Skunk Tag

Grade level: 1-6
Equipment: 5 hula hoops
Game Description: The Skunks are the taggers. They must go around trying to tag the others. This tag game is more than just a basic tag game as there are safe areas, skunk homes, and role-swaps. Try it out and add your own rules to suit your PE class.

1. Place 4 hula hoops in the corners of the gym. Those are the safe areas.
2. Place 1 hula hoop in the middle. That is the skunks home.
3. Choose 2 players to be skunks. They are the taggers. They start in their homes.
4. The rest of the players start spread out in the playing area.
5. On the signal, the skunks will go out and try to tag someone.
6. If a player is tagged, he switches roles with the skunk, and is now a skunk. Before he can go tag people though, he must go into the skunk home and yell out ‘NEW SKUNK’ so players are aware of who the new skunk is.
7. Players can take quick breaks in the safe zones where they can’t get tagged, but they can only stay in there for a few seconds at a time.