Number of Players: 2+ Ages: 4+ Space: Outdoors Materials: lots of potatoes, oddly shaped blocks or other similarly sized objects, enough buckets or baskets for each player. This is a very simple, but very fun game to play with everyone’s favorite tuber. You can actually use any object the size of potatoes, but using the old fashioned potato gives the game a more nostalgic feeling. There’s a product on the market in toy stores that’s really squishy and bouncy, and usually comes in a plastic tube that flies out of your hands. I don’t know what it’s called but it … Continue reading →

Partner Tag Number of players: 4+ Ages: 4+ Space: outdoors Anyone familiar with professional wrestling has heard the expression “tag team”, but what about team tag? This variation of tag adds a whole new meaning to the word “teamwork.” It adds a whole new dimension to the simple game of tag. To begin play, all of the players except two hook arms in couples. For the two who aren’t “coupled” one is “It” or the chaser, and the other one is the runner. The runner’s job is to avoid being tagged by the person who is it. So… how is … Continue reading →

This is a great game for both indoor and outdoors. It’s a great rainy/wintry day indoor game, because it’s very active and doesn’t require a lot of space, especially when trees can be used as “corners.” In more innocent times, it was called “Pussy in a Corner.” Number of players 3+ Ages: 5+ Space: Open living room, open basement, or outdoors. All the players but one takes their places in goals at the corners of the playing area. The odd player goes from one corner to another saying “Kitty wants a corner!” The player the Kitty says this to replies … Continue reading →