate. It is a very simple game and fun to play.
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