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Freeze Tag: a sticker of a pair of sneakers frozen inside a block of ice

How to Play Freeze Tag

Taggers freeze anyone they touch. Frozen players stand still with their legs apart until a free player crawls through to unfreeze them.

  • Whole class
  • 10 min
  • Nothing to prepare
  • Kindergarten to 5th grade
  • Lively
One page with all five steps

How to Play

5 steps
  1. Freeze Tag, step 1: Pick taggers

    Pick taggers

    Choose one tagger for about every eight players.

  2. Freeze Tag, step 2: Run and tag

    Run and tag

    Taggers chase. A tagged player freezes on the spot.

  3. Freeze Tag, step 3: Freeze wide

    Freeze wide

    Frozen players stand with their legs apart and arms out.

  4. Freeze Tag, step 4: Unfreeze a friend

    Unfreeze a friend

    A free player crawls between a frozen player's legs to free them.

  5. Freeze Tag, step 5: Switch taggers

    Switch taggers

    After a few minutes, or when everyone is frozen, pick new taggers.

Ways to Change It Up

  • High FiveA high five unfreezes instead of crawling through.
  • Statue PosesFrozen players hold a pose, like an animal or a statue.

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