Outdoor Instant        Activities

1.  Rowboat
        Begins as 2 person event but more can add.  Partners sit on floor one behind another.  Back person places feet around body and onto lap of front person.  To move both lift bodies with hands and arms and move backwards.  Motion resemble rowing.  Front person can also push with feet.  As skill is mastered add more people to group.

2.  Smiling Game
        Two teams line up facing each other with 2 yard gap between teams.  One person from each team goes to the head of line of opposite team and must walk down through the middle past each member of the opposite team.  Team members must try to make the walking person smile.  They cannot touch the person.  If person he or she has to join the other team.

3.  Name that Game
        Form a circle and begin tossing an object around the circle.  Variations include (1) call your own name as you catch the object, (2) call the name of the person you pass to, (3) pass, then call the name of another person.  Ex.  Pass, call "Mark" then pass to Sally.  Sally has to catch the object, pass it to Mark but call out the name of another person.

4.  Circle Pass Sequence
        Form a circle.  Begin passing one object.  As soon as you pass put your hands behind your back. This establishes a passing sequence once everyone has hands behind back.  Now have them pass one object again in this sequence.  Can add objects so that 2, 3, 4, etc. objects (up to the number of people in the group) are being passed..

5.  Log Fall
        Form circle with one member in the middle.  This is a trust game.  Person crosses hands over chest, keeps body stiff, and falls to be supported by members of the circle.  Can begin when middle person asks, "Catchers ready?  Catchers should respond "Ready" and the game begins.  Everyone should take a tern..

6.  Tag Game
        Like regular tag but everyone is "IT."  Condition so everyone does a fast walk, and limit the risk on injury.  Freeze when tagged.  Can release by crawling through legs of tagged people.  Game ends when everyone is tagged.  Interesting to point out that game is over (so is the fun) when you succeed in getting everyone tagged.

7.  Human Hurdle
        Team lies on backs in circle with heads toward middle.  Players number off.  On signal, player #1 stands and runs around circle learping over each person (between waist and knees ) back to place. Player #2 then goes.  First team to finish.