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How silently can you creep? Go head to head against the guard in this stealthy game. (Session 7 Scouts Activities)
https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/play-catch-the-cat-burglar/

Resources

Chairs
Tables
Blindfolds
Newspaper
Oranges, satsumas or easy-peel citrus fruit

Instructions

--Planning this activity--

Scrunch up plenty of newspaper and scatter it all over the floor.
Put chairs and tables on the floor to act as obstacles.
Get enough oranges, satsumas or easy-peel citrus fruits for one each.

--Playing the game--

Everyone should gather at one end of the meeting place.
Choose one person to be the guard.
The guard should stand at the other end of the meeting place. They should be blindfolded.
Everyone else is a potential cat burglar. Cat burglars try to get in and out of buildings as silently as possible, so no one knows they’ve been there until much later.
An adult volunteer should silently choose one person to be the cat burglar, such as by pointing at them.
The chosen cat burglar should slowly and carefully make their way to the other end of the meeting place, where the guard is, and take the orange, satsuma or easy-peel citrus fruit that has been placed somewhere in the room. They’ll have to avoid the obstacles, and creep through the noisy newspaper.
Meanwhile, the guard should listen carefully and try to catch the cat burglar in the act. If they think they hear the cat burglar, they should clap their hands. The cat burglar should freeze, and the guard should point to where they think the sound came from.
If the guard points at the cat burglar, they’ve been caught! They should sit down where they are, so they’re another obstacle for the next cat burglar. An adult volunteer should tell the guard that they caught someone, then choose another person to have a go as the cat burglar.
If the guard points at an empty space, the adult volunteer should tell them they didn’t catch the cat burglar. The cat burglar should keep going.
If the cat burglar makes it to the end without being caught, they become the guard.

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