Elf Package Delivery
SKILL FOCUS
Eye hand coordination, speed, agility, balance
GROUP SIZE
Any size group of even number of kids
EQUIPMENT
60 tennis balls, hula hoop, milk crate
LOCATION
Inside or outside
SAFETY
Be aware of other people or objects in the room, and do not trip on the hula hoop
PURPOSE
Each student must deliver a present (ball) to the hula hoop. The first team to deliver 20 balls first wins the relay race.
SETUP
Each team will set up in a relay race format. Each team will have a box filled with tennis balls and a hula hoop as seen in the image below.
INSTRUCTIONS
Children (Elves) form 2 lines for a relay race.
Set up a hula hoop at the distant end of the room.
Next to each line is a milk crate full of tennis balls.
Have children form a line, each holding a tennis ball (gift).
On 'go' the elves must run to the hula hoop and deliver a gift by placing the tennis ball into the hula hoop.
Once delivered, they return to the end of the line and take a new tennis ball out of the milk crate. The first team to deliver 20 gifts first wins the race.
MODIFICATIONS
To make it harder, increase the distance of the box to the children or increase the number of gifts delivered fromm 20 to 30.
