Holding balloons Between their knees Direct guests to a basket of doll clothes, hats, socks, jewelry, and scarves, and let them get into the party spirit by dressing up their cuddly stuffed animals. Then give the children time to do what they love -- enjoy free play together with their floppy friends
Jumping rope singing happy birthday
Balancing an object on head
Holding a balloon between two team members heads
Balancing a small ball on their feet
Skipping backwards
Bouncing a ball
Once they master the forward races, have them do them backwards!
Stuffed-Animal Dress-Up
A Bandage tag game
This is a fun twist on an outside tag game. Give each child a bandaid. When a child tags another, they place a bandaid on his arm, leg, or back and then that child has to run to tag another while holding their hand on the bandaid while running...
POTATOE RELAY
1 SPOON FOR EACH PLAYER
1 POTATOE PER TEAM
EACH TEAM TRIES TO GET TO THE FINISH LINE AND BACK TO THEIR TEAM LETTING THE NEXT PLAYER RUN TO FINISH LINE. THE TEAM THAT FINISHES FIRST WINS
ANKLE RELAY
EACH TEAM MEMBER MUST GRAB THEIR (OWN) ANKLES, RUN TO THE FINISH LINE AND BACK. THE NEXT PLAYER DOES THE SAME. FIRST TEAM FINISHED WINS
MAGAZINE RELAY
EACH TEAM HAS ONE MAGAZINE. THE FIRST PLAYER PUTS THE MAGAZINE ON THEIR HEAD AND RUNS TO FINISH LINE AND BACK GIVING THE MAGAZINE TO THE NEXT PLAYER. IF THE MAGAZINE FALLS OFF, THEY STOP, PUT IT BACK ON THEIR HEAD AND CONTINUE. FIRST TEAM TO FINISH ALL MEMBERS, WINS
BALLOON/SPOON RELAY
EACH TEAM HAS A BALLOON
EACH PLAYER HAS A SPOON
THE FIRST PLAYER PUTS THE BALLOON ON THE SPOON, RUNS, SKIPS, JUMPS OR WALKS TO THE FINISH LINE AND BACK, HANDING THE BALLOON TO THE NEXT PLAYER AND SPOON. FIRST TEAM FINISHED WINS
FILL THE BOTTLE WATER RELAY
A 2-liter bottle for each team
Funnel for each bottle
Bucket of water for each team
Plastic cup for each team
Each team member takes a turn filling up the plastic cup with water, runs to pour the water from their plastic cup into the funnel and then runs back and hands the empty plastic cup to the next team member in line.
The team who fills up the 2 liter bottle first wins