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Simple Boredom Buster for Kids

Do you know what I love?? Creating a SIMPLE (and cheap) boredom buster that keeps the kids happily entertained for a long time! This glow in the dark building activity is great if you need something to keep the kids busy on a rainy day, and it only uses a few materials! Dimming the lights while they build works well to soothe and calm kids (and moms) too.

To build a glowing city, you will need:

Cardboard Tubes (empty paper towel or wrapping paper tubes work well for this)

Glow Stick Bracelets (might contain small parts, use with caution)

Hole Punch

Directions:

1. Begin by cutting the empty cardboard tube into smaller sections.

2. Use a hole punch to create holes around the top and bottom of each section of cardboard tubing.

3. Invite the kids to build a glowing city!

The kids loved experimenting by connecting the glow in the dark bracelets with one another to form roads, bridges, and antennae on top of buildings! Great imaginative playtime fun!!

Other Boredom Busters to Try:

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Simple Boredom Buster for Kids Do you know what I love?? Creating a SIMPLE (and cheap) boredom buster that keeps the kids happily entertained for a long time! This glow in the dark building activity is great if you need something to keep the kids busy on a rainy day, and it only uses a ...

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Here is a fun shaving cream art activity that your children will love to play with. It doesn't require many materials and is very quick and easy to set up. Before you know it your child will have created beautiful decorative art pieces that won't find themselves in the recycling bin. 😉

Children love the sensory experience of sinking their fingers in soft shaving cream. It's wonderful (and cheap to buy). It can also be used to create art pieces quite simply.

Recommended age: 4 years +
(All my activities require active supervision)

You will need -

Shaving cream from a can (cheaper the better)

Plate or tray

Food colouring or paint

Toothpick

Paper

Spoon

Simply spray the shaving cream onto the plate. I would recommend children wear an apron when doing this activity because it does fall into the messy play category.

Possum (aged 3 years) loved smoothing out the shaving cream with the back of a spoon.

Next we went out adding drops of food colouring to the shaving cream. We attempted to count the drops and talked lots about the coloured we were using.

Using a toothpick we mixed the food colouring through the shaving cream. We loved watching the coloured spread throughout the shaving cream and mix together. What great fun!

Next step was to simply (but very carefully) place a white sheet of paper over the shaving cream with the mixed food colouring. We used gentle hands to press the paper down and ensure there was good contact with the paper and the shaving cream.

Once we were pleased with the coverage we carefully pulled up the white paper to reveal the shaving cream and the gorgeous swirls of food colouring.

Using the back of the spoon,which we used previously, scrape away the excess shaving cream to reveal your art piece. The food colouring stains the paper to make a beautiful marbled looked.
Okay so we have a slight confession, the food colouring from this activity did stain our hands, however it was great fun and the staining was gone after a good scrub. If I was to this activity again I would choose to use paints instead because that would work just the same and be less likely to stain. So tell me...

Does the possibility of stained hands put you off doing an activity with your kids? 🙂
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Here is a fun shaving cream art activity that your children will love to play with. It doesn't require many materials and is very quick and easy to set up. Before you know it your child will have created beautiful decorative art pieces that won't find themselves in the recycling bin.

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Kids love to make homemade flubber! Homemade flubber is similar to our traditional slime recipe but it's thicker, stretchier, and tougher. We love both slime and flubber for both sensory play and a quick science lesson. You can make this awesome homemade flubber in minutes.

SIMPLE TO MAKE HOMEMADE FLUBBER RECIPE
WHY IS FLUBBER OR SLIME SCIENCE?
Check out our BASICS OF SLIME SCIENCE to learn a little more! It's suited for young kids too.
SUPPLIES FOR HOMEMADE FLUBBER
2 bottles Elmers Washable Glue White for a total of 1 cup

1/2 Cup Water {room temperature}

1/2 Cup Liquid Starch

Glitter or food coloring optional
TO MAKE HOMEMADE FLUBBER
Mix glue and water together into one container.

Stir until it is well combined and a smooth consistency. Now is the perfect time to mix in color or glitter.

Next, add this mixture to the liquid starch in a new bowl.

Use your hands to combine the ingredients well.

Keep mixing the flubber for a few minutes.

You can play with your flubber immediately or let it set up for about 15 mins or so.

Cover loosely and flubber keeps up to a week at least! Try our SLIME RECIPE and compare the results. It uses similar ingredients in different amounts. Make sure to check out too!

We love the way homemade flubber stretches, folds, hangs, and piles up! If you want a less firm substance than try our homemade slime recipe. Did you know that you can even blow FLUBBER BUBBLES with this recipe?

Homemade flubber is quite thick and doesn't leave a mess on the hands.

Store your flubber in a container with a lid, and it should keep for several weeks unless you have many hands playing with it. When it's done, throw it away and make a new one with one of our many HOMEMADE SLIME THEMES perfect for seasons and holiday!

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Kids love to make homemade flubber! Homemade flubber is similar to our traditional slime recipe but it's thicker, stretchier, and tougher. We love both slime and flubber for both sensory play and a quick science lesson. You can make this awesome homemade flubber in minutes. WHY IS FLUBBER OR SLIME SCIENCE?

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Crafting with kids is a great way to get creative on lazy afternoons at home. By adding reused materials, you'll not only make your projects cheaper (read: free), but also teach kids the value of reuse and recycling - ensuring our planet will have plenty of flag-raisers for generations to come. So, the next time the family is feeling crafty, try one of these 10 awesome projects made from food packaging and show the kids that recycling can be fun!
Classic Tin Can Telephone

Most of us have at least one cherished childhood memory involving a summer afternoon, a sibling and a tin can telephone.

If you want to pass those nostalgic, feel-good moments on to your little ones but can't quite remember how to put the makeshift phones together, Joel Henriques of Made by Joel has you covered.

The designer, artist and father of two created this handy tutorial, complete with tips, photos and everything else you need to keep the tin can tradition alive.

Note: Do yourself a favor and make an extra telephone. You'll probably want to play with this yourself!

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Crafts Made from Recycled Food Packaging

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The aim of the game is to put the fish into the shark's mouth, or to put the bee into the flower:) The simpler variant is with a ball tied with a thread.

You will need empty plastic bottles (we used white milk bottle for the shark and a Coca-Cola bottle for the flower) and permanent markers. Make the small fish and the bee from the yellow toy case of the chocolate egg.

Jaws 🙂

Flower and bee

See more plastic bottles craft ideas in KROKOTAK:

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The aim of the game is to put the fish into the shark's mouth, or to put the bee into the flower:) The simpler variant is with a ball tied with a thread. You will need empty plastic bottles (we used white milk bottle for the shark and a Coca-Cola bottle for the flower) and permanent markers.

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So now that Memorial Day has passed, it’s officially WATER season!  That’s the season where we pretend that it’s super hot outside even if it’s 65 degrees and go swimming every day.  Well if you are like me with pretty little kids, going swimming can be a big production.  Our local neighborhood pool is not very small-child friendly so we’d have to drive pretty far for a good pool.  And trying to swim with three little kids is exhausting and even dangerous since there’s only one of me to go around.

So here are some fun alternatives to swimming this summer:  20 super fun water play activities for kids!

The Water Blob!  Make a giant blob of water out of plastic sheeting, duck tape and water!

DIY Water Wall:  Teach your kids science while also endless hours of water fun!

Giant Bubbles:  What’s better than bubbles?  GIANT bubbles!

Make Your Own Slip ‘N’ Slide!  Slip n Slides are SO fun and this one is cheap too!

Ice Boats:  These would provide HOURS of entertainment!

PVC Pipe Sprinkler:  This is a fun project to make and play with your kids!

DIY Sprinkler:  Speaking of sprinklers this one is practically free to make!

Painting with Water:  This idea is so simple, yet brilliant!

Water Bombs:  Can’t forget these fun toys for an epic water fight!

Ice Excavation:  This uses fruit but you could freeze anything for this activity!

Car Wash:  Build a little carwash from PVC for your kids to drive through!

Water Relay Race:  Here’s a fun game that gets everyone involved!

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12 Water Play Activities for Kids--keep your kids busy this summer with these fun water play ideas.

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Soon our children will be home for the summer and they will need something fun to keep them entertained. These Homemade Colored Bubbles will surely do the trick!

Bubbles can keep just about anyone busy for hours. Even our dog has a blast with bubbles (he tries to eat them). The problem is that although bubbles are relatively inexpensive, there never seems to be enough of them. Plus kids tend to spill them all over the place. So what happens when you run out? Luckily I have the solution!

You can make your own homemade bubbles. Better yet, you can make your own homemade colored bubbles! The best part is, you most likely already have all the necessary supplies on hand! You can make these in large quantities so you never run out of bubbles again!

I do want to point out that these can stain clothes depending on the amount of food coloring you use. So I highly suggest playing with these outdoors and having your children wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty. 🙂

Homemade Colored Bubbles
Supplies needed:

Clear dishwashing soap (I like Dawn Pure Essentials)

Light corn syrup

Food coloring

Plastic straws

Plastic cups

Other supplies needed:

Measuring cup

Large mixing bowl

Container (with lid) for storing leftovers

Directions:

Store any leftovers in an airtight container for future use! Enjoy!

Tip: You can also use any leftover bubble wands you can find laying around. My son used one he found in his toy box and it worked great with the bubbles!
Here's some more fun activities for kids:

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Have you heard of water blobs? They're plastic sheeting filled with water you can make for kids to slip and side on for some awesome water fun. When we featured this one from Homemade Toast on our round up of fun summer water activities, I just knew I had to try it out for the kids.

I've only see water blobs made as one large piece of sheeting so I thought it'd be fun to put a twist on it and make mini water blobs - one for each kid!

Some advantages are:

- easier to iron smaller blobs than one large one
- faster to fill up with water
- each kid gets to take their own water blob home

Read more to find out how to make your own mini water blobs!
DIY Mini Water Blobs - Materials:
- Plastic sheeting at least 4 mil thick

- Blue food coloring (optional - if you want your water to look blue)

- Measuring tape

- Iron/Ironing board

- Parchment paper

- Plastic toy fish (optional - we placed a few inside to make the blob look like an aquarium just for fun)
Steps:
1. Unroll your plastic sheeting and measure out the width and height you need to cut to size for each kids, allowing at least 3 inches for height. For example, my daughter's height is 43″ so I cut a length of 46″ for her and her friends who are similar in height. My younger son is 36″ tall so him and his little buddy got 40." For width, I used a standard size of 2 feet which was plenty of room to move around.

2. Place a piece of parchment paper that is folded up over the seam of the plastic sheeting and on low-medium heat, press down (remember the iron is on top of the parchment paper so it never touches the plastic). Iron over the seam and the plastic will melt fusing the open ends together so it's leak proof.

Leave a hole at one end so you can place your hose there.

3. Add a few drops of blue coloring inside the bag and place your plastic fish inside (if using). Place your hose inside the hole you left until it's filled. Have your duct tape ready and patch the hole once the blob is full of water.

*if you get leaks, they can easily be fixed with duct tape. We had a few and they were fine once taped over.

You're done. Now for some fun water play!

Close up of the fish swimming inside the blobs. Made the blob feel more like an aquarium and was fun for the kids to look inside and point out. You could even add glitter, plastic aquarium leaves, etc, to make it even more aquarium like.

I love how these mini blobs are perfect for lounging and staying cool. It's almost like all the kids got their own mini pool floaty!

The best part is getting the water blobs slippery so you can slide on them. We sprayed the kids with water and they had a blast!

These mini water blobs are so much fun and so easy to make. You can place them in any configuration - for example, side by side to make one large one, or in a zig zag, slide pattern, etc. The best part is each kid got to take one home! It's definitely a fun project to try at least once this summer.

What are some of your favorite summer water activities?

For more summer time fun, see:
30 Best Outdoor Summer Games 11 Pretty Seashell Crafts 8 Fun and Sensory Sand Crafts 8 Ways to Play With Ice
8 Awesome Summer Water Activities

10 Outrageously Fun Ways To Play Outdoors
7 Creative Ways to Blow Bubbles
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Let the good times roll, jump, hop or run at your school's field day! Join us as children race and compete against each other, all in the name of teamwork, exercise and fun. With the right games and equipment, organizing your own field day will be a breeze!

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As a homeschool family, we host our own events just like the girls would have if they attended public school. One event they loved while in school was outdoor field day, so Colby and I decided it was a challenge we were up for.

17 Outdoor Field Day Games for Kids

Colby was all over this event. He was ready.

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We were armed with balloons, sidewalk chalk, jump ropes, and more. This is just a sampling of the field day games we put together for the girls.

Water Balloon Toss - Fill up balloons with water. Stand about a foot apart from a partner. Toss the balloon. After each successful toss, one partner takes a step back. Game stops when only one team has not popped their balloon.

Water Relay - Take a few plastic cups and poke small holes in the sides. Next, fill a bucket or ice chest with water. Set buckets about 10 yards from bucket of water. Have each child grab a cup and fill with water. They must then carry the cup of water over their head towards the empty bucket. Repeat. The first one to fill their bucket to the top with water wins.

Goal Kick - Using sidewalk chalk, we drew a goal with various points on our fence. Then, have the kids line up and take 3 goal kicks to gain points. The child with the most points after three kicks wins.

Balloon Pop - Now, we added an element of the trampoline simply because we had it to use. Even without a trampoline, this can be done inside or fairly easy on the grass. Simply blow up balloons and have the kids pop them by sitting or jumping on them. They really got a kick out of this one! And there are still 13 more outdoor field day games on the next page!

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Brief Description
Relay races can be a fun part of any field day. Included: Fifteen great relay ideas!
Objectives
Students will

follow directions.

work as part of a team to complete a task.

cheer on team members and show good sportsmanship.

Field day, relay, race, relay race, beach, chicken, balloon, Hula Hoop, hoop, jump rope, mummy, shoe, spoon

Materials Needed

Following are the materials required to run all 15 relay races that are part of this lesson. Refer to each relay for specific requirements.

beach chair, beach bag, towel, sunglasses, and magazine

tennis balls and cardboard boxes

balloons and chairs

Hula Hoops

jump ropes

oversized pants, shirts, boxer shorts, and shoes; clothesline and clothespins

toilet paper

beanbags

tricycle and cones

shoeboxes

sponges and buckets

Lesson Plan

This lesson provides 15 ideas for relay races for your school's annual field day. The emphasis in these activities is more on fun than on skill.

The activities listed below can all be completed by small student teams. For additional activities see this week's field day lessons for individual students or whole-class/large group games.

NOTE: A handful of these activities are adapted from ideas published by other sources. Links are provided to those sources. We encourage you to refer to those sources for additional fun ideas.

A Day at the Beach. Give each group a beach chair and a beach bag containing a towel, sunglasses, and a magazine. (If you have only one beach chair and beach bag, then each team runs the relay as the other teams watch.) When the relay starts, the first player on each team picks up the beach chair and beach bag, carries it to the finish line, sets up the beach chair, lays out the towel, sits in the chair, puts on the sunglasses, and opens the magazine. After the student is "lying on the beach," he or she jumps up, packs up the towel, sunglasses and magazine, folds up the beach chair, and carries it all back to the team. The first beach bum hands off the beach chair and beach bag to the second team member, and the relay continues The team with the fastest time is the winning team. (See additional activities at Water Field Day from Mesa County (Colorado) Valley School District.)

Chicken Relay. Provide each team member with a tennis ball. When the relay begins, the first person on each team puts the tennis ball (think chicken egg) between his or her knees and waddles to a box that has been set up a fixed distance away. The student must get close enough to the box so when he or she releases their knees, the ball falls into the box (think nest). The student runs back to the team and tags the next person in line, who picks up the next egg and waddles off to deposit it in the nest The relay ends when the last person returns to the team. The first team to finish is the winning team. Notes: You could get away with using one ball per team instead of one ball per person; after students lay their "eggs," they pick up the egg from the box and carry it back to the next teammate in line. Larger balls might be appropriate for younger students. (See additional activities at Relays on the Minor Games Resource Page.)

Drop and Pop. Provide each team with balloons -- one balloon per team member. Inflate the balloons, so each is roughly the same size. Set up a chair for each team at a destination point. When the relay gets underway, the first member of the team carries a balloon to the chair, drops the balloon on the chair, and then sits on the balloon until it pops. When the balloon pops, the student runs back to his or her team and tags the next person in line. The relay continues until the last student in each team has made it back to the line. The first team to finish wins.

Hooping It Up. In this activity, teams of students join hands in a circle. One person has a hoop over his or her right arm. When the relay starts, the student with the hoop over an arm steps into and through the hoop so it rests on his or her left arm. Then the hoop is slid onto the right arm of the student to the left. That student repeats the process. The first team to pass the hoop around the circle without dropping hands wins. (See additional activities at Five Things To Do With a Hoop from Ayden Elementary School in Pitt County, North Carolina.)

If doing this activity with older students, you might have them complete the activity, then reverse direction and send the hoop back to the right arm of the student who began the activity .

Jumping Rope Relay. Hand a jump rope to the first member of each team. When the relay begins, that student has 60 seconds to jump rope as many times as possible. Teammates holler the number of each jump. Each student jumps for 60 seconds or until he or she trips. If the student misses a jump, the team stops counting and waits out the balance of the 60 seconds. At the end of 60 seconds, call out "Time's up, go!" Then the first student in line hands off the jump rope to the second student -- and the activity continues. When all team members have jumped, add up the total number of jumps the team made. The winning team is the team with the most total jumps. This game benefits from speed as long as the speed is paired with accuracy. Speed does not pay off if it results in a mistake.

Laundry Day Relay. Provide each relay team with a laundry basket full of clothes and some clothespins. (Every team's basket includes one laundry item -- any combination of pants, shirts, T-shirts, or socks -- and two clothespins per team member.) Extend a clothesline between two poles or trees. When the relay begins, the first member of each team grabs an item from the basket, runs to the clothesline, uses two clothespins to hang up the item, runs back to the team, tags the next person in line, and gets on the end of the line. When the next player is tagged, that student picks another item of clothing from the basket and heads for the clothesline. The relay continues until the last student hangs the last piece of clothing and returns to the end of the line. (See additional activities at Field of Fun Day from PE Central.)

If you have older students, after all items are hung, the team might repeat the activity, this time taking one item at a time off the clothesline and returning it to the basket.

Mummy Relay. Provide each relay team with a roll of toilet paper (of the same size). The instructions below are written for 5-member teams, but they easily can be adapted for larger or smaller teams. One member of each team serves as the "mummy." When the relay begins, that student stands with arms stretched out and legs spread apart. The second student grabs the toilet paper and wraps one leg of the "mummy" in toilet paper. When the wrapping is complete, the student passes the toilet paper to the next student in line, who wraps the other leg. The third student wraps an arm and the fourth student wraps the other arm. Then the fourth member of the team wraps the mummy's body and head. The winning team is the first team to use up its roll of toilet paper. Because the fastest job also might be the messiest mummy, students might vote to award a prize to the team that created the best-looking mummy; that will award a team that took care to do the job well. (See additional activities at Relay Races With a Difference from funandgames.org.)

Obstacle Course. Create an obstacle course comprised of resources you have available. The course might involve running around cones; crawling through tunnels or large cardboard boxes; running through a series of hoops (or making one step in each hoop stretched out on the ground); or jumping or climbing over sawhorses or jump ropes.

Over, Under, Over, Under. 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. The third student passes over, the fourth student under, 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.

Quick-Change Relay. Provide each team with a suitcase of old clothes, containing a pair of oversized pants, an oversized shirt, and large shoes. (For more fun, you might include colorful boxer shorts, a hat, or even a belt.) When the relay begins, the first member of each team runs to the chosen spot with suitcase in hand, opens the suitcase, and puts on each of the clothing items over his or her own clothing. When that student is fully dressed, he or she undresses, packs up their suitcase, and runs back to the team. He or she then hands off the suitcase to the next student and the relay continues The relay ends when the last student returns to the team with the packed-up suitcase. The team that finishes fastest wins.

Real Three-Wheel Deal. This relay requires a tricycle. Set up a cone at a point about 50 feet from the students. (The distance might vary depending on grade level.) This relay is completed one team at a time. When you call "Go!" to start the relay, start recording time too. At that time, the first student on the team hops onto the tricycle, rides to the cone and around it, and then rides back to his or her team. Then the second member of the team hops on the trike and does the same thing. Stop timing the relay when the last member of the team has returned to his or her teammates. Announce the team's time and turn the tricycle over to the next team. When all teams have completed the relay, the team with the fastest time is declared the winner. Students must stay on the tricycle through the entire relay. If a student falls off, he or she must get back on; picking up the tricycle and running with it is not allowed. (See additional activities at Field of Fun Day from PE Central.)

Shoebox Slide. Provide each team with two shoeboxes. At the start of the race, the first member of each team puts one foot into each shoebox, slides his or her way to a cone set up at a destination point, and then slides back to the team. When that student returns to the team, he or she jumps out of the shoeboxes and the second student "puts them on." The relay continues until the last member returns to his or her team. The first team to finish is the winner.

Shoe-er Fun. At the start of this relay, every student takes off one shoe. Put all the students' shoes in one big pile. Line up the relay teams. When the relay begins, the first student on each team runs to the shoe pile, finds his or her shoe, and returns to the line. (You might include tying the shoe if all students have tie sneakers; if some students have Velcro sneakers, their teams would have an unfair advantage.) The relay continues until the last student on each team has returned to the line. The first team to finish is the winning team. Note: You will want to be sure at the start of the relay that there are no identical shoes in the pile. If there are, you might want to distinguish the duplicate shoes by placing a piece of masking tape with the owner's name on them.

Spoon Zoom. This simple relay requires each member of a relay team to carry a spoon to a set destination, and then carry it back to the team. The catch is that students must carry in the spoon some object -- such as a nickel, a cotton ball, or an egg -- without dropping it! If the contents drop out of the spoon, the student must stop, pick it up, put it back in the spoon immediately (before taking another step), and then continue. The first team to finish is the winning team.

Wet and Wild. Provide each team with a sponge and two buckets; one bucket full of water, the other empty. Place the full bucket at the head of the line and place the empty bucket at the end of the line. Give the sponge to the first student in line. That student dunks the sponge in the bucket of water and passes it over his or her head to the next student in line. The second student does the same thing, and so on. When the sponge reaches the last student, that student squeezes the water left in the sponge into the empty bucket and runs to the head of the line. Everyone else on the team takes a step back as the student who was at the end, and is now at the front, soaks the sponge and passes it back to the next student... As you can see, the benefit of really soaking the sponge is that more water might make its way into the empty bucket; the disadvantage is that the students in line are probably going to get wetter as the sponge is passed. Set a time limit (for example, 5 minutes). The team with the most water in the once empty bucket is the winning team.

Assessment
All participants follow the rules and show good sportsmanship.
Lesson Plan Source

Education World

Submitted By

Gary Hopkins

National Standards

PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH: Physical Education
GRADES K - 12
NPH.K-12.3 Physical Activity
NPH.K-12.5 Responsible Behavior
NPH.K-12.6 Respect for Others

Find more great ideas for phys ed fun in Education World's Physical Fitness Archive.

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Originally published 05/30/2003
Last updated 06/02/2011

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15 Relays for Field Days | Relay Race Ideas

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Relay races can be a fun part of any field day. Included: Fifteen great relay ideas! Students will follow directions. work as part of a team to complete a task. cheer on team members and show good sportsmanship.

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As the weather gets warmer, many schools hold their annual Field Day. Education World wants you to have the best Field Day ever. Here are dozens of great activities to get you started.
Are you tired of having the same old activities at your school's end-of-the-year field day? Are you eager to hold a very special field day event this year? These lessons provide more ideas than you can possibly use -- and links to many more. You will find

field day activities that individual students can excel and have fun with;

great relays for small teams of students that teach sportsmanship;

activities that involve the whole class;

more than a dozen themed field day ideas (if themes are your preference); and

a bubbly way to cap off the day!

We have provided all the ideas, all you need to do now is the preparation. Field day success is guaranteed if you prepare and plan well.

Field Day Resources and Giveaways

To help you get off on the right foot, we've put together some field day preparation tips. Also, be sure to visit the S&S Worldwide Field Day Headquarters to help you plan a successful event and you can download PE Central's exclusive ebook, Top 10 Field Day Activities.

Four Lessons For A Fantastic Field Day

Below are four lessons that provide all the ingredients for a fantastic field day. Click each lesson headlines for a complete teaching resource. (Appropriate grade levels for each lesson appear in parentheses.)

Twenty Field Day Activities Any Kid Can Do (And Do Well!)
Twenty great field day activities that emphasize fun over skill. (Grades Pre K-8)

Fifteen Field Day Relays
Relay races can be a fun part of any field day. Included: 15 great relay ideas! (Grade K-12)

Field Day Games for Whole-Class Fun
Field day games including a Teacher Sled Race, Water Balloon Volleyball, more! (Grades K-12)

Bubble Blast
Bubbles inspire learning and fun -- and clean desks too. A nice field day addition! (Grades PreK-8)

With a little advance planning, field day can be as special and as much fun as you choose to make it. Following are some decisions you'll want to make before the actual field day arrives

* How many field day activities will you set up?

* How will the field day events be organized? Will students move from activity to activity with their classmates (which will enable the inclusion of relay activities), or will you set up 20 different activities and let students select the ones they most want to participate in?

* Will students receive field day awards as they complete an activity?

You might provide a different colored ribbon or a different colored jellybean for each completed activity.
Each student might wear a card listing all the possible activities; a star is placed on the card as each activity is completed.
Each student might earn a different colored link on a paper chain for each completed activity.
* Will you hold a field day awards ceremony?
Awards might recognize the best "scores" for each activity by grade level or class.
Special awards might be given to students who complete the most activities, providing an incentive for students to do as many activities as possible during the field day. That keeps students moving and encourages them to participate in activities with have shorter lines.
* Will teachers supervise the different field day activities? Or will parents be involved so teachers can stay with their own classes or serve as general assistants? (The more parents the better!)

* What other special activities will coincide with field day?
Might you plan a family cookout? Will the local radio station be invited to broadcast live from and provide music for Field Day festivities? Will older students dress in costumes and provide a cheering section for younger students? Will each class create a banner? Will a prize be awarded for the best banner?
* Be sure to have a nurse available.

Article by Gary Hopkins
Education World®
Copyright © 2007, 2017 Education World

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Home > Arts and Crafts Projects for Kids > What to do with Plastic Water Bottles Ideas & Crafts for Kids

Water is very important for the human body and we need to be drinking a lot of it (about 8 glasses a day). While drinking our daily water requirements you will have a lot of water bottles to recycle. Instead of recycling these bottles, you can use these bottles to make creative crafts such as noise makers or maracas, dolls, ocean in a bottles, and animals (to name a few).

You can make a simple fish from an empty dry water bottle, card stocks, acrylic paint, and wiggle eyes. You can also make a noise maker by adding popcorn or dried beans to an empty water bottle.
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Turn Water Bottles into a Work of Art

These turn out so beautifully that they could be a work of art...but they also make beautiful vases to place equally beautiful flowers into them. Get different colored yarn or string out. Find a water bottle and use warm soapy water to take the label off. Dry Completely and then add glue to the bottle and use different colored pieces of yarn to wrap the jar in beautiful different spirals, zig-zags, and other designs. Wrap the water bottle / plastic bottle until it is completely wrapped.

Making Bracelets with Empty Plastic Water Bottles

Don't just throw away your water bottles...you can make beautiful and colorful bracelets with them. Just cut a ring from the plastic bottle...about 1.25" thick. Then cut out tissue paper strips with many different colors to choose from. Then glue and wrap plastic bottle ring. Wrap it until you think it looks beautiful and at the minimum cover the entire ring. Then get some clear glue and cover the bracelet completely. Let thoroughly dry and then do this again and again until the bracelet dries and looks shiny.

Even More Crafts with Plastic Bottles

Melted Snowman Activity for ChildrenThis winter craft is easy for kids to make is a good use for a recycled water bottle.

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A game evening around bottles and drink cans. Sometimes the bottles also play along, but that is not the case here.

1. Astronaut Training

Everyone knows this game: Run around a bottle 20 times while keeping a finger on the top of the bottle and run back to your place. Then the next player can go. Many players have run in the wrong direction or ran into a wall, a tree or a fence. Rather a game for a game evening in a green meadow.

2. That Gets To The Knees...

A pen or pencil is tied with a long string to the pants waistband of a player who stands on a chair. The player must jockey around to get the pen into a bottle which is placed on the floor.

3. Filled and Refilled

A bottle must be filled and refilled x number of times in a rely race. Who is the fastest to refill and who has the most water? If this game is played inside, it is recommended to have a few rags on hand to wipe up the water that is spilled.

4. Spit in the Bottle

Players fill their mouths with water and then spit it into the bottle to fill it.

1. Bottle Collection

Bottles are distributed on the playing field. Without using their hands, players must collect as many bottle as possible. Who can collect the most bottles in a certain time period?

2. Sorting Bottles

Using their feet, players must sort the bottles from the case to an empty case.

3. Bottle Bowling

Plastic bottles are struck down with a ball.

4. Guessing Game

How much water in ml is in the bottle?

5. Mineral Water Tester

5 very different tasting mineral waters must be tasted and identified.

6. Bottle Identity

5 different bottle shapes (beer, mineral water, wine, liqueur, champagne) must be identified by the blind-folded player.

7. Tower Building

Each player lays a matchstick on the top of a bottle. Which team can make the highest tower?

8. Bottle Run

A bottle must be jockeyed through a course with a stick.

9. Spin the Bottle

A well known game. The player to whom the bottle points must perform the previously agreed challenge.

10. Bottle Music

A song is played on 8 water-filled bottles.

1. Bottle Baby

A baby bottle nipple is put on a bottle. Who can empty the bottle the quickest? Some players may remember their early childhood.

2. Step Over the Bottles

A player is blindfolded and must go through a bottle course. A team-mate may verbally direct him.

3. Step Over the Bottles and Land in Water

Played as before but a bowl of water is set out at the end of the course and the player is directed to it so that his foot goes in the bowl.

4. Water March

Who can drink the most mineral water and not be the first to go to the bathroom? (maximum liter amount is given, or for example, who can drink 3 bottles the fastest.)

5. Can or Bottle Wheel

The challenge is to move across the floor standing on top of cans or plastic bottles. Each team needs at least 3 cans. The same game can be played using soda cases.

6. The Taste Expert

Various kinds of colas and orange sodas are tasted and identified. (Fanta Lemon, Fanta Orange, Fanta Cherry, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Afri Cola, etc.)

7. The Food Ingredient Expert

Who can name the ingredients of cola?

8. The Crusher

Who can crush a cola can the fastest?

9. The Ball

Who can crush a cola can in 30 seconds into the smallest ball?

10. The Belcher

Who can make the loudest burp after drinking a cola or soda?

11. The Most Breath

Who can blow in a hose and move an empty soda can through an obstacle course the fastest?

12. Falling Playing Cards

A pile of playing cards is put on the top of a bottle. Each player must blow one or more cards off of the pile. One point is given for each card. If the entire pile falls down, no points are given.

13. Bottle Sitting

Player sits on a bottle with the legs stretched out in front of him. In this position he must lit a candle that he is holding between his teeth.

14. Waiter race

Several plastic water bottles are placed at point A. A member of the group starts out with a tray at point B, collects a bottle at point A and then runs back to the team. At this point, the tray is passed on to the next player who runs to point A and collects another bottle, placing it on the tray. How long does the group need to collect all of the bottles?

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