Golden Point

It's freeze tag, but more fun. And oh, also with more tickling.

ADDED April 30, 2009

kids activities

Even though we're about to tell you that the object of this game is for your kids to get a lot of points, really points don't matter here at all. The true point is to get the kids running around and having some fun.

(You'll need a minimum of two children for this activity. Go collect them now)

Put "something" down in the middle of a large room or yard. That something could be a toy, a rock, a book, a manila envelope. That centrally located item now becomes "the Golden Point." When the kids touch that thing, they get a point. When they touch it again, they get another point! The Golden Point just keeps giving.

The next thing you have to do is keep the kids away from the Golden Point.

First, set up some safe areas about ten feet away from the Golden Point. (Again, use whatever you have handy for these safe areas: chairs work very well.) The kids can hang out in the safe areas all they want. No harm could ever come to them there. But the kids do need to set out from their safe areas in order to get some Golden Points.

In between the safe areas and the Golden Point, that's where the "monster" awaits. This monster (you or, if you want, a kid) has one purpose in life: to keep kids from the Golden Point. Also, the monster enjoys tickling kids who are trying to get to the Golden Point.

When a kid gets touched by the monster, he or she must freeze. Only the touch of another kid will work for unfreezing purposes. (The monster might want to take the opportunity to do some tickling of its hapless, frozen victim.)

As we said above, points don't matter. The kids can count every time they touch the Golden Point, or not. But there areno winners or losers here. It's just running around fun. (Oh, and tickling. There should be a lot of tickling.)