We have a lot of summer birthdays in our family so we decided to have a combined 4th of July/Birthday party this year. For the party, I was in charge of the games and I decided to host a mini Minute To Win It competition, and it was a blast!
I'm assuming that most of you are familiar with the game show Minute to Win It. But if not, the main idea is that contestants win a cash prize if they complete a given challenge in 1 minute or less. I didn't include time limits or even play for prizes (although that would be fun too), we just had fun playing together!
I'm assuming that most of you are familiar with the game show Minute to Win It. But if not, the main idea is that contestants win a cash prize if they complete a given challenge in 1 minute or less. I didn't include time limits or even play for prizes (although that would be fun too), we just had fun playing together!
So, the first thing I did was come up with the challenges. I browsed a list of Minute to Win It challenges on Wikipedia and chose six that I liked. There are a lot of challenges to choose from on this list, but each one rated on the level of difficulty which makes the list easier to sort through.
Below is the list of the six challenges I chose along with a brief explanation for each. I ended up tweaking some of them a little to fit with our own resources and abilities. So be aware that some of the explanations vary from the actual game show.
Minute To Win It Challenges:
{Card Ninja} The contestants must throw a playing card into a watermelon from 2 feet away. We used one deck of card and split it between to players. We allowed the players to move closer/father depending on how easy/hard this challenge was for them.
{Face the Cookie} The contestants, using only their face, must move an Oreo cookie from their forehead to their mouth.
{Spare Me} The contestant must drop marbles down a pool noodle to knock over ten upright markers from 3 feet away.
{Wet Ball} The contestant must use a spray bottle of water to move a balloon across the ground into a hula hoop 6 feet away. We had three contestants do it each round and we used little squirt guns instead of spray bottles. Afterwards, we let the kids take a squirt gun home as a party favor.
{At the Market} The contestant must place an orange (or small ball) in-between their knees and then, without using their hands, walk/hop around and over different obstacles and deposit them in a hula hoop on the ground. Our obstacle included going around a chair and hopping over two foam noodles while moving from one end of the yard to the other. We had four contestants go at a time and used balls instead of oranges.
{Blow Up} The contestant must blow bubbles through a hula hoop from 3 feet away. We had three contestants do it each round and afterwards, we let the kids take a small bottle of bubbles home as a party favor.
All of these challenges were easy and fun to do for both the kids and adults. Plus, most of the supplies we had on-hand. For most of the challenges we took turns instead of everyone doing it at once, except for the "Face the Cookie" challenge.
Now you're all set to have your own competition. Let the games begin!
{Blow Up} The contestant must blow bubbles through a hula hoop from 3 feet away. We had three contestants do it each round and afterwards, we let the kids take a small bottle of bubbles home as a party favor.
All of these challenges were easy and fun to do for both the kids and adults. Plus, most of the supplies we had on-hand. For most of the challenges we took turns instead of everyone doing it at once, except for the "Face the Cookie" challenge.
Now you're all set to have your own competition. Let the games begin!
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