Space Race

At the Party:

1. Divide the children into two equal teams. Have the teams line up next to each other, single-file.


2. Hand the first member of each team a large ball, such as a soccer or playground ball, and tell them it's a "spacecraft" or "planet."


3. When you say, "Blast off!" the first player in each line passes the ball overhead to the player behind him/her, who then passes the ball under his/her legs to the player behind him/her.


4. The ball continues to be passed over and under to the back of the line.


5. The last player then runs to the front of the line with the ball and starts the process over again.


6. Play continues until every player on a team has been to the front of the line and the team is back in its original lineup.


7. The first team to finish wins!