We found 18 results tagged with "games"

18 Challenges

7 participants 4 comments
Posted on: April 23, 2008

Team up for a scavenger hunt

Challenge yourself for: 30 days

Get ready for fun, teamwork, and healthy competition. The scavenger hunt idea can be applied to practically any occasion or theme. Create a Photo Hunt where teams must take pictures of hard-to-find...

4 participants 1 comment
Posted on: April 23, 2008

Go bowling in your backyard

Challenge yourself for: 30 days

Various forms of lawn bowling are popular around the world (bocce, boules, pétanque), probably because socializing during the game is half the fun. And since they’re non-contact sports that are about...

2 participants 2 comments
Posted on: April 19, 2008

Test your luck…and tossing skills

Challenge yourself for: 30 days

A great option for family events, horseshoes toss extra fun into any barbecue or picnic. Challenge yourself to rally the troops and enjoy a friendly game. _(When logging progress for this...

5 participants 1 comment
Posted on: April 18, 2008

Hop to hopscotch

Challenge yourself for: 30 days

Remember when you owned the blacktop? Hopscotch captures the joy of using your body in challenging, varied ways, while also improving your aim and balancing skills. Plus, it’s something we can...

2 participants 2 comments
Posted on: April 15, 2008

Tag - you’re it!

Challenge yourself for: 30 days

As a kid you ran around just for the fun of it, remember? Jog your memory with friendly game of tag. You can level the playing field by having faster or fitter players hop, skip or jump instead of...

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Posted on: April 14, 2008

Dive for sunken treasure

Challenge yourself for: 30 days

Here’s something you probably haven’t done since you were a kid. Go to a swimming pool with some friends or a group and take along some bright shiny objects. Now, toss those objects into the water...

2 participants 1 comment
Posted on: April 13, 2008

Monkey around at the playground

Challenge yourself for: 30 days

When was the last time you slid down the slide? Or hung on the monkey bars? You may be surprised that lots of these activities leave you puffing after a few tries. Bring a kid along for inspiration or...

4 participants 1 comment
Posted on: April 13, 2008

Flip a disc

Challenge yourself for: 30 days

Tossing a disc with friends is simple but satisfying. Even at a basic skill level you’ll capture the game’s joys. Relish the first time you go for an impossible catch…and make it. Or improvise a game...

5 participants 0 comments
Posted on: April 13, 2008

Have a croquet day

Challenge yourself for: 30 days

It’s fun, it’s relaxing, and most of all it’s a lovely way to spend an afternoon outdoors. A great game for mixed-age groups, croquet develops hand-eye coordination and puts the lawn to good use...

1 participant 0 comments
Posted on: April 13, 2008

Get fired up with flag football

Challenge yourself for: 30 days

For pure athleticism that almost anyone can enjoy safely, flag football is the way to go. Just tuck some colored cloth into the back of your sweats and get ready to run your tail off. Make up crazy...

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Posted on: April 13, 2008

Got game?

Challenge yourself for: 30 days

You don’t need 10 players to take to the basketball court. Just fire-up a friend or two and practice skills you want to master, like lay-ups, three-pointers or dribbling. By focusing on the technical...

1 participant 1 comment
Posted on: April 13, 2008

Get into dodge

Challenge yourself for: 30 days

Finally, something you learned in school that you can use in real life. Dodgeball is great for grown-up play and fun family events (with a few rules to keep things in check, like throwing below the...

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Posted on: April 13, 2008

Get your kicks

Challenge yourself for: 30 days

No serious strategy or batting skills required. Kickball frees us to get goofy and get a workout to boot. Played on a standard baseball diamond, kickball uses a big rubber ball that anyone can connect...

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Posted on: April 13, 2008

Jump Double Dutch style

Challenge yourself for: 30 days

There’s a reason some of the fittest athletes in the world jump rope as part of their regimens – it works. But kids do because it’s good old-fashioned fun. Double Dutch requires extra coordination...

3 participants 1 comment
Posted on: April 13, 2008

Horse around with hoops

Challenge yourself for: 30 days

In the game of Horse, participants choose a basketball shot – easy or outlandish – that their competitors have to match. Missing earns them an unwanted letter (H, O, R, S, and E). The game ends when...

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Posted on: April 13, 2008

Pick up ping pong

Challenge yourself for: 30 days

From the leisurely backyard variety to the intense sparring of competitive athletes, ping pong is exactly what you make of it. Open tables are often available at community centers and gyms. And some...

3 participants 3 comments
Posted on: April 13, 2008

Hide and go seek

Challenge yourself for: 30 days

Where’s your best hiding spot? The great thing about playing hide and seek is that it exercises your body and your imagination. Challenge yourself to rally the young'un's and treat them to a game...

7 participants 5 comments
Posted on: April 13, 2008

Catch some exercise

Challenge yourself for: 30 days

Few things are as elemental as tossing a ball back and forth with a friend. Challenge yourself to grab a glove, invite a kid or call up a pal, and head outside for a leisurely game of catch. _(When...