A game called muskrats and cannons. Start with a circle of chairs, one per boy. There is one person designated as the spinner. The spinner stands in the middle and spins. Each boy starts the game as a cannon. If he falls from the chair, he becomes a muskrat.
The group is divided into two teams. Each team has the goal of being the last cannon standing. When the spinner (neutral person, such as a counselor) points at a chair, that chair gets taken away. The cannons must try to stay on the chair. There is a rule against pushing. Once fallen, a muskrat can crawl around on the floor and help the cannons on his team remain standing. This goes on until there is only one chair left. If two boys from opposite teams are on that chair, it is a tie and they have a footrace as tie breaker.
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