Elbow Tag

Fast paced and seriously good fun!

Environment & Set Up

• Find a safe space to be able to move around that is big enough for your family and is not slippery.
• Mark out an area with cones or markers that is suitable for the amount of people that are playing.

Rules

• Everyone find a person to pair up with (and link arms).
• Keep two players aside from the pairs. One person will be reserved as “It” and the other person will be the runner.
• The objective is for the person who’s “It” to tag the runner.
• The runner will be trying to get away and not become “It”.
• A runner can avoid capture by joining one of the human chains – the runner is safe if he or she links arms onto one end of a human chain.
• However, when the runner joins a human chain, it sets off a chain reaction, which forces the person on the opposite end of the human chain to become the next runner.
• Reverse roles if “It” captures the runner. The runner should immediately link with one of the human chains to have a rest! “It” will then start chasing the new runner.
• Play for as long as you like!