Relay Races and Games for Kids Groups (Everything From Bump Relay to Tape-Head!)

Relay Races Children are divided into teams and have to run one at a time to the other end of the hall and back. Variations include: Running, Hopping, Skipping, Jumping through hoops, Crawling, Running Backwards, and..

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Bump relay Team sit on a long line of chairs (lined up like a bench). 1st one leaves seat, rushes around back to last seat and bumps player forward.
Team wins when whole team is back to original places. Messy Relay Transport flour/water/rice crispies etc in a paper cup held in mouth.
No hands.

Transfer contents to bowl at end of team line. Winner = greatest volume transported in a given time.

Long Jump Relay Player 1, from standing position, jumps forward as far as they can. Player 2 then jumps from where 1 landed.

Etc.
Winner = team to make longest combined jump.
Mummy Race Teams wrap up an opposing team member with toilet paper to make a "mummy". Then the two mummies race for own team.

Centipede Relay Team lines up facing down hall. Whole team, simultaneously, takes one large pace forward. 1st player takes off and runs around team 3 times, ends up at rear, shouts "GO" and team paces forward again.

Winner = 1st team to reach end of hall.
Tape-head One team member has his head taped up with masking tape (sticky-side out) and then has to run to a spot, at the far end of hall, and picks up small light objects (e.

g. paper shapes, plastic cutlery, lego) with head only - No Hands! Then runs back to team and they remove the items.
.. go again, time limit. Be extremely careful that the masking tape is sticky side out and does not attach itself to the players skin (ouch)! Blanket Relay Teams carry their lightest member on a blanket around a course.
Driving Pigs to Market (pig = lemon or potato) Pig is driven with a pen or stick around a course and back..
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hand over to next team member.
Air-bed Surfing Lightest person in team lies on airbed.
Rest of team lie down like a line of logs and roll air bed across their bodies. Winner = first to reach end of hall. Coin-book-ball Relay Team member balances book on head, coin in eye and ball between knees - race to end and back.

Next player repeats.
Hands Full Relay Assemble identical pairs of objects (one for both teams) place on table at far end of hall.1st player runs up picks up any object runs back, hands over object to 2nd player who runs up, selects 2nd object (still holding onto 1st object) runs back, hands over both objects to 3rd player.
.. etc. Mad relay Have daft instructions written on slips of paper in a hat on a chair, at end of room (same set of instructions for each team). 1st player runs up selects a paper - does instruction - then runs back to tag next player (e.g.

's Run around chair 5 times shouting "I'm a muppet!".

Run to nearest person and scratch their head. Run to leader and shout "you're no spring chicken" etc).
Variation - slips of paper can be inside blown up balloons. - players then burst balloon to get instruction Sucker Relay Each member has a straw and picks up a little square of paper by suction - runs to end and back - transfer same bit of paper to next player.
Balloon Pop Relay Each team member must run up to a chair blow up a balloon and pop it.