Games - Moving Around Games - Stuck in the Mud

This is an old favorite. Its a version of tag. You pick a few children to be 'it'. Every one else runs around trying to aviod being touched by these that are on 'it'. If they are touched they need to stop and stand with their arms outstretched as though they are stuck in the mud. They can be freed from the mud by a person who has not been tagged running under their arms. (If the children are of a similar size and you think it is appropriate you can let them be freed by a nother player running under their legs.) The game ends when every one is stuck in the mud or you think it is time to stop of change the people who are it. If you have some means of identifying who is it - i.e. a tabbard or tape to put over them then it would be a good idea to do this.