They only way they can get back into the game is to be released by someone who crawls under them, through their legs. This activity is great if your school grounds have a long stretch on concrete sidewalk available. It takes just a bit of prep work. Before you take your student out, draw a chain of 26 large squares on the concrete, and label each square with a letter of alphabet. Bring your kids out and supply them with buckets of sidewalk chalk. Give them free choice to draw images that start with the letter in any given square.
Gather students on a large field and set out four bases in the shape of a square- with each base being a different color on each corner of the imaginary square. Pick one student to be in the middle. All of the runners must then go to one of the colored bases and stop. The person in the middle counts to ten, then calls out one of the colors and opens their eyes.
Any runners who chose the base of that color is out. Continue until there is only one player left. Then that player can be the new person in the middle. There are so many fun games to play with a hula hoop. This one is a favorite challenge for younger students. All player will form a circle and hold hands.
You will break up one of the sets of players and have them rejoin their hands in the middle of a hula hoop. Next, the players will attempt to pass the hula hoop all the way around the circle without disconnecting any of the joined hands. Some traditional outdoor games for kids never get old. Like this one! Play this game on a large field with two finish lines, one at either end of a long stretch.
Assign one player to be the traffic cop. That player will stand behind one of the starting lines and all the remaining players will line up on the opposite starting line. Once they do, they can turn around and the other players have to stop.
Play continues as the traffic cop calls out green light and red light and the other players get closer and closer to him or her. The first player to pass the finish line wins and becomes the next traffic cop. We spend so much our time in the classroom focusing on work, work, work. Challenge yourself this spring to try as many of these outdoor games for kids as you can!
Your email address will not be published. Notify me of new posts by email. Skip to content. Detective This is one of my favorite outdoor games for kids! Fire on the Roof All players lay on the ground on their back, forming a line as if they are all asleep in one long bed.
Sharks and Minnows Play this game in an open field with two marked ends. The last minnow standing becomes the next shark. Last player standing wins. Nature Scavenger Hunt For this activity, choose an outside area that has clear boundaries. Person to Person Have your students partner up.
Stuck in the Mud This game is a fun version of tag. After a set amount of time, choose new taggers and continue. Sidewalk ABC Art This activity is great if your school grounds have a long stretch on concrete sidewalk available. Color Corners Gather students on a large field and set out four bases in the shape of a square- with each base being a different color on each corner of the imaginary square.
The Challenge: Two players stand at a designated starting line. One is the caller and the other is the runner. The caller draws a card from the deck and announces the first number in the sequence.
The runner runs to that numbered cone, tags it, then runs back to the starting line. The caller then yells out the first two numbers on the card, and the runner must tag both cones, in order, and return. Play continues in this manner, with the runner memorizing the sequence and tagging cones, until all the numbers have been called out. Then the caller and runner swap places and continue with a new card from the deck.
Anyone tagged by the Ghost must take over her duties. Note: this fun outdoor game for kids is especially spooky at night! Have a host of little ones to entertain? Consider Red Rover as an outdoor party game for kids! Have participants split into two teams. Spaced about 20 feet apart, each team must hold hands in a line and face the opposing team.
If the player breaks the chain, he gets to recruit a player from Team One to Team Two. The teams swap turns until one man is left standing. One player will stand in each square. That player must hit the ball into yet another square.
When any player misses the ball or hits it out of bounds, he moves to D, the players behind him advance, and you begin again. All you need for this outdoor game is a jump rope! Have kids gather in a circle with one person the Snake in the center.
The Snake spins around while holding the jump rope, making it move in a circular pattern. To increase the fun factor on a hot day, each player can hold a cup of water while playing. Encourage your kids to set up a makeshift bowling alley with cans or bottles. They can take turns rolling a semi-heavy ball towards the pins. Everyone must stop in their tracks, and if they move during a red light, they must return to their starting position.
You win the game by tagging the Traffic Light. This easy outdoor game for kids works best with three or more players.
The Monkey must intercept and catch the ball to win—and the person who threw the losing ball becomes the next Monkey! Get your kids' fitness plan on a roll with a set of homemade movement dice. To make a pair, use duct tape to seal the edges and cover the sides of two small, cube-shaped boxes we recycled tissue boxes. With a permanent marker, write numbers on one die numerals no higher than ten are best , and various movements "Hop on one foot" or "Spin around," say on the other.
Players take turns rolling the dice, then performing the movement for the number of times shown. Pin More. Start Slideshow. Kids Running Outside Playing. Friends Holding a Soccer Ball. The ghost will hide inside the designated boundaries. If you are not the ghost, you and other players will stand at a spot designated as home base and count with your flashlights off to give the ghost time to hide.
When you and the others yell midnight, spread out, turn on your flashlights and start searching for the ghost. The first person to see the ghost yells 'Ghost in the graveyard. If you are tagged by the ghost before you reach the base, the round ends and you must be the ghost in the next round of the game. Played outside in darkness, firefly requires three or four flashlights for the people who are going to be fireflies. If you are selected as a firefly, you must turn your flashlight on and off rapidly so the other players have a chance of locating you in the dark.
If you see one of them coming towards you, you are allowed to stop flashing your flashlight for approximately 30 seconds so that you can change locations without being seen. If you do not see someone coming and she catches you, you must sit out with the other fireflies until they are all captured as well.
Once all the fireflies have been captured, you can play another round, rotating roles so new people are fireflies and searchers this time.
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