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If I Were A Butterfly

This is the game version of the popular children's song "If I Were a Butterfly" and is a variation...

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Medic Dodgeball

To play this game you'll need to know the basic rules of dodgeball, so check them out here first....

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Octopus Tag

Octopus Tag can be played indoors or outdoors with any sized group and any aged kids. It's a very...

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Poisonous stump

Want your friends to fall into the poison zone? Then this is the perfect game for you! Get ready...

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Sneaky Rope Battle

This is a two player battle game, perfect for a one-on-one duel or up the front challenge. Place the...

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The Floor Is Lava

Imaginations turn the floor into super hot lava and require players to avoid touching it at all costs. No...

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Blow!

Blow is a game that provides a bundle of laughs! You'll ideally need a ping pong table (or table...

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Bush Basketball

Set up the room or the playing area to have a chair at either end. Mark out an area...

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Chalk Challenge Path

Kids complete a series of simple hopscotch-like actions. Perfect for junior youth and preschoolers. Use chalk to draw up...

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Chalk Targets

SETUP Find a good area of concrete or sidewalk path where you will be able to play chalk targets....

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Cornhole

The long-time favourite American classic game of Cornhole, otherwise known as beanbag toss or sack toss, is a fantastic...

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Creative Hopscotch

To play hopscotch, players must hop and jump along a hopscotch course. Usually a course consists of single or...

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Handball

An ageless classic, handball (or four square) is always a favourite for kids to stay active in the schoolyard.

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Line Chasey

Line tag or line chasey ideally needs to be played in a gymnasium with multiple court lines (basketball, netball,...

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Walk the Chalk Maze

SETUP Find a big concrete area that's suitable for drawing on with chalk. Using pencil and paper, design a...

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All Wrapped Up

Teams compete to be the fastest to wrap up a "human gift"

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Gift Wrapping Competition

Teams compete to wrap gifts quickly and effectively

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Balloon Team Keep Up

A massive team vs team competition of trying to keep as many balloons in the air for as long...

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Easter Egg Hunt

Kids race to find hidden chocolate easter eggs!

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Glowstick Grab

teams compete to be the first to collect their glowsticks

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Number Clumps

Alliances are quickly formed and broken as kids scramble to clump together in groups of different numbers.

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Egg and Spoon Race

Spoon + egg + running = wobbly challenge

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Hide the Thimble

A "hide and find" party game that's as simple as they come

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Laser Grid

Players become secret agents trying to navigate their way through a maze of lasers

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Sack Racing

An age old game in the traditional family fun-day line-up

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Gold Rush

Two teams compete to get the "gold" back to their side of the field.

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Maze Runner

Runners try to escape the Grievers and the Maze

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Pool Noodle Duel

Two people face each other in a blindfolded pool noodle duel

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Blanket Ball

Players work in pairs using a blanket to catch and throw a ball

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Corner Spry Relay

Fast ball throwing action makes for a very competitive old-school relay

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Nuke 'Em

Players throw a ball across a net to the other team (it's harder than it sounds!)

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Steal the Bacon

Two teams compete to "steal the bacon" from each other and score on opposing goals.

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Balloon Battle

An all vs all battle to keep balloons in air

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Chocolate Easter Egg Relay Race

Teams race while carrying small chocolate eggs on spoons

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Human Netball

Two teams compete in a twisted version of netball

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Run 'n Raid Relay

A running relay with a difference

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Sponge Relay Race

A great water-based relay, perfect for a hot day

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Water Balloon Toss

Always first "water balloon" game that comes to mind

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Scatter Ball

All in Dodgeball.

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Tea Towel Dragons

1. Each player is to take a tag and hang it out of their pocket so it becomes like a...

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Spoon Catapult

Paper cups, napkins and plastic cutlery combine to make the perfect picnic game

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Simon Says "It's-a-Me, Mario!"

Simon Says for the LLM age

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Balloon is Bomb

When balloon touches the ground, it EXPLODES! Keep the balloon off the ground, who failed to do so looses.

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