Fox and Geese

On Christmas we let each of the kids choose an activity that they wanted to do for Christmas. Since we received a nice new blanket of snow Christmas morning, snow games were definitely on the agenda.

Aylee chose to play Fox and Geese in the snow. She told us that both of her Grandmas have told her that they used to play that game. I vaguely remembered having played it as a grade schooler.

We put together the track and reviewed the rules the best that we could all remember. The rules were off a bit due to a foggy memory, but our rules worked out just fine. All the kids had a great time running the track and avoiding the fox.


Just for fun, I looked up the rules to Fox and Geese and thought I would share them with you all in case your youth catches back up to you and you become involved in a game.

Fox and Geese
Tramp down the snow to make a big wheel and a hub. (Looks like a wagon wheel with a big centre.)

One person is the fox, and the rest are geese.

The fox tries to catch the geese and the first one caught becomes the fox.

All participants must keep inside the paths.

If a goose steps off the path he/she then becomes the fox.

The only safety for the goose is in the hub, but no more than 2 geese in the hub at a time.