Scarf Tag
Materials: one scarf for each player; a large, grassy field
To Play: Each girl takes their scarf and tucks it into the rear of their pants or shorts. Note that tying the scarf to their pants is definitely not allowed. At "go", each girl tries to pull the scarf out of someone else's pants! If a girl loses her scarf, she is out of the game. Girls who win other people's scarves may tuck them into their pants as well. If a girl has more than one scarf, she can only lose one at a time to another attacker. To make the game more difficult, use three different colours of scarves and set rules as to who can grab what colour. For example: Girls with green scarves can only grab blue scarves, blues can only grab reds, and reds can only grab greens!
Thanks very much to my friend Leslie Bown, who sent me this "revised" version of the game!
Game is played per usual. However, the players are first divided into teams of about 5 to 6 players. If you lose your scarf, then you go back a corner of the playing area that has been designated as "home base" for your team. Once in the "home area" someone else from your team can bring you a scarf that they have captured. You tuck it into your belt and you are off playing again. Besides keeping more people in the game, it creates teamwork etc. etc. It also encourages the girls to take risks and rescue their team mates, otherwise, you get some girls playing a purely defensive game (i.e. keeping their own scarves). It is also a lot more fun!
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