Dizzy lizzy - outdoor party game
This is a great game for an outdoor party with the family.
Get 2 broomsticks or similar sticks.
It’s a relay race. Divide players into two teams and place two sticks at the other end of the room or garden.
On the signal each player takes a turn to do the following:
- run to the stick
- hold the broom stick upright and place your forehead on the top (so you’re looking at the floor)
- run your legs around the stick in a circle, whilst keeping your forehead on the stick
- every one on your team counts your circles up to 10
- then run back to your team and tag the next player
First team to finish wins.
The point is you get very dizzy and it’s difficult to actually complete without falling over.
Have fun!
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Flour tag
Outdoor party games
| Objective: |
A fun tag game where you get tagged with flour filled nylon sacks. |
Categories:
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Outdoors, Kids, Teens, Tag |
Game type:
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Active. A lot of movement may be required. |
Players:
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6 or more players. |
| Needed: |
Dark shirts Flour Nylon stockings |
| Rules: |
Choose a person to be the referee. Determine a jail area. Each player must have a dark T-shirt on (black or navy blue work well). Give each player a nylon that is filled with flour. Tie the nylon at the end to make it into a ball shape. The group plays tag as normal but players are knocked out by throwing the flour torpedoes at each other. You will be able to see who has been hit because they will be hit with a flour mark. The referee must keep their eye on the players and call out those who are hit to the jail area. Keep a damp rag handy to clean up the shirts between rounds.
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| Variation: |
Make two teams. Set up a flag at each end of the playing field. Have the teams have to get the flag from their opponents side with
out being tagged. |
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Burpee
The outdoor mini baseball party game
| Objective: |
A baseball game that can be played with as few as two people. |
Categories:
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Outdoors |
Game type:
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Active. A lot of movement may be required. |
Players:
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2 or more players. |
| Needed: |
Whiffle ball Bat Gloves (optional) A wall |
| Setup: |
Burpee is a baseball game which requires a wall and does not require a catcher. You can play at your local playground or whereever there is a large open space with a wall. You’ll need to determine locations for 4 bases (including home plate) and decide the out-of-bounds lines for foul balls. The home plate should be a few feet in front of the wall. Each team should have an equal number of players. You’ll also have to determine a strike zone. This is done by drawing a retangle or square on the wall with some chalk to determine whether a pitch is a strike or a ball. Each team needs a pitcher. You’ll also need to determine the distances a ball must travel in the air to constitute a singe, double, triple or home run. For example, a ball which travels only 5 to 15 feet might be a single, 15-25 feet a double, 25-35 feet a triple and 35+ a home run.
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| Rules: |
Burpee is played like regular baseball. If a pitch is inside the strike zone on the wall, its a strike. Otherwise it’s a ball. Three strikes is an out and four balls is a walk. Three outs on both sides constitutes an inning. A caught ball is an out (regardless of whether you use a glove or not) and distance of the ball determines a single, double, triple or home run.
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| Winning: |
As in baseball, the most runs wins. Play as many innings as you like. |
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Ambush - outdoor party games for teens
| Objective: |
A game where you find the clues leading to the ambush site. |
Categories:
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Outdoors, Teens |
Game type:
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Active. A lot of movement may be required. |
Players:
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6 or more players. |
| Needed: |
Enough scarves for all and items for clues |
| Rules: |
Split your group into two teams which we will call A and B. Group A leaves 5 to 10 minutes before group B and must leave clues behind (footprints, marks, arrows, codes, pieces of paper, etc.). They must then camouflage and set up an ambush for group B. Group B leaves and follows the footprints and clues left by group A and tries to discover the ambush site. During the ambush the groups face each other in mock combat and attempt to steal each other scarves from back pockets. The meeting of the two groups could also result in the yelling of “AMBUSH” and a race back to home base again. |
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