Outside Games

Soccer Guard

You will need a soccer ball, 1/2 gallon milk jug or a plastic bowling pin, and masking tape. Make a big circle with the masking tape. Place the bowling pin in the middle. The guard should be in the middle with the pin. All the other players should be on the outside of the circle. The players forming the circle have to kick the ball and try and knock the pin down. The guard protects the pin by kicking the ball away from it. No high kicking and you can't use your hands. If the pin gets knocked over, the one that kicked it over becomes the guard. If the guard kicks the pin over, the guard has to choose someone who hasn't been a guard yet to be the guard.

Found in The Wide World of Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting on page 58

Centipede

Divide the players into two equal teams. If there is a left over player have them be the finish line and they can join a team later. Have the players get into lines and have them get down on their hands and knees. The players who are on their hands and knees behind someone has to grab the person's ankles that are in front of them. That have to stay like this until they all cross the finish line. When the caller says "GO!" they all have to move forward together until they all cross the finish line. If they break apart, they have to stop and connect again.

Red Light, Green Light

Choose someone to be "It".(I am usually "It" the first time around) "It" stands at one end of the playing field and the players stand at the other end. "It" turns around and says "Green Light!" The players run towards "It". "It" turns around and yells "Red Light!" Everyone must stop.If "It" catches anyone moving they have to go back to start. The game continues until a player touches "It". Then the player becomes "It".

Found in the Brownie Handbook on page 246

Mr. Bear

Someone needs to be Mr. Bear. Have them sit on a chair and pretend to be sleeping. Everyone stands around Mr. Bear and starts off softly saying "Mr. Bear are you awake?" The players keep saying the phrase louder each time they say it. Then Mr. Bear wakes up and says "Yes" and chases the players until they reach base. Whoever Mr. Bear catches becomes his bear cubs and helps to catch the other players.

Found in the Brownie Handbook on page 101

Migration

Line up at the starting line. Leader calls out the name of an animal. Everyone must race to the finish line like the animal called. For example: if "duck" is called out they must waddle like a duck to the finish line. Other animals: birds, snake, worm, fish , dog, kangaroo, turtle, rabbit, lobster, and bear. After doing a few change to this: Tell them that not all animals survive migration because of food, other animals and weather. Have some girls be obstacles. They have to firmly plant their feet and use their hands to tag the racers. If a racer is tagged that racer has to fall to the ground and play dead. Do this until only one racer is left.

Mouse Trap

Four girls become the mouse trap by standing in a circle, facing in, and holding hands with their arms way up in the air. The other children are the mice and they run in and out of the trap. Then when the leader calls "Spring the Trap" the girls who are the trap bring their arms down and hopefully catch some mice inside. The caught mice become part of the trap. The game continues until all are caught and the last four caught become the trap and the game starts again.

Doggy, Doggy, where's your bone?

Pick a person to be the dog and this person sits on a chair with their back to the rest of the girls. An object is placed under her chair. This is the bone. The dog closes her eyes while someone steals the bone and hides somewhere on them. Then they sing "Doggy, Doggy, where is your bone? Someone's stolen it from your home. Guess who it might be." Then the dog opens her eyes and has three guesses who took it. If she guessed right than she gets another turn as the dog, but if she guesses wrong she switches with the one who has it. Sometimes leave the bone under the chair to fool the dog.