Run, Jump, Hide, Slide, Splash The 200 Best Outdoor Games Ever

by Rhatigan, Joe; Newcomb, Rain

• ISBN13: 9781579905095
• ISBN10: 1579905099
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Lark Books

Summary

Freeze Tag, Capture the Flag, Balloon Blanket Toss: nothing says childhood more than afternoons spent playing outdoors. With the 200 super activities in this comprehensive collection, the fun never ends. Color photos showing happy-looking boys and girls having a fine time invite young readers to join in. So let the gamesboth classic and new, with variations toobegin. Children will have a blast with timeless amusements such as Tug of War, Ultimate Frisbee, Hopscotch, Jump Rope, and cool pool-time ideas. From Hackey Sack to Water Limbo, each game is great, and the simple instructions and other tips make them easy to play.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 5
Introduction	p. 8
A Note to Parents	p. 10
A Few Things You Might Want to Know	p. 11
Acorn Toss	p. 14
Amoeba Tag	p. 15
Balance Race	p. 15
Balancing Act	p. 16
Ball between the Knees Race	p. 16
Balloon Blanket Toss	p. 17
Balls and Caps	p. 18
Baseless Baseball	p. 18
Basketball Games	p. 19
Around the World	p. 19
Greedy	p. 20
Horse	p. 21
Rebound!	p. 21
Basketball Court Tag	p. 22
Beanbag Toss	p. 22
Behavior Modification	p. 23
Behind the Curtain	p. 23
Bicycle Unrace	p. 24
Blind Man's Buff	p. 24
British Bulldog	p. 25
Brooklyn Bridge	p. 25
Bubble Race	p. 26
Bucket Ball	p. 27
Bungle Bungle	p. 27
Buried Treasure	p. 28
Capture the Flag	p. 28
Cat and Mouse	p. 29
Catch a Sponge	p. 30
Chair Carry	p. 31
Chimp Race	p. 31
Clothespins	p. 32
Cold Potato	p. 32
Contrary Simon Says	p. 33
Crab Soccer	p. 34
Cross Tag	p. 35
Dizzy Izzy	p. 35
Dodge Ball Games	p. 36
Dodge Ball	p. 36
Dodge Ball Reverse	p. 37
Dodge War	p. 38
Freeze Dodge Ball	p. 39
Team Dodge Ball	p. 39
Everybody's It	p. 40
Five Dollars	p. 40
Fivestones	p. 41
Flashlight Tag	p. 41
Flutter Ball	p. 42
Follow the Leader	p. 42
Four Square	p. 42
Fox and Geese	p. 44
Freeze Tag	p. 44
Frisbee Football	p. 45
Frisbee Golf	p. 46
German	p. 46
Germs and Doctors	p. 47
Goal Kickers	p. 48
Gold Glove	p. 48
Golf Ball Billiards	p. 49
Grab Tag	p. 50
The Grass Is Lava	p. 50
The Great Foot Freeze	p. 50
Hackey Sack	p. 51
Hand Tennis	p. 52
Handball	p. 52
Hide and Seek	p. 54
High Fly	p. 54
Hit the Penny	p. 55
Hopscotch Games	p. 56
Hopscotch	p. 56
Snail Hopscotch	p. 57
Snake Hopscotch	p. 57
Hot Balloons	p. 58
Jacks	p. 59
Jump Rope Games	p. 60
Basic Jump Rope	p. 60
Double Dutch	p. 61
Imitation Jump Rope	p. 61
Jump Rope Race	p. 61
Single Jump Rope	p. 62
Skip the Rope	p. 62
Teddy Bear Jump Rope	p. 63
Keep Your Eye on the Ball	p. 64
Kicking Off!	p. 64
Kick the Can	p. 65
Kick Ball	p. 66
Kid Olympics	p. 67
Killer Whale	p. 68
Kings, Queens, Jacks	p. 68
Knots	p. 69
La Luna y las Estrellas	p. 70
Lame Hen	p. 70
Lawn Furniture Obstacle Course	p. 71
Lazy Bikes	p. 71
Limbo	p. 72
Main Karet Gelang	p. 73
Manhunt	p. 73
Marble Games	p. 74
Basic Marbles	p. 74
Bull's Eye	p. 75
Double Ring	p. 76
Pyramid Marbles	p. 76
Shooting Gallery	p. 76
Marco Polo	p. 77
Monkey in the Middle	p. 77
Mount Ball	p. 78
Nine Pins	p. 78
No-Net Tennis	p. 79
Octopus Tag	p. 80
Outdoor Sculpt It!	p. 80
Pavement Art	p. 81
Pie Tag	p. 81
Ping Pong Scramble	p. 82
Poison	p. 82
Poison Ball	p. 83
Polybottles	p. 84
Prisoner's Base	p. 84
Puss in the Corner	p. 85
Random Useless Fact Tag	p. 86
Rattlesnake	p. 86
Red Light, Green Light	p. 87
Relay Races	p. 88
Basic Relay Race	p. 88
Crab Relay Race	p. 88
One-Legged Relay Race	p. 89
Soap Relay Race	p. 89
Water Relay Race	p. 90
Roly Poly	p. 91
Running Across	p. 92
Running Bases	p. 92
Safety Tag	p. 93
Sardines	p. 93
Shadow Tag	p. 94
Shark and Minnows	p. 94
Sharks and Jets	p. 95
Shout Out	p. 95
Sidewalk Golf	p. 96
Simon Says	p. 96
Single Football	p. 97
Skully	p. 98
Slam Ball	p. 99
Slap Ball	p. 100
Slow Kid's Revenge	p. 100
Soft Fuzzy Things of Death	p. 101
Sponge Tag	p. 102
Sprinkler Games	p. 103
Car Wash	p. 103
Water Limbo	p. 103
Sprinkler Volleyball	p. 103
Freezer Game	p. 103
Spud	p. 104
Standoff	p. 104
Statues	p. 105
Steal the Bacon	p. 106
Stickball	p. 106
Still Pond	p. 107
Stoopball	p. 108
Sweatshirt Relay	p. 108
Tag	p. 109
Three-Legged Race	p. 110
Tiger and Leopard	p. 111
Touch Color	p. 111
Tracking	p. 111
Tree Ball	p. 112
Tug of War	p. 112
Tunnel Swimming Race	p. 113
Two Square	p. 114
Ultimate Frisbee	p. 114
Underwater Tag	p. 115
Volleyball	p. 116
Volleyballoon	p. 117
Walk the Plank	p. 118
Water Balloon Toss	p. 118
Water Brigade	p. 119
Water Hoops	p. 119
Water Slide	p. 120
Water Slide Bowling	p. 120
Water Volleyball	p. 121
Watermelon Ball	p. 122
Webmaster	p. 122
Werewolf in the Dark	p. 123
Wheeled Slalom	p. 124
Whirlpool	p. 125
Wolf and Sheep	p. 125
Metric Conversions	p. 125
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