Key Ideas to Keep the Kids Delighted for Weeks
Big Foot Relay. Have the children add two shoeboxes with them. Tape the lids onto the boxes, then cut a one-inch-wide and four-inch long slit in every top. Get the contestants slip their feet into the slits in the boxes and race.
Name-It Ball. Have players form a circle. Give one player a rubber ball. That player selects a class, such as “candy bars.” He or she then bounces the ball to another player in the circle, who must get the ball, state an item from the category, such as “Snickers,” and keep the ball flying to the next player. If the player can’t name an item, holds the ball too long, or repeats an item, he or she is out.
Pick Pocket Tag. Put a strip of cloth in each player’s back pocket. Have the players try to grab each other’s strips without having their own strip taken. The player with the most cloth strips wins the game.
Drag the Body. Divide the group into two teams. Give each team a blanket. Have one player from each team lie down on the blanket. The teams must pull the body on the blanket from one end of the yard to the other. Whoever crosses the finish line first, wins.
