Lily Pad Leaping
Thanks to Judy, who posted this game to the Guiding Mailing List.
This game is sort of a combination between musical chairs and an obstacle course. Place a few chairs or obstacles around the hall, with chalk arrows on the floor to mark the way. Scatter sheets of newspaper (lily pads) among the chalk arrows. A leader will either turn away from the course and periodically call out stop or use music in a like manner.
Girls leap around the course and must be on a lily pad when music stops, or a stop is called. If a girl is not on a lily pad she needs to perform a silly action or sing part of a frog song or a combination of both. You could incorporate Promise and Law into this, i.e., girls spin around and recite the law.
As the game progresses, remove some of the lily pads. Keep doing this until there are very few left. Your girls may become quite the survivalists, trying to move around the course with a scrap of newspaper under their shoe!
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