Terrific Ideas to Keep the Nippers Delighted for Weeks
Big Foot Relay. Have the children get 2 shoeboxes with them. Magnetic Tape the lids onto the boxes, then cut a one-inch-wide and four-inch long slit in to each one top. Have the contestants slip their feet into the slits in the boxes and race.
Batty Bowling. Get a number of stupid or different tokens that can be knocked over by a ball, much as a plastic milk carton, a candlestick, a stand-up dolly, a plastic vase of flowers, a pizza pie box, a tower of empty cans, an umbrella stand, an empty oatmeal container, and a book. Draw them up like bowling pins and get the bowlers try to tap them through with volleyballs, tennis balls, or golf balls.
Cross Step. Draw a ten-by-ten grid on the sidewalk or patio with chalk. Have each player stand on a different square. One at a time, each player must move to a new square after crossing out the square she or he was once standing in. The magic is that players cannot step into a square that is populated or crossed out. If a player cannot move to a new square, he or she is out. The game proceeds until one player is left.
Drag the Body. Split the group into two teams. Give each team a blanket. Have one player from each team lie down on the blanket. The teams must haul the body on the blanket from one end of the yard to the other. Whoever crosses the finish line first, wins.
