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box-or-bucket
MAIN POINT: Team building!This is a silly outdoor or indoor retreat, camp, or group game. You need several (10-20) cardboard boxes (med-large), blindfolds, buckets, and water.Blindfold a group of 8-10 people. Place them among the boxes and tell they have 2 minutes to form a wall around themselves using the boxes. The wall doesn’t have to be higher than...
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tubal-tug
Get 5 small to medium sized inner tubes. One of them serves as the middle ring. Tie 4 ropes (ropes should be 8 to 10 ft. in length) to this middle tube (you have to have your tubes tied for this game!) Tie the other ends of the ropes to the other 4 tubes - one rope to each...
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tubal-bacon
Steal the Bacon with inner tubes. This is a physically exhausting game that can be lots of fun but might be best if played with boys against boys and/or girls against girls.Mark a large square in the field and place a stack of seven to ten inner tubes in the center of the square. Divide the group into four...
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criss-cross-crash
Safety Note: Be very careful - if you don't use good safety precautions, this could result in injuries.Divide your crowd into two teams, each team in two groups for a relay. Line the teams up in four corners of the playing field, each team diagonal with its partner team.Give each group 2 or 3 tubes (depending on size). The...
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banana-split-slide
Everyone remembers their very first slip and slide out in the yard on a hot summer day. Here is a fun variation.Get approximately 50 feet of plastic tarp and items that would be found on a banana split (ice cream, strawberry syrup, caramel syrup, chocolate syrup, banana pieces, and maraschino cherries). Pile items on top of the tarp and...
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pool-baseball
Set up four inflatable pools in a normal four base pattern. It works best if the pools are large enough to fit at least 1/8th of your group. Between each pool, lay down strips of visquene (Slip 'n Slide) as wide as each pool. Soak those strips and squirt them with liquid soap. (Keep a hose handy) Use a...
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