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21. Bat the Balloon

Prep & Props:  Inflated balloons.

Teams line up with members standing side by side, separated by the distance obtained when players stretch their arms sideways. Fingertips should touch between players.

The first player in line takes an inflated balloon, and bats it towards the second person in line, who bats it to the third person, on down the line and back again.

The only rule is this: once the players have taken their stance, they may not move their feet. If a balloon falls to the floor, or if someone moves his feet in an attempt to reach the balloon, the first person in line must run and get the balloon, and take it back to the starting line to begin again.

Variation: add more than one balloon per line, going in both directions

22. Bean Bag Relays.

Prep & Props:  beanbag for each player
Walk/run/hop with bag on head/between knees/between feet.

Variation: Use inflated balloons in place of beanbags.

23. Bed-Sheet Ping-Pong

Prep & Props:  Bed sheet, ping-pong ball.

Players stand and hold a bed sheet on opposite ends. A ping pong ball is placed onto the sheet. The sheet is then raised or lowered. The object of the game is to get the ping-pong ball to fall off the other team's side.

Variation: Can be played with a parachute instead of a bed sheet and/or a balloon instead of the ping-pong ball

24. Blown-Up Fortunes  

Prep & Props:  A balloon for each player, and quite a few extras to substitute for the ones that break ahead of time; a fortune, written on a slip of paper, for each player.  Push a fortune into each balloon;
Blow up the balloons and tie their mouths

The fortunes may be funny or serious or silly - anything you think will add to the fun of the party. Here are a few suggestions:
You will marry a robot and have 14 children.
You will be a prisoner in the zoo.
You will get a pleasant surprise before the day is out.
If you don't stop eating so much cake, you'll get fat.
Watch out for clones.
You get the idea. When everyone has arrived, throw the balloons up in the air and let the players catch them. After they have each captured a balloon, tell them to burst the balloon if they want to find out their fortunes. The party begins with a BANG.

25. Buzz Bomb Balloons

Prep & Props: 1 uninflated balloon per Player, write the players name on the balloon with a dry-erase marker, target.

Have everyone inflate a balloon and release it in the direction of a target on the floor. Winner is the closest balloon to the target.

26. Catch the Balloons.

Prep & Props:  3 or 4 inflated balloons

Arrange the players in a circle on the floor and number them Put the highest number in the center to act as 'it'. He should hold a balloon and suddenly drop it as he calls out a number. The holder of that number then should try to catch the balloon before it touches the floor. If he succeeds, 'it' tries another number. If he fails, he becomes 'it'

27. Center Catch

Prep & Props:  ball or balloon

Players form a circle with arm's-length spacing. "It" stands inside the circle. The players pass a basketball, play ball or football from one to the other. "It" attempts to touch it or catch it. If "It" touches or catches the ball, the last player who touched it is "It." The ball may be passed across the circle at random or to the next player in either direction.

 Variation--Fill The Gap

One player walks around outside the circle, taps another player on the back. Both race around the circle in opposite directions. The player that fails to "fill" the gap continues the game.

28. Chair Basketball

Prep & Props:  1 chair per person; 1 set of headbands for one team; inflated round balloons;

Divide the group into two teams. One team wears headbands. Teams sit on chairs a few feet apart forming a circle and alternating members of each team (i.e. red team member, blue team member, red team member, etc.)

The players must remain seated throughout the entire game. The game begins with the placing of a balloon between the two teams. The object of the game is for both teams to attempt to pass the balloon from one team member to another to the end chair, where one member of their team is holding his arms in a circular fashion (similar to a basketball hoop). The team who scores the most hoops in a given period of time wins.

29. Channel Tag

Prep & Props:  ball or balloon

All players in circle face to the right, standing in straddle position.  Ball is passed between legs from player to player, either forward or backward, in attempt to keep it away from "It," who is in the center of the circle.

30. Crazy Relays

Prep & Props:  Inflated balloons, per each team, a potato, broom, paper towel tube, paper cup, straws for each player.
1. Go down and back tapping a balloon and keeping it in the air. If it hits the floor, pick it up and continue.
2. Walk down and back with a potato between your knees. If it falls, pick it up and put it back between your knees and continue.
3. Trot backwards, flapping your arms.
4. Using a broom, sweep a paper towel tube down and back.
5. Place an empty paper cup over a straw and place the straw in your mouth. Go down and back keeping the cup on the straw and the straw in your mouth.
6. Clasp your ankles with your hands and keeping them there, go down and back.

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