we are having a company picnic and i am in charge of childrens games. can you help me with outside games?
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Children have a short attention span, so I would highly recommend looking into getting, just for the day, something to keep them all busy. A good idea might be a jumping castle or similar. Other games that can be played are musical games; musical chairs, hot potato, dancing contest, karaoke, etc. The are time consuming for the planner because they must last short periods of times, to keep the children's interest. Hope this helps! A link below provides a number of outside games that will surely keep them busy for a larger amount of time.
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If its warm outside, i suggest water. Everyone loves getting wet!\nWater baloons, water relay races, water gun fights, ect, ect.
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a pool, indoor and outdoor. maybe a water slide too.  a daycare center so the parents can have alone time while the kids play. maybe a toy store that rents toys for their stay, like board games, family movies, squirt guns...etc.
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since the weather is now warm outside, you could try having a picnic at a local beach or park, or maybe a cookout at your home...maybe a luau theme?
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BUS STOP, ZIP ZAP ZOP, HOUSE PARTY, and fun games like that.\n\ndrama rox.
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try games and recreation and then the subcatagory board games
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Put little pieces of paper in balloons. When the children pop them they have to do what the paper says (ie, paint Susie's toes blindfolded, put makeup on with no mirror, etc.). Kids can pick a balloon out of a garbage bag. \n\nDid this at my 7 y/o daughter's party and it was a lot of fun.\n\nGood luck & have fun.
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Let them go to www.boredatwork.com.  All kinds of fun games there :)
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Here's some ideas:\n\n1.) the balloon game: break into groups of five and have team mates link hands. Every group gets a balloon which is not allowed to touch the ground. Players must keep the balloon in the air without holding it or letting go of hands. Sounds easy? Gradually eliminate parts of the body which players are allowed to touch the balloon with (no hands, no arms, no head, no feet, ect.). Object: count the times you can hit the balloon keeping it in the air and try to score higher than the other groups.\n\n2.) Wacky relays: This one can pretty much be designed however you like. During P.E. one way my class plays is that they are in groups of six, have one exercise mat, and two scooters and they must get all players across the gym with out touching the ground. Object: work as a team to create a system in which to beat other groups in a relay.\n\n3.) Seeing eye dog game: Players find a partner whom they trust. One player is blind folded while the other is stationed at the other end of the gym or playing area. Across the feild "dangers" such as rubber cones, hula-hoops, or foam noodles are set up. Blindfolded partners start opposite their seeing partners who yell directions to them to lead them safely across the feild. Once they reach their partner they switch rolls. Also, if they touch a "danger" that partner must start again from where they began. Object: get both players to opposite sides of the feild quicker than opponents.\n\n4.) Hula-hoop game: Groups of 5 (or more) form a circle and lock hands. A hula-hoop is placed over one person's arm. Players step through the hoop and pass it around with out breaking links with their arms. Object: Get hula hoop around the circle quickest.\n\n5.) Knots: A group of 5 or more stands in a circle and locks hands with two different people in the circle (somewhat across from them). Then, by turning their bodies, stepping over or under each other they work as a group to untie their "knot" and form a circle. Object: Form a circle quicker than other groups. \n\nI'm sure these games can be adjusted to fit your needs also. Good luck! I hope this helped.
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Try reposting your question under the category Games and Recreation. You'll may get better results that way.
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send inventations out have a bbq hotdogs,hamburgers,play vollyball crocket darts water balloon fights dance music a mixture of all kinda music
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Put out a blanket and just relax outside at the park.  Make a SCRAPBOOK!!  Go through all of your stuff and just create, create, create.
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Hiding and finding games (like easter eggs but you could hide and find anything) - then have the older kids hide again for the younger kids.  Finding games, like they go and find a leaf or rock and then bring and show to parent/adult.  Don't know if you can do rubbings.  use paper and crayon if there are any surfaces to make designs.  "Bathtub" games on the swing like trying to swing exactly together or exactly opposite.  Balancing games on teeter totter, get the exact weights in the right places to balance.  count how many times the merry-go-round goes around.  Fly kites.  Bring pets.  THese kids are too young for really structured games.  Involve the parents.  Do run and stop games (someone hollers go and stop) and have the kids run to an adult who is standing on the playground.  These are just some ideas.  Hide-and-seek.
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give them a theme like under the sea or something. Then judge it based on creativity, colorfulness, design, etc. hpe that helps
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well I have a few ideas. this is for the children and the adults. if you take the presents that you will be giving everyone and hide them then have a little scavenger hunt. give everyone a piece of paper with a riddle on it (for the children pair them up or keep theirs simple) like, "I'm Big, always cold, if you leave me open things inside will go bad" (answer a frig) so then everyone who has that one will go to the frig and they will find another riddle until they find their gift. that's always a fun one and even though it's kinda childish the adults will love it, it will bring them back to their childhood. I would also suggest having some wine sangria specifically. or you could do a Yankee swap. everyone brings a gift wrap and puts it on a table. then everyone pulls a number. if you have 12 people you would have 1-12 on little pieces of paper everyone picks a number and number one goes picks a gift (no one knows who it's from) then number two goes and they can decided to keep the one they pick or take number 1's gift. and so on until everyone has a gift then once the last one picks number one gets to decide if they want to keep what they have or pick anyone else. then everyone opens them at once and laughs about what they got. I have more ideas but this is getting long. email me and I'll see what else I can come up with
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Go on a picnic or day hike.\nGo watch kids play at the park.\nGo to one of your houses and make cookies or cupcakes together.\nGo volunteer together at a soup kitchen or something involving kids or the elderly.\nLook for free activities in your town's community calender.
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Quick questions...what is your budget?  How big is the field (is this regulation NFL or just a little league football field)?  How many kids will be there (bodies will help fill up the space, too)?  How old are the kids?  \n\nThey have those boards where you can throw a football through and get so many points depending on which hole the football goes through.  You might be able to rent that.\n\nYou might also get some adults to volunteer to be in cartoon costumes (depending on the age of the kids...if they are say 10 and under).  You might also get your local arts council to volunteer to do some face painting...you can pick out cool things like footballs, helmets, arches, butterflys, bees, stars, etc.\n\nYou might see if you can get a little ice cream cart, too.  You know like the little Good Humor carts?  Maybe you can have a photo station set-up where the kids can have their pics taken with the lineman.  It could be simple...a little table for processing, and then photos in front of the field goal posts or something?\n\nYou can also rent ALL KINDS of MEGA SIZED inflatable figures.  You might call your local party rental store to see what they might have available.  \n\nIf the schools where the students are coming from have cheerleaders, let the cheerleaders participate and perform cheers to add to the excitement and "realism" of the activities.  It would even be neat if NFL cheerleaders could cheer alongside the little ones.\n\nAnyway, just a few ideas.  Unfortunately, nothing is free, but maybe you can get some stuff donated or for cheap.\n\nGood luck and have fun!  Sounds like a blast!