Take a Hike!

This is a fun game for groups of almost any size. It can be played for an extended period of time before kids get tired of it. And it requires almost no preparation!

Have all participants sit in chairs, in a circle. Have one person stand in the middle of the circle, and remove that person’s chair from the circle. The person in the middle is the caller.

To start the game, the caller calls out some characteristic or description that applies to at least a few people in the circle, and tells those people to TAKE A HIKE.

“Everyone wearing blue jeans, TAKE A HIKE!”

At that point, everyone in the circle who is wearing blue jeans stands up and quickly moves to another seat that has been vacated by a fellow hiker. At the same time, the caller attempts to find and occupy one of the vacated seats before another hiker gets it. After everyone has settled, one unsuccessful hiker will be left in the middle to assume the role of caller. The new caller calls out a characteristic or description and those people take a hike, once again leaving a new caller in the middle. The process is repeated until the leader decides it is time to end the game.

A few rules:

1. A hiker must move at least two seats over from the seat he vacated. He cannot move to the seat immediately adjacent (one either side) to the seat vacated. Nor can he stand up and then sit back down in the same seat.
2. If two hikers attempt to occupy the same seat, the hiker who arrived first wins.
3. No running! Fast walking is permitted.
4. No pushing, shoving, or tripping other hikers.

Now, go TAKE A HIKE!