Equipment: Scissors
The players sit in a circle on the floor. The leader hands a pair of scissors (preferably
children’s safety scissors) to the person on his left and says “Crossed” or “Uncrossed”.
The leader should make a point of showing whether the scissors are being passed to the next person closed or open (ie, in a cross shape), but shouldn’t actually say anything about this. Each person passes the scissors to the next person, announcing either “Crossed” or “Uncrossed”, and the leader either confirms the announcement (eg, “Yes, that was crossed.”), or corrects the player (eg, “No, that was really uncrossed.”).In this case, “The Secret” is that the words “Crossed” or “Uncrossed” do not refer to the way the scissors are held, but rather, they refer to whether the legs of the player passing the scissors were crossed or uncrossed at the time.
Notes: If you want to make it really difficult, “Crossed” or “Uncrossed” can refer to the legs of the player receiving the scissors, or can refer to the leader’s legs