Game: Dusty Bluebells

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Everyone stands in a circle, holding hands and raising their arms to make a series of arches. One person is IT and skips in and out of the arches. At the same time, the circle sings:

In and out of the dusty bluebells,
In and out of the dusty bluebells,
In and out of the dusty bluebells,
I am your master

Then, the person who is IT stops behind a member of the circle and the circle sings:

Tippy tappy, tippy tappy on her shoulder,
Tippy tappy, tippy tappy on her shoulder,
Tippy tappy, tippy tappy on her shoulder,
I am your master

Whoever has been patted on the shoulder stands behind IT and holds onto their waist.

They then skip in and out of the arches together while the circle sings, with the person behind holding on to the leader’s waist.

The chain gets longer and longer until there are not enough people to form the circle.

Note: a different version of the song can be heard here, which gives the tune.