Jane Maddin
1st Orleans Pathfinders
Queenswood District
Ottawa Area, Ontario
Equipment: None
Number of Players: Any number from 10 and up.
Age: I've seen Pathfinders and Guides play, so 9-15 years old.
Source: My Pathfinders here taught me this one, but I understand it came
from Our Cabana, so is INTERNATIONAL.
The girls get in a circle and then each girl lies down on the floor on her
tummy with her hands in front of her and her palms flat on the floor (sort
of like a collapsed push up position). Then each girl puts her hands on the
other side of the hands of the girl on either side of her.
(This is MUCH more complicated to describe than it is to do, trust me!)
This means that there are two hands in front of each girl on the floor. The
hand on the left is the right hand of the girl to her left, and the hand on
the right is the left hand of the girl on her right. Her hands are in front
of the two girls on either side of her.
Rules: One girl is chosen to start and she indicates which direction the
slap is travelling. Let's say, for ease of explanation that she picks her
right. She slaps her right hand on the floor. If she slaps ONCE, the slap
continues to travel to the right. If she slaps TWICE the slap travels in
the opposite direction. I think that I would get a room full of girls who
have never played this before, to each slap once to get the idea of the slap
travelling.
If you miss your turn, or you slap out of turn, that hand comes out of the
circle. You have to mess up twice to be kicked out of the game. The game
is over when only one person is left - HOWEVER, this could be a VERY long
game, you might want to stop when 5 people have been kicked out, or when 10
hands have been eliminated from the game!
Have a great time with it!