Spider Relay Race

Scurry across the floor using "spider legs" in this takeoff on crab races.

What You Need

Instructions

Make a set of four spider legs for each team. For one set, stuff two old pairs of tights and tie them together with the string. Attach them to a belt with string or Velcro.
Use a big open rec room or the yard. Outside, you can set up safe (soft) obstacles with hay or straw bales, then spread out a pile of leaves for a finish line.
Divide your partiers into two teams and mark a finish line about 20 yards off for big kids, closer for those under age seven. The first player on each team straps a set of legs around her waist so that two legs will dangle on each side of her when she's in the classic crab position. On "Go!" the first players scurry on all fours (well, eights), with their bellies to the sky, to the finish line and back. Each team then helps its player take off the spider legs before strapping them onto the next player, who "runs" the race and returns. This continues until the final player from each team comes across the finish line.

Tips:: As a prize, give out rubber flies for each victorious arachnid. Long-haired girls: Beware of stomping on your own hair! The kids can scoot beneath a low-slung, human-made spider's web as they turn at the finish line. The tantalizing flies hang suspended there as well from fishing line.

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