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This Harvest Relay group game is perfect for all ages. The activity teaches kids about the importance of sticking with God’s harvest, even when it gets challenging.
You’ll Need:
- a large tub
- cold water
- cranberries
- apples
- plastic spoons
- two identical containers
- a scale
Fall Festival Games: Harvest Relay
At one end of the room, fill a large tub with cold water, cranberries, and a few apples. At the other end of the room, form teams of four or five. Give each child a plastic spoon and each team the same size container. Each team has five minutes to make its container the heaviest. You’ll need a scale at the end of the game.
On “go,” one child from each team runs to the tub, scoops up cranberries or apples using only a plastic spoon (no hands). Then that player returns to his or her team to dump cranberries or apples into the team’s container.
If the child drops the fruit on the way back, he or she must pick it up with the spoon. The next person in line repeats the process. Kids will learn that apples increase the weight in their team’s bucket, but those are harder to remove and use up more time.
Weigh the containers at the end of the relay.
