Celebration Day Activities

Cooperative Activities:  Water Can Relay Equipment: Large barrel of water and enough water cans for each team, cones Description of activity: On the signal to start, the first person on each team carries his team’s watering can to the barrel of water. He or she fills their can and quickly runs to the teams bucket and dumps the water before returning to the line. The next person repeats the same race. The first team to fill the bucket to the designated line is the winner.

 BIG Shirt Race Equipment: Very large t-shirts (enough for each team), cones Description of activity: 3-4 students (depending on grade level) from each team put the large t-shirt on over their clothes and make their way around a cone and back to their relay line. Students take the shirt off and pass it to the next group of students who will get the shirt on and make their way around the cone and back in line. This process continues until all members of each team complete this crazy activity!

Relay Races:  Ball Between the Knees Equipment: One nerf ball per team, one cone per team Description of activity: on the signal to begin, the first person on each team places the ball between the knees and jumps or walks to the cone and back. They must keep their hands away from the ball and if the ball drops out, pick it up and start where the ball came loose.

 The Plunger Ball Carry: Equipment: Plunger for each team, a cone for each team, ball for each team Description of the activity: The first person in each line places the ball in the cup end of the plunger. Holding the stick of the plunger and keeping the cup end upright, the student runs to the cone and back without dropping the ball. Runners may not stuff the ball into the plunger! This continues until all members of each team get to complete this plunger challenge!

Tag Game Zookeeper Tag: Equipment: hoops, pinnies (24) and cones for boundaries Description of activity: One class begins as the taggers (zookeepers) and they will be wearing the pinnies. Their job is to tag as many of the fleeing students (animals). If a student is tagged they will go to the hoop (cage) and wait until another student comes to free them by tagging them in the hoop. This activity will be altered for second and third grade. Each class will get the chance to be the taggers.

Run 4K ¼ mile 5K, grade 1 & 2 ½ mile Grade 3 1 mile Art Paint Splatter Canvas: Students will have the opportunity to create a piece of artwork by cooperatively throwing balls soaked in paint at a canvas that will be hanging!