Oval Games
13 games in this category, hand chosen by experienced leaders. Every one lists the ages it suits, the group size it needs and what to bring.
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Everyone ties two balloons to their ankles and tries to pop others' balloons while protecting their own. Walking only, no contact.
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A tipping game where tipped players become dead ants, lying on their back with limbs in the air, and must be carried to safety by two teammates.
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A hawk tries to get past a mother eagle to tip one of the baby eagles lined up behind her.
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A large-scale rock-paper-scissors game where teams pick a character and the winning team chases the other back to their wall.
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A team tipping game where you can only tip someone who left the wall before you. The longer you're off the wall, the less fresh you are.
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A giant egg and spoon race, run with a frisbee balanced on the end of a pool noodle.
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A classic oval game where tipped players sit and become tentacle-waving octopuses trying to tip runners going past.
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Every player balances a cup on their own pool noodle and tries to swat the cups off everyone else's while defending their own.
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Two teams race to pass a short message from one end of the oval to the other, by any means except moving past a teammate.
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A cat-and-mouse chase game where the grid of players rotates on command, constantly reshaping the paths the cat and mouse can run through.
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A classic schoolyard game where tipped players freeze with legs spread until a teammate crawls between their legs to free them.
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One team forms a gauntlet of ball-throwers while the other team runs through as many times as possible without being hit below the knees.
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A growing chain game where tipped players join hands with the tipper, forming a worm in which only the two end players can tip others.