Party Games – The Big Race

Here’s a fun indoor or outdoor Birthday Party game idea for before or after your Cool Magic Show!

What you’ll need:  spoons, ping pong balls, string (optional), prizes

How to play:  Create a starting line using some string, each child balances a ping pong ball on a spoon and has to go from the starting line, around the course and back to the start line.  Here are some ideas to vary the game.  The kids can hold the spoon in their dominant or non-dominant hand, depending on how hard you want the game to be and the age of the kids.  Various obsticles can be put on the “course” like having to crawl under a chair or table, or having to do things like turn around 3 times when you get to a certain point or even having to pass the ping pong ball from one spoon to another in team relay play.   You can create various penalties for dropping the ball such as singing a song, saying a nursery rhyme or having to start again.

Who ever (or whichever team) wins the race gets a prize, or maybe everyone gets a prize!  Have Fun!