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RELAYS
TYPE:
Active
AGE:
5 and up
PARTICIPANTS:
15 or more
EQUIPMENT:
Tennis balls, Box
OBJECTIVE:
To finish the relay before the other teams
DESCRIPTION:
With a tennis ball between your knees, walk like a chicken and lay an egg (tennis ball) in a box across the gym. Coming back, you must hop like a frog.
TYPE:
Active
AGE:
10 and up
PARTICIPANTS:
15 or more
EQUIPMENT:
Plastic Bottles
OBJECTIVE:
Beat the other team in the relay.
DESCRIPTION:
Only using your knees you must pass a pop bottle from teammate to teammate until you reach the finish line. First group wins.
TYPE:
Active
AGE:
7 and up
PARTICIPANTS:
10 or more
EQUIPMENT:
Shoelace Licorice, Marshmallows
OBJECTIVE:
Be the first team to finish.
DESCRIPTION:
With a partner, eat a piece of shoe string licorice from both ends while blindfolded. Once done you must skip with your partner to a pylon, grab a marshmallow between your cheeks and run back.
TYPE:
Active
AGE:
7 and up
PARTICIPANTS:
20 or more
EQUIPMENT:
Hats, Skipping ropes, Hoops, Balloons
OBJECTIVE:
To be the first team to complete the relay.
DESCRIPTION:
Groups of five. Put on the hat, run to the skipping rope and jump five times. Run to the hoop and hula five times. Inflate and tie a balloon. Run with the balloon to the last spot. Pop the balloon and yell "Happy New Year!"
TYPE:
Semi-Active
AGE:
10 and up
PARTICIPANTS:
10 or more
EQUIPMENT:
Chairs, Crackers, Balloons, Potatoes
OBJECTIVE:
To be the first team to complete the relay.
DESCRIPTION:
Pair-up with a partner of the opposite sex. Stand facing your partner on opposite sides of the gym. The men are given a cracker and a tune to whistle. On "GO" they run, eat the cracker and whistle the tune for his partner to guess. Once correctly guessed, both return and the girl sits and breaks a balloon. With a potato between foreheads, run back to the far side.
TYPE:
Semi-Active
AGE:
12 and up
PARTICIPANTS:
15 or more
EQUIPMENT:
Balloons
OBJECTIVE:
Be the first team to cross the finish line.
DESCRIPTION:
Divide into groups of three. First person starts behind the start line, blows up his balloon and lets it go. The next person goes to where that balloon landed and does the same thing. This continues till the team crosses the finish line. First team over wins.
TYPE:
Active
AGE:
10 and up
PARTICIPANTS:
12 or more
EQUIPMENT:
Mats, Basketballs, Pole (Bat)
OBJECTIVE:
Finish the relay before the other teams.
DESCRIPTION:
Divide into groups of five. Relay starts by spinning five times with your forehead on a bat, bat on the floor. Then you run to a mat, do a somersault, pick-up a basketball, dibble to the end. With the ball, you must spin five times, dribble back to the mat. Put the ball back, and run to tag the next in line.
TYPE:
Active
AGE:
7 and up
PARTICIPANTS:
20 or more
EQUIPMENT:
Pylons, Helmets, Blankets
OBJECTIVE:
To be the first team to complete the relay.
DESCRIPTION:
First person in the team of five or more is Santa. The second is a reindeer. Santa puts on a hat. The reindeer wears a helmet. Sitting on the blanket the reindeer is pulled across the gym by Santa, around a pylon, and back. The reindeer becomes Santa and the third person becomes the reindeer. The first team to finish wins.
TYPE:
Active
AGE:
12 and up
PARTICIPANTS:
15 or more
EQUIPMENT:
T-shirts for every group
OBJECTIVE:
To be the first team to complete the relay.
DESCRIPTION:
Divide into groups of five. Run to the far end of the gym wearing "THE" T-shirt while grabbing their ankles. Each person must crab walk coming back. Once back, join hands with the next in line, Teammates pull the T-shirt from the first person to the second. First team done wins.
TYPE:
Active
AGE:
6 and up
PARTICIPANTS:
10 or more
EQUIPMENT:
None
OBJECTIVE:
Be the first to successfully cross the gym.
DESCRIPTION:
Divide into two teams. The group must cross the gym without having more than 4 appendages touching the floor. First team to get through to the other side wins.
TYPE:
Active
AGE:
10 and up
PARTICIPANTS:
10 or more
EQUIPMENT:
Oranges
OBJECTIVE:
Be the first team to finish the Relay.
DESCRIPTION:
Hold the orange under your chin without your hands. Walk across the gym and back. Pass the orange to the next person without using your hands. If the orange drops you must kneel and wait for the orange god to bless the orange and make it pure again.
TYPE:
Active
AGE:
7 and up
PARTICIPANTS:
15 or more
EQUIPMENT:
Pylons, Chairs, etc.
OBJECTIVE:
Be the first team to complete the course.
DESCRIPTION:
Using several objects, create an outdoor obstacle course. Each person on teams of five goes through individually. First team through wins.
TYPE:
Cooperative
AGE:
7 and up
PARTICIPANTS:
12 or more
EQUIPMENT:
Blindfolds, Anything to create obstacles
OBJECTIVE:
To be the first team to complete the relay.
DESCRIPTION:
The group is divided into two teams. Within each team, find a partner. One of the partners will be blindfolded. The other will direct the blind man through the maze without touching (except at the dangerous obstacles). First team through wins.
TYPE:
Cooperative
AGE:
10 and up
PARTICIPANTS:
15 or more
EQUIPMENT:
Pretzels: Round, and sticks.
OBJECTIVE:
To be the first to complete the relay.
DESCRIPTION:
Divide into teams of five. Walk across the gym holding your ankles hanging a round pretzel on a pretzel stick from your mouth. Once you reach your teammate, pass the pretzel without using hands. If it drops, yell "Pretzel God. Give Me Another Pretzel." The leader hands out pretzels.
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