Perry County Day Camp 2008

Here We Go Looby Loo (link to lyrics and tune)

Here's how you play!

You make a big circle and hold hands.
When you start to sing the chorus, everyone circles to the right.
When you get to the verse, everyone drops hands and does the action.
You hold hands again and move to the left, singing the chorus.
Continue through the song.

Cobbler mend my shoe

Everyone sits cross-legged in a circle. One is chosen to be "it" and removes one of his or her shoes. The shoe is given to one of the others in the circle and "it" sits in the middle of the circle with his or her eyes closed.

As everyone sings or recites the rhyme, those who are in the circle pass the shoe around the circle behind their backs, stopping on the last word of the rhyme. "It" then opens his or her eyes and has three chances to guess who has the shoe hidden behind his or her back. If he/she does not choose correctly, he/she remains "it" again. If he/she chooses correctly, then they exchange places and the song begins again using the new "it's" shoe.

Cobbler, Cobbler mend my shoe -
It has a hole and my toe is sticking through.

Cobbler, Cobbler mend my shoe -
Have it ready by half past two.

If half past two is much too late,
Have it ready by half past eight.

Stitch it up and stitch it down,
Oh, now where can my shoe be found?

Follow me to London

Form a circle
One child is chosen to be "it"
All hold hands and raise arms
"It" weaves his/her way around the circle going under two arms, around the front of one child, through two arms, and around the back of the next child, etc. continuing on this way as all sing:
Go in and out the windows,
Go in and out the windows,
Go in and out the windows,
As we have done before.
Then "it" stops behind and taps the should of the next child, who turns and follows "it" around the outside of the circle - WALKING as all sing
Follow me to London,
Follow me to London,
Follow me to London,
As we have done before.
On the word "before", "it" begins to run and the follower chases him/her. If the follower can tag "it" before "it" gets back to the start (the follower's place in the circle) then "it" must be "it" again. Otherwise, the follower becomes the new "it".

Cat and Mouse

The players should stand in a circle and join hands. Two people are chosen, one to be the cat and the other to be the mouse. The object of the game is for the cat to catch the mouse. Players in the circle raise their hands to let the mouse inside or outside the circle and lower their hands to bar the cat who is chasing the mouse. This game can be repeated with a new cat and mouse.

Goober Peas