Crossed Up Jam Up Game

This challenge is a little like trying to walk through a busy intersection. There always seems to be someone in the way!

How to Play

Materials

• none

Instructions

1. Divide the group into four teams.
2. Each team stands in one corner of the room.
3. The leader calls a way that everyone should move. For example:
   • crab walk
   • backward walk
   • eyes closed (be careful with this one!)
   • in pairs with one person holding on to the shoulder of the other
   • hopping on one foot
   • make up your own
4. The teams must use the method called to go from their corner to the diagonal corner. There will be a traffic jam in the middle.
5. The first team to get all of their members to the opposite corner scores a point.
6. Keep repeating with different commands.
7. The team with the most points at the end wins.

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Resources

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