Wentz Family Reunion

ARTS AND CRAFTS ~ FUN AND GAMES

Here you will find fun arts and crafts and games that we can play at the reunion. Suggestions are always welcome. Below is the shoutbox. So give a hollar!

Emily's Greeting Card Gift Boxes

Emily's Greeting Card Gift Boxes

Supplies:

Greeting Cards
Scissors
Ruler
Scotch Tape
Pen or Pencil

1. Cut greeting card in half

2. Draw a large X Across the card, putting a dot in the middle, you must use a ruler for the x.

3. Fold each side of the card to the center of the X. Top and Bottom.

4. Cut 2 slits , on each end of card about 1/4 into the card.

5. Fold and tape.

6. Place box together as gift box.

Share-A-Pair Race

Here's a togetherness-promoting variation on a three-legged race. Instead of tying your leg to your teammate's, a team of two "shares" a pair of pantyhose or sweatpants. Ideally, partners should be about the same height, but mismatched pairs make the race more challenging.

Every team is given a pair of pantyhose or sweatpants (cut off the toes of the pantyhose).
Each player places one leg into a leg of the hose or sweatpants so that the team is "sharing" the garment.
Team members put their arms around each other's shoulders to race.

Plan ahead tips:

Buy pantyhose and cut off the toes.

To use sweatpants, you can start collecting early or go to Goodwill.

Humpty-Dumpty Race

All the king's horses, all the king's men, and all of your family will want to play this spoon race game. Place a plastic egg filled with water (or a water balloon) on a spoon and see who can make it to the finish without dumping Humpty.

Give players a spoon and a plastic egg filled with water, or a small water balloon.

The player who reaches the finish line without dropping their egg wins.

Plan-Ahead Tip:

Buy plastic spoons, and plastic eggs or water balloons.

Wheelbarrow Switch Race

Find a favorite cousin or grab a willing sibling to team up for hands-on fun. Just as in a classic wheelbarrow race, one player is the wheelbarrow and "walks" on her hands. Her partner holds her feet and "pushes" the wheelbarrow as they careen to the finish. In this version, partners race to a line, switch positions, and race back.

Chin-to-Chin Pass

Look, Ma, no hands! In this game, the chin is the thing. Fruit, rubber balls, or water balloons are passed from chin to chin, down the line to the last player. The first team to pass the fruit without dropping it wins.

Teams consist of 5 to 10 players.
Each team forms a line and is given a piece of fruit, like an apple or an orange.
The first player places the fruit under his chin and bends his head to keep the fruit in place.
The second player must use her chin (no hands allowed!) to take the fruit from the first player.
Players pass the fruit from chin to chin until it reaches the last player, who holds the fruit in the air to signal the team is done.
You can use a basket of fruit per team to make the game more challenging.

Plan-Ahead Tip:

Buy fruit, balls, or water balloons to pass.

Smiley Face Beanbag Toss

You'll be grinning from ear to ear as you toss beanbags at the ever-smiling faces on the cardboard target. Each player has five chances to toss a beanbag through the semicircular smiles.

Ages: All

A discarded refrigerator box is ideal for creating a target, but any large cardboard box will do.
On one side of the box, draw or paint five yellow circles with black outlines.
Draw a smile and two eyes in each circle; the smiles should look like semicircles.
Cut out the semicircles, making sure that they are larger than the beanbags. Make openings of varying sizes and at various heights.
Players try to toss beanbags through the smiles. Each player receives five beanbags.

Plan-Ahead Tips:

Ask an appliance store near you for refrigerator boxes or check with a local moving company.
Make your target by painting the box or drawing on it with markers.
Buy or make beanbags. Party goods stores, toy stores, and the online retailer U.S. Toy are places to look for beanbags.