Trailblazers Game Recommendations

Find a game that works well for your group! All materials needed, as well as game instructions, are listed under each game.

 

Tape Maze

  • Participants:
  • Materials: painter’s tape
  • Directions: Place the tape on the ground in the form of a maze that the kids can explore and learn how to get from the start to the end. They will have to stay inside the lines, and if they reach a dead-end, they must start over.

Tape Workout

  • Participants:
  • Materials: painter’s tape
  • Directions: Place the tape down in stations and numbers. Each station will have a number of the movement that needs to be done at that station. An example would be to tape down a box with a 10 in it. The AC kids would need to perform ten jumps up and down before moving to the next station.

Balloon Jump

  • Participants:
  • Materials: painter’s tape and balloons
  • Directions: Tape balloons at different heights above the AC kid’s heads. They must jump and touch the balloons with their hands and see how many they can get. A variation of this would be to have them try and feel the balloons with their heads.

Balloon Balance

  • Participants:
  • Materials: balloons
  • Directions: Have the AC kids balance a balloon on their feet. Don’t let it touch the ground, or they are out. A variation would be to have them sit on the floor and do the same thing.

Capture the Balloon

  • Participants:
  • Materials: balloons
  • Directions: Capture the flag with a balloon! Split the AC kids into teams and capture the other team’s balloons without being tagged by the opposing team. If they are tagged, they must still hold until one of their teammates tags them to unfreeze them.

Paper Toss

  • Participants:
  • Materials: painter’s tape and sticky notes
  • Directions: Place sticky notes on the ground approximately five feet away. Tape off a box for them to stand in. Then have the AC kids throw rolled-up paper at the sticky notes and try to get the paper to land on top of the sticky note for points.

Target Practice

  • Participants:
  • Materials: plastic cups and ping pong balls
  • Directions: Set up various plastic cups on the ground. Tape off a position to stand and have the AC kids try and bounce a ping pong ball into the cups.

Crab Cup

  • Participants:
  • Materials: plastic cups
  • Directions: Crab walk from one side of the room to another while balancing a cup on the AC kids stomach. If the cup falls, then they need to start over.