Field Day Fun - Beanbag Toss

Another great Field Day Game - All you need for this game is hula hoops and some beanbags. Divide your class into teams; have teams line up behind a starting line with a bucket of beanbags for each team. Teams should be facing hula hoops that are placed an appropriate distance across the field for your specific grade level. When the whistle blows the first student from each line takes a bean bag from their bucket and tries to toss it inside of the hula hoop. If the beanbag lands inside the hula hoop the student gets a point for their team. After the first student takes his/her toss they move to the back of their team line, and the next child on the line tosses the beanbag. This continues until the whistle is blown to end the game; the team with the most points at the end is the winner or play until the team that gets to 10 points first is the winner!

Field Day Fun - Hula Hoop Roll

More Field Day Fun! All you need for this game is your students and some Hula Hoops. Divide students into teams. Each team has one hula hoop. Teams line up relay style facing a large area. When the whistle blows, the first person from each team rolls his/her hoop. As soon as the hoop falls down, the next student on line runs to the hoop and rolls it. As soon as the hoop falls down, the next student runs out. Play continues until one of the hoops passes a designated line. That team receives a point. Begin again from the start. Play for a designated amount of time. Whichever team has the most points when the time runs out is the winner!!!

Field Day Fun - The Sponge Toss

Field Day Games – This really fun game is a wet one sure to cool kids off from the outside heat. Have two rows of buckets lined up across from each other; fill one row of buckets with water and leave the other row empty. Each student gets a partner, one partner stands with the bucket filled with water and the other across from that student with the empty bucket. The child next to the bucket filled with water takes the sponge and dips it in the bucket, absorbing the water, then tosses it to their partner who is standing across the way with the empty bucket. The partner catches the sponge and squeezes the water into their empty bucket, then tosses it back. This process continues until the first team fills an empty bucket or until the whistle is blown and whichever team has the most water in their bucket wins!


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Field Day Fun - Pizza Box Relay!

Here is another fun field day game. All you need is pizza boxes and gym cones. Separate students into even teams (or as even as possible) and line them up behind the cones. Across the field, you can pick the appropriate distance; there should be more cones with pizza boxes stacked next to them. Teams line up facing them. When the whistle blows the first person dashes across the field to their pizza boxes, they grab 1 pizza box and run it back to the next person on line. They hand over the 1 pizza box and proceed to the end of their team line, the person with the 1 pizza box now dashes across the field and grabs another pizza box and now runs back with 2 pizza boxes and gives it to the next person and continues to the back of the line. The next person dashes across the field with the 2 pizza boxes and grabs a 3rd pizza box to run back with. This continues until a team drops the boxes. The last team left that has not dropped their boxes or the team that carried the most boxes wins! You can change the level of the game to make it more challenging, for example younger students can carry the boxes with both hands while older students must hold the box with one palm hand up.

Field Day Fun - The Frisbee Pancake Flip

This is a great game that not only can be played outdoors, but indoors as well! To play this game you need to provide your students with a Frisbee and a bean bag. The bean bag should be a different color on each side or have a different symbol on each side. Students put the bean bags on the Frisbee. They each have one minute (or you can decide an appropriate time frame) to flip the bean bag into the air and then catch the bag in the Frisbee; it’s a good idea for each student to take a few practice flips before the competition begins to allow them time to be comfortable with the game. Once they begin; every time the bean bag is flipped and caught on the opposite side it started on the student earns a point. Example the bean bag has one side yellow and other side green, student begins flip with yellow side facing up and catches bean bag in Frisbee with green side facing up he/she earns a point. The students that earn the most points are awarded a ribbon for their pancake flipping skills! Check out some of our fun incentives for field day by clicking here! Please share your game ideas for field day in our comment section below!

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Try adding elements of the television show Survivor to Field Day. Organize activities in which the students work together in groups. Call these groups “tribes” and name them. In advance of your special day, have students create flags to represent their tribes. Decorate your event space with island flair, including unlit tiki torches. Encourage friendly and respectful competition between tribes. Remind youngsters to be supportive of their tribe mates with “Field Day Is Cool! Do Your Best, Cheer On Others” Ribbons. When everyone is ready to leave the island, distribute gifts from the “Field Day Is Cool!” Theme Kit.

Brightening The Day

In addition to promoting physical activity, use Field Day to generate class spirit. Within each grade level, assign each class a color, either blue, green, red, white, or yellow. Think of the name of a band that goes with each color, such as The Moody Blues or The White Stripes. Supply teachers with “Field Day Rocks!” T-Shirts in the color that their class has been given. Hand out “Field Day Participant” Paper Bracelets to students, also in the appropriate colors. Kick off Field Day with a pep rally in which classes sit together by color and cheer whenever their band name is mentioned. Play lively rock music to get everyone pumped up.