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Serious Ideas to Keep the Youngsters Diverted for Forever
- August 21st, 2009
Big Foot Relay. Have the children fetch 2 shoeboxes with them. Magnetic Tape the hats onto the boxes, then cut a one-inch-wide and four-inch long slit in each top. Have the contestants slip their feet into the slits in the boxes and race.
Batty Bowling. Acquire a bit of trivial or odd tokens that can be knocked over by a ball, much as a plastic milk carton, a candle holder, a stand-up dolly, a plastic vase of blossoms, a pizza pie box, a column of empty cans, an umbrella stand, an empty oatmeal container, and a book. Draw them up like bowling pins and let the bowlers try to knock them over 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 participant must move to a new square after crossing out the square she or he was formerly standing in. The illusion is that players cannot step into a square that is occupied or crossed out. If a player cannot move to a fresh square, he or she is out. The game proceeds until one player is left.
Blind Snakes. Set up a number of sprinklers in between a starting line and a finish line. Have the kids try to run from one end to the other without getting sprayed. Have one of the kids command the faucet, turning it on and off at random. Present ribbons to the nippers who play the most speculative without getting wet.
