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Summer is here so let the games begin! During this extended break from school many kids find themselves with a lot free time. Instead of spending a lot of time inside in front of the TV or the video game machine, try having some exciting outdoor fun with friends. Once you put down the new Harry Potter book (or any other book that you are reading) try having some fun the old fashioned way - outside in the sunshine with friends.

Pickle

• 2 bases (this can be anything but they should be fairly small)
• 1 softball and 2 softball gloves (or a light weight and easy to catch ball)
• A group of at least three friends

1. Set up the two bases in a straight line about 15-20 feet apart.
2. Two people are selected as “it” and must go to each of the bases.
3. The other players must form two even groups and start at separate bases.
4. The game begins by the two “it” people throwing the ball back and forth.
5. The object is for the players to run back and forth between the bases without being tagged by the “it” person while he/she has the ball.
6. If a person is tagged by an “it” person while they are not on the base-he/she is a new “it” person.

Hide and Seek

1. One person is the “it” person and must close his/her eyes and count to twenty and then say “Ready or not, here I come”.
2. The “it” person must start on a chosen “home base”. This can be any designated area.
3. The other players must hide while the “it” person is counting.
4. The object of the game is for the other players (the ones who are hiding) to get to the home base without being tagged by the “it” person. They are safe once they get to “home base”.
5. If the “it” person tags (touches) another player before they reach the “home base” that player must go to “jail”. “Jail” should just be another designated area that is separate from the “home base”.
6. A player may be freed from jail if another “free” player tags the player that is in “jail”.
7. Once everyone is either on “home base” or in “jail” the game is over and the first person that was sent to “jail” is the new “it” person. If all the players get to “home base” without being tagged-the same person has to be the “it” person again.