Category: Parachute - CEF HAWKEYE CHAPTER

3/7/2025

Collect the Balls

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GOAL:
Collect as many balls as you can for your team!

INSTRUCTIONS:

Set up:
- Split kids into two teams
- Choose a representative from each team to climb on top of parachute and stand near the edge of the parachute
- Place 5 balls in the center of parachute

3/7/2025

Ball Battle

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GOAL:
Be the last team with balls in the middle of the parachute

INSTRUCTIONS:

Set up:
- Number children off in teams of 1 and 2 (or according to colors of the parachute)
- Place 10 balls in the middle of the parachute, 5 for each team

3/7/2025

Parachute Games

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Younger Kids Games

Touch the Sky: everyone raises the parachute up as high as they can
Touch the Floor: bring it down to the ground
Waves: all children shake parachute up and down, creating waves
Foot Inside: everyone puts one foot under the canopy
Walk: the group walks in a circle
Underneath: all children run under the parachute when up
Umbrella: all children lift at the same time, float slowly
Dome: all children lift, then pull their handles all the way to the ground and sit down (sitting outside)
Class Picture: all children lift, pull handles down to ground, putting only their heads in the parachute

3/7/2025

Cat & Mouse

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GOAL:

Don’t get caught by the cat!

INSTRUCTIONS:

Set up:
- Choose a child to be the mouse & cat.
- All other children stand on outside of parachute holding handles

Contact Information

Mailing Address
CEF of Iowa, Inc.
Hawkeye Chapter
P.O. Box 10493
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52410

Email
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Office Address
5925 Council St NE
Suite 170 & 180
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
(SW corner at rear of building)