Jump the trap

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Jump the trap

This has to be the simplest game ever invented—it's fast-paced, easy to play and requires kids to do one of their favorite things: jump.

• Tie somebody's shoe to the end of the rope. One player holds the shoeless end of the rope and spins around,not too fast, so that the rope sweeps in a circle. The weight keeps the rope fairly near the ground.

• Players must jump over the rope as it passes them (this is easiest if kids spread themselves around the circle so they're not all in one clump). If the shoe hits a player's foot or leg, he's out. The last person still jumping gets to turn the rope during the next round.