If you're looking for a fun beach game to play with your child, why not try Sun Tag? This is not your ordinary game of tag--this game will challenge your child to move around in a small amount of space! Draw a circle in the sand where the players will stand, and the Sun (or "it") will try to catch them without stepping foot in the circle. It's a great way to keep active at the beach, and the whole family can join in on the fun!
What You Need:
- At least two players
- A stick, or something to draw a circle in the sand with
What to Do:
- Use the stick to draw a circle in the sand about five steps across. The steps should be by someone who is average height so that the circle isn't too big or too small.
- Pick one person to be the sun (or "it") and all other players get to be moons.
- Moons go inside the circle, and the sun must stay out of it.
- The sun runs around the circle trying to tag the moons inside. The sun can lean into the circle as long as her feet stay outside.
- When a moon is caught, the sun joins the circle as a moon and the caught player becomes the new sun.
Variation for bigger groups:
- Draw three circles in the sand, all about 5 feet from each other. Make each circle between 3 and 4 steps across.
- Choose one player to be the sun.
- The rest of the players divide in half between two circles, leaving one empty.
- The sun runs between the circles, trying to tag the moons without stepping into the circles.
- Moons can jump from one circle to the next, trying to find one that is the least crowded.
- If caught in or out of the circle, the moon joins the sun and tries to catch the other moons. Play until there is only one moon left standing--she's the winner!
By Shando Varda
Adapted with permission from "101 Family Vacation Games: Have Fun While Traveling , Camping or Celebrating at Home" by Shando Varda. Hunter House Publishers (2006).
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