ADVENTURE RACE 2011

Activity / Supplies / Instructions
T-Shirt Relay / oversized t-shirt
(can be dry, wet, or frozen!) /
  1. Teams are single file
  2. 1st person puts the shirt on and grabs hands of 2nd person
  3. Team members transfer shirt from 1 to 2 and so on
  4. Complete when everyone has passed the shirt

GROUP Change
“Categories” / None /
  1. Ask participants to group themselves based on the following options:
Clasp your hands together fold the thumbs across the top, is your right or left thumb on top?
Balloon Pop / Buckets filled w/soapy water balloons
Sturdy chair /
  1. Teams are single file behind the chair
  2. Run to the bucket, grab a soapy water balloon
  3. Carry the balloon to the chair and pop it
  4. Complete when each person has popped a balloon

GROUP Change
“Categories” / None /
  1. Ask participants to group themselves based on the following options:
Fold your arms across your chest. Is your right or left arm on top?
Ooblek Challenge / Ooblek (cornstarch & water)
-can use food coloring for color wars
2 Liter bottle /
  1. Teams are single file behind the ooblek
  2. Grab a handful of ooblek and run to the 2 liter bottle
  3. Get as much ooblek into the bottle as possible
  4. 5-10 min. Most ooblek wins

GROUP Change
“Categories” / None /
  1. Ask participants to group themselves based on the following options:
Which leg do you put into your pants first?
Baseball/Bobbing / Baseball bat (or equivalent)
Kiddie pool, filled w/water & peeled onions or apples /
  1. Spin 3X on the bat & run to the kiddie pool
  2. Bob for an apple/onion
  3. 5-10 min. Apples =5pts, Onions =10pts

GROUP Change
“Categories” /
  1. Ask participants to group themselves based on the following options:
Which eye do you prefer to wink with?
Pie Eating Contest / Watermelon pies(1-2in thick circle of sliced watermelon)
Benches /
  1. Teams are lined up along a bench with watermelon pie in front of ea. Person
  2. Eat the watermelon pie without using your hands
  3. Complete when all team members have finished

GROUP Change
“Categories” /
  1. Ask participants to group themselves based on the following options:
Are you a folder or scruncher (toilet paper)
Human Log Roll / None /
  1. Teams lay side by side on the ground
  2. 1st person “log rolls” over the team, once they reach the end, 2nd person goes…
  3. Complete when all members have rolled

GROUP Change
“Categories” /
  1. Ask participants to group themselves based on the following options:
Can you roll your tongue? (yes/no)
TP Mummy / Toilet Paper /
  1. 1 person from each team is wrapped in the TP
  2. 5-10 min. Most complete mummy wins

GROUP Change
“Pick a Color” / Colored Rubber Bands /
  1. Each person picks a band, the color is their team

Bazooka! / Bazooka Bubble Gum
Paper Bowls
Whipped Cream
Benches /
  1. Teams are lined up along a bench w/ 2 bowls of whipped cream in from of them (gum in 1)
  2. Without using their hands they find the gum
  3. Complete when someone blows a bubble

GROUP Change
“Blue Sky” / None / Group chants: "Green fields, red earth, blue sky. Go!” On go, have people hold up a # from one to
ten fingers. All the people holding up an even number of fingers on one side, odd fingers on the other.
There’s a Hole in my Bucket! / Blue bin filled w/ water
#10 can with holes
Empty Container /
  1. Teams are single file behind the empty container
  2. 2-3 people fill the #10 can w/ water & carry it back to fill their empty container
  3. 5-10 min. Whoever has the most water

GROUP Change
“This or That?” / None / Hamburger or Hotdog – Day or Night – Hike or Bike – Inside or Outside – Round or Square – McD’s or BKing
Use Your Noodle / Cooked Spaghetti
4 Paper Plates /
  1. Teams are single file behind an empty plate
  2. 1st person runs to the spaghetti & picks up as much as they can w/ their toes & bring it back to the empty plate
  3. 5-10 min. Most noodles wins

GROUP Change
“Blonde or Brunette?” / None / Do blondes or brunettes have more fun? Group participants by hair (light or dark works too)
Dance Off / Stereo
Pre-Selected song /
  1. Each team will have 10 min to choreograph a routine to their pre-selected song
  2. Each team performs for the judges
  3. Most creative wins

GROUP Change
“MC Chant” / None / Chant MC all the M’s are a team, all the C’s are a team
Cotton Ball Crawl / Cotton Balls
Vaseline
4 paper bowls
Paper towels /
  1. Teams are single file behind the empty bowl
  2. 1st person gets Vaseline on their nose & crawls to the bowl with the cotton balls
  3. Collect as many balls as possible & crawl back to the empty bowl
  4. Complete when each person has gone

Egg/Balloon Toss / Eggs
Water Balloons /
  1. Everyone stands in a circle
  2. Alternate egg, balloon…
  3. On judges count everyone throws
  4. Continue until the last person is standing