Bed-lympics

We loves us some games. Here are some of our favorites.

Ghost got a kid

An adult creeps about under a blanket. The kids try to approach as close as they can without getting fully sucked underneath the blanket. If they do, they become a member of the ghost team. Play-styles: If Monkey gets grabbed, she always crows “I’m okay”. She’s getting longer so it’s nearly impossible to get her fully under a blanket. Buster likes to bravely leap upon the ghost’s back and tries to choke it to death. Secretly he wants to be part of the ghost team. Yessa shrieks.

This game shouldn’t be confused with an earlier iteration called “Save Princess Buttercup”. We played this when Yessa was a wee sprout. She would be captured and the big two fought valiantly to free her.

Mudslide

The adult rolls barrel-like from one side of the bed to the other. The goal is to catch and crush a kid under an unstoppable wave of force. Recently we’ve added powerups that allow the mudslide to fling boulders (pillows), reroll (reverse direction quickly upon hitting the far wall), grab the players, accelerate (speed up quickly), and practice deception (say one thing, and do another).

Bed arm

This one’s new and one we like to play with cousins. Two adults go heads down and arms up on either side of the bed. Without looking, they use their dangerous bed arms to grab and pull a swarm of kids from the bed. Once off the bed, the kid is defeated. Last kid standing is the winner.

Fist of fury

Almost forgot! Fist of fury requires replicating Bruce Lee’s one inch punch on a tiny target. True technique requires sending the kids more up than back. I suppose there’s some technique to landing too.