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Set up:
- Split the kids into 2 teams and line teams up
- Fill two buckets with water
- Place 2 smaller containers with a ping pong ball 15-20 paces away from each line
- Give the first person in each line a sponge.
- Line kids up between buckets and small containers
- Note: Have hose ready to continually fill buckets

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Stand Up Challenge

3/7/2025

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GOAL:
Stand up without getting wet!

INSTRUCTIONS:

Set up:
- Split kids into two teams
- Have first child in each team lay down on the grass with a cup of water over the child’s head (holding it with their hands)

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Soggy Bottom

3/7/2025

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GOAL:
Get rid of all the water in the bucket/container

INSTRUCTIONS:

Set up:
- Set your filled bucket with a sponge in it and choose a specified location about 15 feet away

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Pass the Water

3/7/2025

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GOAL:

Fill the bucket with water at the end of the line!

INSTRUCTIONS:

Set up:
- Put the buckets 5-10 feet apart and stand in a line as a team between the buckets.

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Sponge Relay

3/7/2025

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GOAL:
A relay game with sponges that get kids wet

INSTRUCTIONS:

Set up:
- Divide the group into teams (10 max per team)
- Give each team a sponge
- Designate an area to run to and back

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Collect the Balls

3/7/2025

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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

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Ball Battle

3/7/2025

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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

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Parachute Games

3/7/2025

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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

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