The MacScouter's Big Book of Games

[Pages:127]The MacScouter's Big Book of Games

Volume 1: Games for Younger Scouts

Compiled by Gary Hendra and Gary Yerkes

Games

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Introduction Organizing and Playing Games

Pack Games Den Games Types Of Games Game Books Tips and Miscellaneous Items How To Get Equal Size/ Weight Teams Leaders Are Fragile Giving Out Instructions Emergency Games Box Motion Detectors Pressure Pad Indoor Games St. George and the Dragon Ride 'Em Cowboy Consumer's Report Popstick Slapshot Balloon Balance Hare Hop Streaker The Elephant Hunt Submarine Dive Rabbit Down a Hole Dutch Football This is My House Express Post Mopping Him Up Tadpoles Chair Pass Ball Snatch the Bobbin Beating the Bounds Filling Santa's Sack Balloon Football Cat and Mouse Balloon Battle Royal Balloon Basketball Balloon Crab Ball Balloon Push Ball Balloon Volleyball Grab-it Ball Over Cover the Chair Witches' Wand Cat's Tail Eat the Fishtail Chair Basketball Blind Balloon Volleyball What Am I? Who Is Missing? Submarines Step tag A.B.C. Ship Animammal Conference Patriotic Colors Creating Critters Gazelle Stalking Spillikins

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Kim's Game

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Kim Pairs

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Smelling Kim

14

Balloon Bursting

14

Balloon Darts

14

Back-to-Back Balloon Bursting

14

Buzz-Bomb Balloon

14

Catch the Balloon

14

Blindman's Bluff

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Blow! Blow! Blow!

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The Guessing Blind Man

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Good Morning, Mr. Jones

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Poor Pussy

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Above and Below

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Find the Leader

15

Hats Away

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Ha, Ha, Ha

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Wake Up!

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Who Has Gone From the Room?

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Hidden Object

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The Mystifying Reader

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Famous Pairs

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That's My Name

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Indoor Track Meet

17

Working with Rainy Days

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Who is it?

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Defacements

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Blindfolded

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Still Life

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Famous Couples

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Code Work

19

Predicaments

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Camp Newspaper

20

Police Report

20

Cooking

20

Camp Crest

20

Crossword Puzzles, Mazes, Hidden Word Games

20

Skits

20

Songs

20

Smallest Cup of Tea

21

A Crafty Idea

21

Games Suitable for Outdoors or Indoors

22

Burst the Balloon

22

The Huron Hop

22

Whale Ahoy!

22

Tail Tally

22

Fill the Basket

22

The Mystery Number

23

I'm a Great Big Whale

23

Clear the Deck

23

Doctor Who and the Daleks

23

Ball Pass

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C.U.B.S.

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Defending the Fort

24

In the Pond

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Earth, Water, Air and Fire

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Come Along

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Head It! Catch It! Steptoe and Son Here I Am! Guards and Guerrillas Tunnels Warriors and Brigands Deadly Circle Brothers Jack Sprat Pass-Change-Hit Pass the Bag Squirrel in the Tree Follow the Leader Bat Ball Gun Ball Mowgli and the Red Flower Empty Pockets Commando Course Bricklayer's Relay Putt It There Pack 'Em In Outdoor Games Run Around the Town On the Journey Nature Alphabet Airlift Kick, Hide, and Seek 1-Foot Square Bicycle Polo Farmyard Frolics Smile Tag Lighthouse La Palma (Bolivian Indian) Pony Express Indian Lance Throwing Indian Hoop Roll British Bull dog Unbraid Race The Frog Hop Camp Golf Scavenger Hunt Games Scouting Scavenger Hunt Demonstrations Space Age Technology Machines Camera One is One Sensational One Square Tape Recorder Spud Games Bowling for Spuds Driving the Spuds to Market Potato Wheel-barrow Race Spud of the Nile (Potato Pyramids) Chip Taste Test Speed Spud Potato Stuffing Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head

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Marble Spud

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24 Circle Games

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Three Deep

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Capture The Fort

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Japanese Balloon Game

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Multiples Or "Buzz" (Taiwan)

37

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Poison

37

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Variation--Poison Indian Club

37

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Variation--Circle Pull

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Variation--Poison Circle

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Jack's Alive

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Ankle Grasp

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Smile Toss

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Bird Or Animal

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Who Is Going To Be The Redskin Chief?

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Zip! Zap!

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Shopping

38

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Postman

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The Treasure of the White Cobra

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Variation--Sleeping Pirate

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Dodgeball

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Centre Catch

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In The Pond

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Swat To The Gap

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Variation--Fill The Gap

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Kill The Rattlesnake

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Australian Circle Game

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Masks

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Lifeboat

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I've Lost My Dog

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Who's The Best Indian

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Red Indian

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30 Nature Games

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You Can't See Me !

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The Stalker

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The Stalker (Variation)

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Swamp

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Meet My Friend

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Switch

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Silly Symphony

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North by Northeast

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32 Water Games

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A Little Inconvenience

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Slash hike

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Monster Relay

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Save the Insulin

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Marathon Obstacle Race

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Punctured Drum

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Floating Fire Bombardment

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Mystery Meal

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Operation Neptune

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Operation Neptune Novelty Races

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Pyjama Relay

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Candle Race

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Spoon Race

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Newspaper Race

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Blow Ping Pong

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Underwater Knotting

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Match Race

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Obstacle Relay Operation Neptune Fun Events Human Chain Mounted Wrestling Greased Watermelon Water Tug 'o War Candy Dive Jaws Carnival Day at Camp Sponge Toss Darts Penny Toss Knock 'Em Over Douse the Candle Fish Pond Guess How Many Fortune Teller House of Horrors Evening Games and Wide Games Capture the Flag Smugglers and Spies Whistle tag Light - No light Find the Bell Triad Frontiers Game Brass Rubbing Race Double Your Money Elephant Hunt Face Paint Game Of Life Haggis Hunt Hunt & Chase Jail Break Kim's Wide Game Lamp Chicane Long Distance Chinese Whispers Merchants Mixed Up Names Naval Battle Postman Game Rockets And Interceptors Scout-Staff Treasure Hunt Relay Games St. George and the Dragon Ride 'Em Cowboy Consumer's Report Popstick Slapshot Commando Course Bricklayer's Relay Putt It There Pack 'Em In Balloon Balance Hare Hop Streaker Sweep 'N' Scrub Stock-car Racing Kangaroo Hop Radar

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Whirling Wheels

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Round the Moon

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Rocket Relay

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Bat the Balloon

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Art Consequences

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Bean and Straw Relay

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Bucket Relay

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Feather on a Yardstick

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Banana Relay

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Dizzy Izzy

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Gum-Glove Relay

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Fumble Fingers Relay

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Candle Carry

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Birds on a Telephone Line

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Seed Planting Relay

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Potato Race

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Cone Race

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Driving The Pig

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Towel Roll Roll

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Turkey Feather Relay

64

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Candle And Straw Relay Race

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Checker Relay

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Cubs Across The River

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Dribble Ball

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Stacking The Cans

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Tunnel Ball

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Wheelbarrow Race

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Highwayman

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Fireman, Save My Child

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Layered Clothes

66

54 Strategy Games

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Mouse Trap Attack

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Mouse Trap Fishing Game

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Submarines And Minefields

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Trader

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The Trader Game - Altered Slightly

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Trading Post

68

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Lighthouse

68

56 Games Needing Little Or No Equipment

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Speak And Do The Opposite

69

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Keep Talking

69

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Coloured Circles

69

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Car Team Race

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Crabs, Crows And Cranes

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Snake Dodge

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Turn Turtle

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Tail Grab

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Human Boat Race

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Signals

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City Town Country

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Compass Game

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Submarines

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Sardines (Hide & Seek)

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Spud

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Whomp 'em

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61 Memory Games

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Silhouette Kim's Game

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Battleship Kim's Game

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Kims Game Variant

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Patience Compass Skills Patience It's Under A Cup Ruba Dub Dub Post Office Obstacle Course In The Dark Pencil and Paper Games Cub 2000 Mime And/Or Kim's Game Pictionary Time Tables Anagrams Circle Line Fishing Games Fish And Net The Christmas Card Game A Christmas Telegram Variation--Christmas Dinner Bowling On The Green Every Man In His Own Corner Ring The Bottle Long Games Space Archery Robot Arm Space Construction Space Exploration Shuttle Flight-Check Game Leader Instructions Space Archery Robot Arm Space Construction Space Exploration Parachute Games The Swamp The Canopy Ball Toss Exchange The Cave Under Cover Fun Under the Chute The Mushroom Flying Saucer Ball Slide Toad In The Hole Birthday Exchange Bird and worm Party Games Pirate's Treasure Map Sound Effects First Person To Me Boat Or Car Race Islands Pass The Parcel Updated The Limbo Animal Snap Stop Cub Scout Games from Australia Balloon Stampede Tramp's Tea-Party

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Indian File Dodge Ball Catch It Shunting Tag Dodge Ball Dog And Possum Stiff Candles Newspaper Grab Keep The Basket Full Pirates (3 Coins At The Fountain) Hunter And His Dogs Slip Ring Over The Line Wheel Relay Row Ball Collection Relay Camel Race Marauders Fire On The Mountain Cleanliness Tag Rats And Rabbits Ride Him, Cowboy Keep Away Tin Scuttle Balloon Battle Floating Bomb Defender Of The Castle Spin The Plate Pile The Reels Quick Six Catch Ball Circular Pillar Ball Toss The Bag In The Pond Hot Potato Post Office Space Ships Get-It What Will I Do Individual Tails Matchstick Patterns Can You See Them? Stamp It Out Direction Finder Book Quiz Sniffers Creeping Past Marauders Disguises Stranger Flint And Monty Observation Change Bagged Heads Ruffians Dampeners Find The Route Bicycle Relay Neat Circle Semaphore Relay Signalling Pairs

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Hop Knot Semaphore Drawing Pavement Artist Word Puzzle Draw A Face Kingfisher Race Wet Trail Watering The Horses Sardines Swim Chase Smugglers' Treasure Torch And Whistle Three Ball Throw Blind Tag Trails And Treasure Hunts Duck In Water Number Catch Crooks Whistling Hares And Hounds Fill The Bottle Rockets And Interceptors Guarding The Lighthouse Gold Rush Nigel's Navy Kick Tin Zulu Boy Team Games Richmond Hill Hand Ball Metro Medley Tight Rope Walk Balloon Baseball Hoot Hoot Hoot Games for Beaver Scouts Squirrel and Fox Tail Mousetrap Balloon Game Sew the Seams Weasel Super Beaver Beaver, Beaver, Come Out and Be Fed Beaver Colony Pieces of Santa Balloon Badminton Scramble Snake tag Musical Groups Leap Frog Back to Back Run Ground Walk Falling Snowflakes Centipedes Clap-a-name Clap-and Slap-along Shake Hands With a Friend Fruit Basket What Comes Next? Red Handed Pipe Cleaner Zoo

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Have You Seen My Sheep ?

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Alligator

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Squirrel in the Tree

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Partner Tag

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Hug Tag

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Wink

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Oranges Under The Chin

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Rainstorm

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Touch One, Touch All

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Ball Tag

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Dragon tag

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Hit the Penny

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Follow Chase

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Knee-bend Race

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Hot Potato

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Cat and Mouse

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Nut Race

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Horse's Tail

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Spot Tag

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Bell Catch

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Blast Off

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Four-way Pull

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Tug of War

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Animal Blindfold

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Follow the Leader

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Hand Slap

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Triangle Tag

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Bum Push

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Broken Telephone

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Hot Potato Gift (Variation of Hot Potato)

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Tic Tic BOOM

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Circle of Good Cheer

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Gluepots

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Elbow Tag

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The Secret Handshake

107

Skin the Snake

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Shoe Mixup

108

Animal Walks

108

Zero Gravity

108

Racket Squad

108

Overall Understanding

108

Overall Understanding Variation

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Line Switch (Outside Game)

108

Lean In, Lean Out

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Food for Thought

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Laughing

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Pass it On

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Poor Pussy

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Shoe Scramble

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Squat tag

109

Coin Drop

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Colors

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Fishing For Paper Clips

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Peanut Butter And Jelly

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Airplane Race

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Bang Relay

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Thirsty Race

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Pea Relay

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William Tell Race

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Balloon Overhead

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Floor Balloon

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Balloon Football

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Fly Swat

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Wool Gathering

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Checker Golf

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Musical Bumps

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Perpetual Motion

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Kangaroo Relay

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Water Brigade (Outside game)

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Stringing Along

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Icicle Tag

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Pencil Game

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Feather Puff

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Handkerchief Tag

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Bean-bag Golf

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Charades

112

Lemon Golf

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Simon Says

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Squeak, Piggy, Squeak

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Sneaky Peter

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Pipe Line

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Hot Stuff

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Partner Pull-up

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Partner Back-up

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Mile of Yarn

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Shoe Twister

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Sticky Popcorn

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Fish Gobbler

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The Fish

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Toesies

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Group Pull-ups

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Jiggle and Swiggle

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Rump Bump

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Touch Blue

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Rubber Band Toss

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Crab Race

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Tightrope Walking

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Rope Ring

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Dangling Doughnut Eating Contest

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Laughing Matter

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Yellow Jell-O

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Paper Pat-a-cake

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Little Beavers

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Toesie Roll with Control

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Dog Bone

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Balloon Soccer

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Who's There ?

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Newspaper Relay

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Last Detail

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Tails

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Chain Tag

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Farmer, Farmer, May We Cross Your Golden

River ?

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Letters

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Co-operative Tale

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Numbers Change

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Bean Bag

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Blind Cat

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Catch the Handkerchief Green Keep It Out Sun and Moon Vegetable Soup (Fruit Basket) P.I.G. Game Mr. Muffet and The Spider Wet Sponge Relay Fruity-Tooty Game Frozen Bean Bag Reverse Hide 'n' Seek Big Snake Chinese Wall Aunts and Uncles Frozen Tag The Train Name Game Red Light, Green Light Breakaway Shoes (hoops are needed) Circle Game Balloon Duo Passing the Bean Bag The A.B.C. Game Spud Bear Watch The Chocolate Game Button, Button Copy Cat Passed Over Row Race Just In Passing

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Introduction

The MacScouter's Big Book of Games is intended to be used by Scouters and Guiders around the world to further your programs, and bring fun into your Dens and Packs. This Volume 1: Games for Younger Scouts, is intended for younger boys and girls, but it is impossible to draw a line and say you cannot use these games for boys and girls older than this. In fact, there is some overlap with Volume 2: Games for Older Scouts.

The material here has been gathered from many sources, most of which are Cub Scout, Beaver Scout or Boy Scout related, thus the language used within the games. I believe that most games are suitable for Girl Guides, Girl Scouts, Campfire Boys and Girls, and indeed any group of young people. There are over 650 games in the Big Book, divided into many different categories.

The MacScouter's Big Book of Games has been compiled from a wide variety of sources. It started with the Scouts-L Games FAQ. Then, we combined the Indian Nations 1994 Powwow Book games, with other Powwow Book games, games from Australia, and individual games from many people. Our sincere thanks to Jim Speirs, Merl Whitebook and a long cast of characters for contributing to this volume.

Please note that all of the material contained herein has been provided by others, or has been compiled from material on World Wide Web sites. It is not my intent to incorporate any copyrighted material in this document. It is brought to my attention that any material contained here is copyrighted, and that copyright states that the material is not to be reproduced, I will immediately remove it from the electronic document and from the WWW site.

If you have games that you do not see here, please send them to the MacScouter at gary@. R. Gary Hendra, the MacScouter, January 1997

Organizing and Playing Games

Games Are -? Lessons without teachers ? Body builders ? Mind stretchers ? Friend makers ? Building blocks ? Most of all games are fun

Through Games, A Scout ? Learns new skills ? Develops new interests ? Learns to follow the rules ? Learns fair play ? Learns to wait his or her turn ? Is taught respect for the rights of others

Scouts like games in which there is a sizable element of luck. They do not require prizes, nor do they seem to worry if the game is not finished. They like games which restart almost automatically, so that everyone is given a new chance. Scouts like games whereby they gain the reassurance that comes with repetition.

Remember, the success of a game period depends greatly upon leadership. A leader can challenge and persuade the shy Scout and channel the energy of the "showoff", making meetings fun for all.

Choosing A Game: ? Know and understand the game. ? Be prepared to teach the game. ? Take into consideration:

Physical arrangements Equipment needs Number involved Abilities of the participants

? KISMIF - Keep it simple make it fun. Give it full attention; practice to make it work; then evaluate to make sure it is right.

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