Frog & Bugs

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Requirements

• Age 5+
• Players 8-16
• Time 3-5 min rounds
• Location Small clear area
• Energy Low (sitting, standing)
• Materials NONE
• Lead by Pathfinder
• Guides 1

Story

Frogs use their tongues - which move incredibly fast - to catch insects to eat. A frog can shoot out its tongue, capture an insect, and pull it back into its mouth within .07 seconds — five times faster than the human eye can blink. In this game, a secret "frog" will use their tongue to kill as many bugs as possible before they're discovered.

Action Call

Compelling questions / challenges to get kids excited to play.

Game

Mission

Have everyone in the group sit in a circle.

Get a volunteer to be the "detective," and then have them go far enough away that they cannot see or hear the group.

Have everyone in the circle close their eyes. A facilitator walks around the circle and touches one person on the head. This person is the frog. Once the frog is chosen, everyone can open their eyes.

Call the detective back and have them stand in the middle of the circle. Everyone looks around the circle. The frog's goal, when looking at someone, is to quickly stick their tongue out at that person to "kill" them. When a player sees the frog's tongue, they immediately suffer a dramatic death.

The detective has three chances to say "freeze!" and guess who the frog is. After a correct guess or 3 incorrect guesses, the frog announces themself and leaves the circle to become the new detective. The former detective chooses the next frog.

Modify

Variations of the game.