Spring Spectacular Games

Egg Toss

Materials: Plastic eggs

Students are lined up opposite one another in teams of two partners each. The partners stand about 5-10 feet apart depending on tossing skills. One plastic egg is provided per team. Students toss the egg back and forth, trying not to drop it. After each successful catch, the students take one step back, creating a greater challenge. Each time the egg drops, they move one step closer. The team that successfully throws the egg the farthest wins. For an outdoor variation, try using water balloons instead of plastic eggs.

Egg Run

Materials: Plastic eggs, small strips of paper, bucket

Before the game, write the names of various exercises, such as jumping jacks, push-ups, and sit-ups, on the strips of paper and place them inside the plastic eggs. Students line up in single file. A bucket filled with the plastic eggs is placed at the opposite end of the play area, such as a field or gymnasium. Each student takes a turn running across the play area to the bucket. The student grabs one egg and runs back to the line. The student opens the egg and reads out loud the exercise written on the paper inside. The whole group must then do the exercise. The team that finishes first wins.

Egg Balance

Materials: Spoon and plastic egg for each team

Students are lined up in single file. The first student is given a plastic egg which he or she will balance on a spoon. A cone is placed approximately10 feet away from the front of the line. The student places the egg on the spoon and tries to balance it while running to the cone and back. When the student returns to the line, he/she gives the spoon and egg to the next person in line and returns to the end of the line. The team that finishes first wins.

Peter Cottontail Tag

Materials:  Spring-colored paper streamers

One student is chosen as the “tagger.”  All the other students are given one streamer each.   The students try to avoid the tagger as he or she attempts to grab as many streamers as possible. Children may keep running after their tail has been taken. The child who keeps his or her tail the longest becomes the tagger for the next game.

Chicken Frog Relay

Materials: Ball and box

Students are divided into teams and form lines at one end of the gym or field. The box is placed on the other side of the play area. The student at the front of the line carries a ball between his or her knees and walks like a chicken over to the box. The student must then return to the line while hopping like a frog. The team that finishes first wins!

Over, Under, Over, Under

Materials:  Easter-colored beanbag

Provide the first student on each team with a beanbag. When the relay starts, the first student in line passes the beanbag over his or her head to the second student. Then that student passes the beanbag under (between) his or her legs to the third student. Students alternate between passing the beanbag overhead or under their legs, with the third student passing it overhead, the fourth student passing it under the legs, and so on. When the beanbag reaches the last student in line, that student runs to the front of the line and starts the over-under-over-under process again. The game is over when the student who started the relay returns to the head of the line. The first team to finish wins.

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Egg Toss

Materials: Plastic eggs and buckets

Set up five buckets two feet apart.  Depending on class size, students may form teams or compete against each other individually. Each student takes turns attempting to throw the eggs into all the buckets while standing at the starting line several feet away.  The thrower or team that gets the most eggs in the buckets wins!

Bunny Throw

Materials: Stuffed bunny

How far can students throw a bunny? Give each student a toss or two and record the farthest distances thrown by the students.

Stealing Eggs

Materials: Plastic eggs and hula hoops

Divide the students into two teams and have them stand at opposite ends of the gym or field. Set up a hoop for each team on either side of the play area and place an equal number of eggs inside the hoops. Students attempt to go to the other teams’ hoop, steal an egg, and place it in their own hoop. Students may only steal one egg at a time, and they can’t guard their own team’s hoop from having eggs stolen. The team who has the most eggs in their hoop at the end of the game wins. For a variation of this game, have more than two teams and see who has the most eggs at the end of the round.

Scrambled Eggs

Materials: Two Easter egg puzzles

Students form two teams, then take turns putting a puzzle together by running to the puzzle and putting in one piece. After a student places a piece in the puzzle, he or she taps the next person on their team, who must then put the next piece in the puzzle. The team that finishes their puzzle first wins!

Carrot Sticks

Materials: Plastic carrots or Lummi Sticks and basket

Students use an underhand throw to toss the carrots or Lummi Sticks into the basket. The student or team that gets the most stick/carrots in the basket wins!

15 Relays for Field Days

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/03/lp315-02.shtml

Minor Games Resource Page

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PE Central

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Wink, Barbara Celebration Games Physical Activities for Every Month, Champaign, IL Human Kinetics, 2006

Wnek, Barbara Holiday Games, and Activities, Champaign, IL Human Kinetics, 1992