Sockball

Here's a game that entertains the kids AND gets the laundry folded and put away-Sockball!  When it's too cold to venture out and have a snowball fight we stay indoors and have a sockball fight. This works particularly well on wash day when I have a pile of socks to pair. Simply have the kids pair the socks and fold them into one another to make a ball. These "balls" are fairly lightweight and can't really cause any damage to person or property...unless you have an aspiring pro-pitcher in your household! Once you have all your sock balls made you can choose how you'd like to play. At my house we divide the "ammunition" up evenly and claim a spot behind a piece of living room furniture. We are not allowed to move from that spot-it is our safety zone. We play a lively song on the CD player to mark the duration of the sock slinging. Once the music stops we count up the sockballs in our safety zone. The person with the least amount of socks in their zone is declared the winner! Of course the other way to play is to just go at it and sling socks while chasing each other...we usually end up doing this as well!  Sockball does have some ground rules...no sock slinging in the face, if someone shouts "stop" then all chasing and slinging is to cease, and most importantly the socks must be claimed by their owners and put away after the game :)  Happy Slinging!