Slipper Slap
Source:
Games For The Playground, Home, School And Gymnasium
Category:
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVE GAMES
_10 to 30 or more players._
_Indoors; out of doors._
This game is played with a slipper, or a piece of paper folded in
several thicknesses to present a surface of about three by eight
inches, firm but flexible. This may be crumpled at one end to form a
sort of handle, if desired.
One player is chosen to stand in the center. The others stand in a
circle, shoulder to shoulder, so that the center player cannot see
what goes on behind their backs. The players then pass the slipper
from hand to hand behind their backs, taking every favorable
opportunity to slap the one in the center with it; but instantly that
this is done the player holding the slipper must put it again behind
his back and pass it to the next player, to avoid being caught with
the slipper in his hand. The one in the center should try to catch any
player who thus slaps him before the slipper is passed to another
player.
Very rapid action and much sport may be had from this game. It is
rulable to hit the center player with nothing but the slipper, but the
players will use any other feints they choose to mislead him as to who
holds the slipper, pretending to pass it, or making a false move as
though to hit him, etc. The center player must catch one of the circle
men with the slipper actually in his hands to have it count. Should
this be done, he changes places with that player.
This game may be played in the schoolroom, the class being divided
into groups of ten or twelve players each. It is also an excellent
parlor game, and is full of sport if played by quick, alert players.
This game is from Denmark.
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