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Host a Summer Obstacle Course
Make your own Olympics on the lawn with a series of simple but fun outdoor activities.
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Participant Age:
Under 7, 7 to 12
Approximate Cost:
$0, Under $10
Duration:
1 to 60 minutes, Over an hour
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Basketball
Bat
Chalk
Drinks and snacks (maybe frozen treats?)
Duct tape
Golf Ball
Golf putter
Metal lids, one per person, for medals
Pebbles
Ping Pong Paddle and Ball
Plastic Cones
Plastic container
Ribbon - approximately 2 feet per person - for making medals
Soccer Ball
Softball
Table or raised deck
T-Ball Stand
Tennis ball
Water bottles, filled with water colored by food coloring
Create a circuit around the outdoor area with several stations
At each station, place a piece of sporting equipment. Leave enough room between each station for safe play.
Pick an action for each station, keeping in mind the age and abilities of your guests
For example, kick soccer ball around a cone.
Or how many times can you dribble a ball?
Make a mini-golf hole from a recycled plastic container
Cut out the side of a plastic container and now you can play mini-golf!
How many times can you keep the ping pong ball in the air?
How many pebbles can you toss into a chalk circle?
How far can you hit a softball?
How many bottles of water can you knock down with a tennis ball?
See how cool it looks when you put food coloring in the water?
When the obstacle course is done, hand out homemade medals
Make medals by attached metal jar lids to ribbon with some duct tape.
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