How to play:

1. Player will place the cookie on their forehead.

2. Cookie must stay in contact with the face until it reaches the mouth.

3. Player to get the cookie (or more cookies if they are small) in their mouth within 60 seconds wins!

Items Needed:
3 cookies

How to Play:
1. Two players per team.

2. Player 1 sits in a chair while player 2 holds the pack of post-it-notes.

3. Player 2 sticks one post it note at a time on Player 1’s face to create a mask.

4. The team with the most post-it notes used in 60 seconds wins!

Items Needed:
package of post-it notes

How to Play:

1. Two players per team.

2. Player 1 wraps the paper around spinning player 2. If it breaks just keep going!

3. The roll of paper must be empty within 60 seconds. First team to empty wins!

Items Needed:
roll of crepe paper or toilet paper

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All you need is a Scattegories dice (if you don’t have one you can easily find a printable one online or make your own), and the free printable we designed for you!

1. Download the printable and print one for each guest (tip! you can also laminate these to use for future use)
2. Explain the rules. (see Scattegory game for simple rules)
3. Optional prizes! You can add extra excitement by included small prizes for the winning players!

FREE DOWNLOAD: THANKSGIVING SCATTERGORIES set of 4

FREE DOWNLOAD: THANKSGIVING SCATTERGORIES set of 1

This Thanksgiving Scattergories game is sure to be a hit and is a great way to get everyone involved — and share lots of laughs, too! Let the fun begin!

Happy Thanksgiving!

POST BY: Kari Sweeten

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Supplies:

• t-shirt
• lots of wrapped candy
• glue gun & glue
• cardboard
• somebody with a fun personality and lots of energy!

Directions:

1. Place a piece of cardboard inside the t-shirt (this helps the front from being glued to the back)
2. Start gluing on candy. Tip – you only need a small amount so the children can easily tear the pieces of candy off of the shirt. 3. Glue to the front and back! Stick your hand in the shirt to make sure the t-shirt doesn’t stick to the cardboard. Oh, and don’t forget to do the sleeves!

How to Play…

Make a designated area that all children and runners stay inside of.  Give the runner a head start and let the children go crazy chasing and grabbing the candy!! It will be the hit of the party!

Tip: You can do more than one shirt for older kids and one for younger kids!

We’re having a big family reunion party next month and I want to show you some more fun games and ideas that you might not have heard of before…

What you need…

Grab a large tarp and cut random squares or circles (reinforce the edges with tape to make it last for other parties). Hang tarp between two trees, poles or wooden sticks. Fill a large bucket with water and sponges!

How to play…

The person to get the most sponges inside the squares wins!

What you need…

Two construction or soccer cones. Two beach balls.

How to play…

Divide into two teams. Each player has to balance the ball on top of the cone and race to the line and back. If you drop the ball you have to start over and no touching the beach ball with your face or hands! The team who finishes first wins!

What you need…

6-8 hula hoops and 1 pool noodle. Cut the pool noodle in half and place into the ground.

How to play…

The player who gets all hula hoops onto the noodles first wins!

What you need…

10 pool noodles, duct tape, and metal poles. Take 6 of the noodles and tape them together into a circle. Tape the circles together to look like the above picture. Attach to the outside noodles on the metal poles.

How to play…

Two players get a chance to throw their pool noodle through the hoops! The first player to do this wins! You might also like our fun Olympic games!

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How to Play:

 

1. Object is to bite off end of candy corns and stick them to a paper plate making a circle.

2. Player that gets the farthest around the plate within 60 seconds wins!

 

Items Needed:

Candy corns

Paper Plates

PUMPKINS & PANTYHOSE

 

How to Play:

1. Line up two rows of 4 unopened water bottles.

2. Player puts a pair of panty hose on their head with a mini pumpkin in the bottom.

3. Object is to hit over the bottles with the pantyhose and pumpkin in 60 seconds (swinging trunk side to side like an elephant).

 

Items Needed:

Mini Pumpkins

Pantyhose

Water Bottles

 

COTTON BALL PIE

How to Play:

1. Fill up one pie tin with cotton balls. Player puts vaseline on their nose and cheeks. Place the empty pie pan on other end of the table.

2. Object is for player to move cotton balls (only using their face) to empty pie tin. Player to get the most cotton balls within 60 seconds wins!

 

Items Needed:

Two Pie Tins (they sell them at the dollar store, too!)

Cotton Balls

Vaseline

POST BY: Kari Sweeten

 

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 Naturally the best part of planning and creating a fun Kids Olympic Party is all about the games.  We have plenty of tiny kids in our family so we didn’t want to make too advanced games, but we still wanted it to be fun for the few older kids we did have.  So Kari, Danielle, and I put our heads together and came up with these amazing

 Backyard Olympic Games

As to how to make the Olympic Games, these are really self explanatory so I included just a sentence or two on how I made them and how we played them.

Balance Beam

Supply List & Instructions:

2 Cinder Blocks

1 2×4 plank of wood

Just put the blocks down and place the wood on top.

Kids younger than 5 years walked across and back…adding an optional trick if they wanted.

The older bunch had to walk to the middle turn around on one foot and walk back again.  This was hysterical to watch.

Noodle Throw

Supply List & Instructions:

Hula Hoop Rings made previously

4 pool noodles purchased at the dollar store

Secure the Giant Olympic Rings so they stand in the grass…we used bamboo shoots.

Two players each have 2 noodles.  They throw the noodles like javelins and try to make it throw the hoop.  Having two players at once is pretty fun because their noodles knock against each other and it’s unpredictable.

Designate a spot for older players father back the game more challenging.

You can give the hoops point values too, but since our littles are younger we were just hoping they would make it in a hoop.

Monster Ball Toss

Supply List & Instructions:

Foam Board

Super sharp x-acto knife

Markers

Draw your funky monster.  Cut out the mouth, the nose, the eye…whatever you’d like. Just make a hole for the kidlets to throw a ball or bean bag through.

This was our 3 and younger game so we made the hole pretty big.

Water Bucket Relay

Supply List & Instructions:

6 buckets from the dollar store; 3 of one color and 3 of another.

2 big car wash sponges

water…lots of water

Place three buckets in a line about 3 feet apart.  Do this with the other set of buckets, lining them up next to the other teams buckets.  Fill the buckets with water.

A child stands behind each bucket.  The first one has the huge sponge soaked with water and hands it over their head to the player behind them.  The next player is not directly behind them so this requires the kids to kind of toss the sponge over their head.

The next player dips the sponge in the bucket and throws it to the next person, etc.  Then we had the kids turn around and through it back, but this time like a quarterback…through their legs.  It was super fun!!

We even made the adults play this one. Needless to say, everyone ended up wet.

As you can see we had a great time!  This games were a HUGE hit for both young and old. We had a great time!

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Supply list:

• 3″ x 3″ fabric scraps (make sure you have a set of each pattern)
• 3″ x 3″ solid color squares for the backing
• 3″ x 3″ flannel or felt for the inside
• pinking shears

Step #1:  Assemble the squares

Assemble each square set: print-flannel-backing. This is a good time to make sure you have a match of each print.  I assembled all the squares before I did any sewing.

Step #2: Start sewing

Start sewing in one corner, go all the way around the square using a 1/4 inch seam allowance.

Step #3: Grab the pinking shears.

Using the pinking shears, cut all the way around the square.  This not only adds a cute zig-zag look, but ensures the fabric won’t fray.

Step #4: Put the squares in a cute bag or box…or make one.

We keep our game in a little pouch or wristlet that my daughter found at the mall.  But you could easily make a fun envelope or clutch for this cute little game. This memory game is a great handmade gift for any little one.

I am so glad to be able to share this tutorial with you today.  Remember if you make this craft be sure to share it on our Facebook page or tag us on Instagram @ucreateblog.

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1. Grab some spray paint and create an outdoor Twister game with Tausha at Sassy Style!

2. This giant Tic-Tac-Toe Frisbee game by A Turtle’s Life For Me is sure to be a hit! Natalie says it’s not as easy as you’d think!

3. Turn this popular video game into a life-sized experience with this idea at 4 Misters and Their Sister!

4. How cool is this outdoor Bananagrams game at Constantly Lovestruck?!

5. You won’t believe how easy this ginormous slip in slide is to make by Wired Geek Dad!

6. Make this Giant Jenga Game by Instructables to use for years to come! This classic game is perfect for all ages!

7. Life-Sized Kerplunk or Shishkaball Ball Drop Game at This Old House – I want to make this, too!

These outdoor games will be the hit of the party and are great for all ages!

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I’m so excited to share this project with you today! I’m Carolina from Always Expect Moore, where I craft, sew, and create… between trying to run a household of boys.

My oldest just turned 4, and is starting preschool. He knows his colors, his shapes, and his numbers, but is having trouble with his letters. To help out, I created this travel letter game so that wherever we are I can whip out the letters and work with him on them.

The awesome folks at EKSuccess gave me these fun EKSuccess tools to play with, and I put them to good use!

I used a tin of mints, some round wooden circles I had already painted, and some heavyweight scrapbook paper.

The tin was just over 2″ wide, so I used the ruler and blade to cut two strips just under 2″ wide.I scored one strip at 1/4″ intervals and the other at 1/8″ intervals and then folded them accordion style.

I udsed the adhesive runner on the inside to adhere my paper.

The 1/4″ fold went on the bottom, the 1/8″ on the top. These will act as a cushion so that the pieces don’t bang around in the box. My purse is noisy enough without the extra clanging!

From the scrap paper, I used the scallop punch to cut sets of circles.

I put an uppercase and lowercase letter on each set with the silver pen.

I put the scallop punched circles upside down, then used the tape runner all the way across the edges would stick down.

The sets were adhered to one side of the wooden circles.

Using regular paper, I made a rubbing of the logo, and then traced the rubbing with a ballpoint pen, on top of a piece of my heavyweight construction paper. I then used the fine tipped craft knife to cut out this shape.

I used the gold pen to color over the red part of the tin, and the silver pen to write on my label, then adhered my label with the adhesive.

I can fit 6 sets of letters in the tin at a time, allowing me to mix up the game, but not make it overly complicated with too many letters at once. Perfect for my preschooler.

We can play matching games, write words, pick a letter and find objects that start with that letter… there is an unlimited number of ways we can use our letter tin.

How would you use this with the little one in your life?

There are lots of other fun ways to use these tools… check out all these projects!

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