Minute To Win It

Get ready

1. Pick a few challenges and gather the supplies (some may need to be brought from home).
2. Set a timer for one minute per challenge.

How to play

1. Bucket Head: catch three balls in a bucket on top of your head.
2. Defying Gravity: keep two balloons in the air.
3. Breakfast Scramble: put together the front of a cereal box that's been cut into eight pieces.
4. Dizzy Mummy: unroll a small roll of toilet paper by spinning your arm in circles. (Unroll some first so it's doable.)
5. Elephant March: knock over bottles using a baseball bat hanging from pantyhose worn on the head.
6. Tissue Toss: using both hands, empty a whole tissue box.
7. Play It By Ear: put five cans holding different amounts of pennies in order. (Number the bottoms with a marker to check.)
8. Separation Anxiety: sort 25 multicolored chocolate candies into five containers in a set color order.
9. Candelier: stack four layers of cans with paper plates in between.
10. Tweeze Me: use tweezers to move five Tic Tacs from one bowl to another.

Tips & variations

• Let kids cheer for each other. Watch small candies and balloons with younger children.