Playing With Bean Bags

Bean bags are loved for their versatility. They come in a variety of shapes, colors, textures, and sizes. Because of this, they are now widely used as helpful tools in activities that promote movement and socialization among children. A couple of fun games and activities are listed below:

Crab Crawl

1. Set up a rectangular playing field by drawing a line over the boundaries.

2. Throw at least 20 beanbags at random locations.

3. Gather 20 children and split them into two teams.

4. Mark a particular area on the rectangle as the starting point. Let the first members from each team stay in this point and get them into a crab walk position.

5. Walking like crabs means being on all fours with their stomachs pointed toward the sky.

6. Once you say “go,” ask them to crab walk towards the center, grab one beanbag, and put it on their stomachs. They have to return to the starting point while crab walking backwards without dropping the bean bag.

7. As soon as they come back, the next player takes their place. The first team to finish wins.

Hit the Target

1. Find a nearby gym, court, or an empty garage space. Use chalk to draw a large square to serve as the playing field.

2. Gather at least eight kids and divide them into two groups.

3. Perform a coin toss to find out which group stays in the middle and which one should stay on the perimeter of the square.

4. A medium-sized beanbag is given to the group situated outside. The objective of this activity is to throw the object to hit the persons inside so they can be out of the game.

5. Have a non-player present to act as the timer and referee. Once the referee says “go”, the hitting begins.

6. The teams switch places during the next round.

7. The team that is able to hit all players at the least amount of time wins.

Musical Pass

1. Just like musical chairs, ask players to position themselves while standing in a circle facing each other.

2. Hand the beanbag to one person in the circle.

3. When the music starts, let them pass the item around in a clockwise or counter-clockwise manner.

4. The person holding the beanbag as soon as the music stops is out of the game.

5. The passing continues until only one person is left.

There are many other fun and exciting things to do with beanbags. These are great tools for letting kids bond with friends and develop their interaction skills. They also promote movement and keep the little ones away from gadgets and video games that make a lot of them addicted today.