Sardines

Get ready

1. Choose which rooms are in play and which are off-limits. Close doors to off-limits areas.
2. Have a leader stationed in each area for supervision.

How to play

1. Pick one player to hide while everyone else closes their eyes and counts to 30.
2. Everyone spreads out to look for the hider, quietly.
3. When you find the hider, don't tell anyone. Just squeeze into the hiding spot with them.
4. The hiding group keeps growing and gets harder to keep secret.
5. The last player to find the group is the hider next round.

Tips & variations

• Set a time limit. If no one finds the group in 5 minutes, call everyone back.
• Make a rule: no hiding in closed cabinets, behind locked doors, or anywhere a leader can't see.
• Use a whistle or bell as the "come back" signal.