Balloon Race

SKILL FOCUS

Strength, Endurance, Gross Motor

GROUP SIZE

6+

EQUIPMENT

Balloons, Cones

SETUP

You can do this as a relay race, have individual kids race, or go separately as a time trial. Give the first child in each line a filled balloon and set up a cone for each team at the far end of your room.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. On ‘go’ the first child must place the balloon between their legs and support it using only their legs, being careful not to pop it by squeezing.

2. Next, using their core strength and leg muscles, they must travel to their cone, go around it, and come back to the start line.

3. Once they get back to the start line, they hand the balloon off to the next child who will now perform the same skills.

4. The first team to finish the race wins that round.

5. If a child drops a balloon, they must stop, pick it up and wedge it back between their thighs.

Make it Easier: 

Decrease the distance the kids have to travel.

Make it Harder:

Increase the distance the kids have to travel.

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