Yo, yo home skillets – so you want to know about human hat toss? Human hat toss is a game that came into existence one rainy Saturday afternoon about a year ago. Steve had picked up Connor’s baseball cap and tossed it to him so he could put it away. Connor bent down and tried to catch the hat on his head. He missed it and told Steve to try again and the rest, as they say, is history. Now, human hat toss is a beloved game in our family; in fact, we have spent many an hour chucking hats at our kids’ heads. We’ve tried different kinds of hats - beach hats and fishing hats are both too floppy to work well - but the primary hat of choice has remained the baseball cap. It’s got just enough structure to it that it can stand up to being thrown across the room yet soft enough that it can be comfortably caught on a child’s head. Of course, you have to be careful of the hard brim – if that catches someone in the eye, it could be painful (and we all know that it’s all fun and games until someone losses and eye!) but other than that, it’s a fairly safe game.
Of course, because my family is better than cable tv, we can’t just stop at hats. This past summer on a particularly fun camping trip, the game went through several evolutions. Here’s how it happened: we were relaxing along the banks of the Baker River after having just spent some time tubing down it when Connor (again it’s Connor – I need to keep an eye on that kid!) grabbed one of the tubes, gave it to Sebastian and said, "Throw the tube at me – I’ll see if I can catch it!" The next thing I knew, human hat toss had become human ring toss. Tubes (and people!) were flying through the air! However, it didn’t stop there – no, not with my family. You see, it was only natural that, once we were fully covered in tubes and looking like the Michelin Man, we should tackle each other into the water and see what happens! Thankfully a few of us had the presence of mind to grab the video camera and document the craziness for posterity!
Yo, yo home skillets – so you want to know about human hat toss? Human hat toss is a game that came into existence one rainy Saturday afternoon about a year ago. Steve had picked up Connor’s baseball cap and tossed it to him so he could put it away. Connor bent down and tried to catch the hat on his head. He missed it and told Steve to try again and the rest, as they say, is history. Now, human hat toss is a beloved game in our family; in fact, we have spent many an hour chucking hats at our kids’ heads. We’ve tried different kinds of hats - beach hats and fishing hats are both too floppy to work well - but the primary hat of choice has remained the baseball cap. It’s got just enough structure to it that it can stand up to being thrown across the room yet soft enough that it can be comfortably caught on a child’s head. Of course, you have to be careful of the hard brim – if that catches someone in the eye, it could be painful (and we all know that it’s all fun and games until someone losses and eye!) but other than that, it’s a fairly safe game. 
Of course, because my family is better than cable tv, we can’t just stop at hats. This past summer on a particularly fun camping trip, the game went through several evolutions. Here’s how it happened: we were relaxing along the banks of the Baker River after having just spent some time tubing down it when Connor (again it’s Connor – I need to keep an eye on that kid!) grabbed one of the tubes, gave it to Sebastian and said, "Throw the tube at me – I’ll see if I can catch it!" The next thing I knew, human hat toss had become human ring toss. Tubes (and people!) were flying through the air! However, it didn’t stop there – no, not with my family. You see, it was only natural that, once we were fully covered in tubes and looking like the Michelin Man, we should tackle each other into the water and see what happens! Thankfully a few of us had the presence of mind to grab the video camera and document the craziness for posterity!