Uncanny Ideas to Keep the Nippers Diverted for Ages
Big Foot Relay. Have the children take 2 shoeboxes with them. Tape the hats onto the boxes, then cut a one-inch-wide and four-inch long slit in to each one top. Get the contestants slip their feet into the slits in the boxes and race.
Name-It Ball. Have players form a circle. Grant 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 catch the ball, submit an item from the category, such as “Snickers,” and keep the ball going 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. Fraction the group into two teams. Give each team a blanket. Have one player from each team lie down on the blanket. The teams must drag the body on the blanket from one end of the yard to the other. Whoever crosses the finish line first, wins.
