Sardines

Memorable Monday Moments
It's been awhile since I've taken a vote, but if I polled everyone on what their favorite Family Home Evening game was, I'm pretty sure the winner would be Sardines. Here are the instructions:

Sardines (Reverse Hide and Seek) Game
Sardines is a fun game which is very much like hide and seek, except it is done in reverse. It can be pretty humorous, as many people end up hiding in interesting places, resembling a bunch of sardines jammed together!

How to play:
One person is picked to be “it”. This person is given some time to hide while everyone else sits in a neutral spot with their eyes closed for a specified amount of time. When the time is up, everyone searchers for the person who is “It”. When this person is found, instead of ending the game, one tries not to let other people know where the person is; instead, he or she joins the person at their hiding spot. Try to be quiet about it! The object is to not be the last one left. The first person that found “It” gets to be “It” the next time.

This is actually a very good game for teaching family togetherness! Some of our favorite places for "it" to hide have been inside the heater closet, in a shower or tub, behind or under a bed, or under the dining room table. Sometimes "it" has been really sneaky and found a temporary place to hide and then moved to hide in the room where everyone was waiting and counting. You might want to decide if that's legal or not! A few years ago our mission president's wife introduced herself in our stake conference by saying that their favorite family game was Sardines, and she stumped everyone by hiding on top of the refrigerator.

Jeff is our champion. We still have no idea where he hid that one time, but after a good 15 minutes of looking we all surrendered. I guess we'll have to play again over Christmas break to see if we can figure out his secret spot!

Okay, so this picture wasn't taken during an actual game of Sardines. It was taken years before we even learned about the game. However, isn't he adorable? And this would be a great place for "it" to hide if he wanted.

Comments

Harlene said…
Don't we all want to be resurrected as Whitakers?
jeffhead said…
I remember that. I'm the champ.
Jennifer said…
Now I'm curious...where did Jeff hide??
Meg said…
I love that picture of Weston! So cute!