Knock Your Socks Off

Here's a silly, highly energetic wrestling game. If the word "wrestling" stops you, don't worry: follow the rules, and the only danger is a bellyache?from too much laughing.

WHAT YOU NEED:
	Sheet or blanket
	Socks

 
HOW TO PLAY:
1. Lay out the sheet on soft, debris-free ground. It acts as both the mat and the boundaries for the game.

2. Players remove their shoes, but leave on their socks and then sit on the sheet. Don't even think of wearing kneesocks: their advantage is criminally unfair.

3. Start by having all chant twice, "Knock, knock, knock your socks off!"

4. Everyone madly crawls about on the sheet trying to knock socks off others' feet before theirs are knocked off.

5. Once both of a player's socks are knocked off, he or she leaves the playing area but continues on as a referee, cheerleader, and/or good-humored heckler.

TIPS:
Be careful: Strictly enforce these ground rules:
1) Socks must be pulled off, not twisted (we don't want ankle injuries here).
2) No kicking.
3) To freeze the game for any reason, anyone can call out "Stop!" Whoever doesn't make like a statue is outta the game.