If they fall down, the other teammate can put the fallen sugar cubes back in the bowl, where the player can get them and try stacking again. The 12 sugar cubes must stay on the stick for 3 seconds. The player grabs sugar cubes from the bowl and stacks them on their Popsicle stick. Give the player a Popsicle stick to hold in their mouth.Ĥ. Put 12 sugar cubes in a bowl on a small table.Ģ. Supplies needed: a box of sugar cubes, a bowl, lots of Popsicle sticks, a timer and a small table.ġ. Hand out candy bars to the top 3 high scoring teams!Ĭhallenge: To balance 12 sugar cubes on a Popsicle stick held in your mouth for 3 seconds, before the 60 second timer goes off. (If you’re wanting to encourage mixing in a youth group, you could encourage and then give bonus points for anyone who teams with someone who’s in a different age group.) Turn the scorecards into the game director. They get 5 extra bonus points if they selected a teammate outside their family line. When finished with all the challenges, ask them to add up their total. If your team can complete the task in 60 seconds you get 3 points (so it’s either 3 points or 1 point for each event). This is how the scoring works: Each team gets 1 point just for participating in the challenge. – It takes about an hour to go around to the different events. They can take turns competing in each challenge – 5 each. Most of the challenges are done by one member of the team. (I encouraged them to mix, but I didn’t tell them that the BONUS points they saw on their scorecards would be only for the people who teamed up with someone outside of their family line.) After all, this IS a family reunion and we should branch out a little! And it’s good to mix ages too. For example, my nephew Scott, who is from Grandpa Neal should have a partner who is from Uncle Craig’s or Uncle Paul’s family. (One scorecard for each team which consists of two people.) When giving instructions for the games I encouraged everyone to select a teammate who wasn’t from their family line. – Gather your large group together, have people select partners, and hand out the Minute to Win It Scorecards. – Have a basket filled with 6-12 king-sized candy bars or gum for your winning teams to choose from. My kids ran the games but we also had my parents, and aunts and uncles -who didn’t want to run around doing the activities but like to visit with the participants- run the games. Have a person running the game that is familiar with the challenge and has a timer or stopwatch (or smartphone with a stopwatch app). – Set up your ten challenges in ten different classrooms. You CAN do these games outside, but when the temperature rises everyone is happier with some air conditioning. The challenges are exciting and sometimes difficult to do, and really fun to watch.įor more Family Reunion ideas, check out our ice-breaker family BINGO game and a list of 6 great service projects(and why they’re perfect for family reunions!) for the summer! Minute to Win It Games are great for family reunions and youth activities because they work for large groups, for all ages and abilities, and everyone is actively involved. Ten challenges using household items, 60 seconds, and KING-SIZED candy bars on the line- sounds like the perfect combo for your family reunion or youth activity!
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