Some Games without toys that Are Electronic
Big Foot Relay. Have the children bring 2 shoeboxes with them. Magnetic Tape the hats onto the boxes, then cut a one-inch-wide and four-inch long slit in each top. Have the contestants slip their feet into the slits in the boxes and race.
Batty Bowling. Retrieve a bit of trivial or unique tokens that can be bumped over by a ball, such as a plastic milk carton, a candlestick, a stand-up dolly, a plastic vase of flowers, a pizza pie box, a pillar of clean cans, an umbrella stand, an empty oatmeal container, and a book. Draw them up like bowling pins and let the bowlers try to tap them through with volleyballs, tennis balls, or golf balls.
Cross Step. Draw a ten-by-ten grid on the sidewalk or patio with chalk. Have each player stand on a different square. One at a time, each player must move to a new square after crossing out the square she or he was formerly standing in. The trick is that players cannot step into a square that is settled or crossed out. If a player cannot move to a different square, he or she is out. The game continues until one player is left.
Drag the Body. Divide the group into two teams. Give each team a blanket. Have one player from each team lie down on the blanket. The teams must drag the body on the blanket from one end of the yard to the other. Whoever crosses the finish line first, wins.
