Category: Games

Capture the Flag

 There are two teams.
 
Team 1 has the front yard and Team 2 has the back yard, or a field was split between the two teams.  The teams are given a time period, like 5 minutes, to hide their flag in their part of the yard. 
 
[optional] During this period spies were sent out to see were the flag was hidden as well as look-outs to catch the spies.
 
When the flag is hidden you call out that you are finished. Then you simply try to get the other teams flag. If you get caught and  tagged by the opponent on their territory you had to go to jail and could only be freed by a teammate who grabs you when your opponent isn’t looking.
 

The first team to capture the flag wins.  In most versions you had to both get the flag, and bring it back to your side.

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Track Your Money

This is a fun website activity for you and your kids. It keeps track of where ‘George’, a one dollar bill goes. You can start your own dollar’s journey, or if you receive a bill already marked, you should enter it in so others can see where their money has been. Check it out. Where’s George

Cow Poker

clear pixelWhat’s the best way to count cows? 
With a cow-culator, of course!

Here is how to play this classic car travel game. Divide the car occupants into teams – left side and  right side. Decide how you will determine when the game will end (time, length of trip, etc).  Count the cows you see on your side of the car. If you pass a field full of lots of cows, you’d better count fast!  If you pass a cemetery on your side of the car, you lose all your cows — but only if the opposing team calls out “your cows are buried!”. 
 

This game gets interesting when distraction tactics are used to either cause your opponent to miss cows on their side of the road or to miss a cemetery on your side of the road. A white horse can count as a bonus. The team with the most cows wins!

Here is a point system you might like to use to make it a little more challenging: 

1) Cows = 1 point each.
2) White Horse = 50 points
3) Chimney by itself (house burnt down) = 50 points each.
4) Peg legged man = 500 points each.
5) Gray mule = 100 points each.
6) Wind mill (out in pasture pumping water) = 50 points each.
7) Sheep or goats (replace cows if none are around) = 1 point each.
8 ) Cemetery = wipes out points.  Start back at zero (0).
 

Have some more fun with cows and tell some cow jokes while you play!

click here for jokes!

Treasure Hunt & Noisemaker

You’ll need:

•Small Soda or Water Bottle
•Rice
•Beads, Charms, Glitter, Sequins, Other Small Items
•Small Kitchen Funnel
•Craft Glue

Instructions:
Start out by cleaning the bottle well and removing the label. Make sure the bottle is totally dry before you start this project.

Place the end of the funnel into the bottle and start filling it! Start out with about a cup of rice. You can add more or less if you like. Then, start adding any small items you would like to ‘search’ for in the bottle. It can be beads, charms, small toys, etc. Make sure if young children are helping you that they do not put any of the small items in their mouth. You can also add some sparkle to your bottle by adding glitter or sequins.

Once you have everything you want in your bottle, spread some glue around the threads on the neck and replace the cap tightly. This will prevent the cap from falling off or being removed by small fingers.

In the bottle above, I added several shaped beads. They are shaped like a variety of items such as dogs, boats, hearts, starts, etc. If you add special shapes like this, your noise maker can also be a game. Challenge your child to find specific shapes or colors by rolling the bottle around to reveal hidden treasures.

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Crossword Puzzle Helper

I love crossword puzzles. And I do them in pen. Not because I’m that confident–it’s just that I like the way pen writes on newsprint much better than pencil. Sometimes I want to check to see if a word I’m guessing is correct before I enter it. And sometimes, dang it, I just don’t know the answer. Here’s a nifty website that I’ve been using to give me a hand.

Check it out!

http://crosswordtracker.com/

Do you use a pen or pencil for crosswords? and why?