Kids' Games: Throw for Your Dinner

A fun throwing game for kids that works indoors or out -- and the stakes are rather high

ADDED June 10, 2008

With summer coming in and temperatures on the rise, we're going to be providing some ideas about having fun outside. However, sometimes it's nice to stay indoors, out of the heat, and this idea is a physical activity that can work for those times, too. You can play it inside or out.

You'll need three to five tupperware of varying sizes and shapes. You'll also need one of your child's durable plastic toys that is about the size of their fist. In our house, we have some plastic toy vegetables that work perfectly.

Arrange the tupperware on the floor (or grass) a few feet away from your child. Tell them they can't move their feet, but they have to get the toy into one of the tupperware. Of course, they'll have to throw.

They get an unlimited number of chances.

Kids enjoy this activity. It seems to be the right amount of challenging for young kids: it's hard and requires some trying, but it's not too difficult.

To up the stakes a bit, I always tell my boys that they can't have any dinner unless they get the item in each of the tupperwares. (They know I'm joking, so they're not too traumatized.)   It is fun to hear a 3-year-old say, after his throw goes wide, "Oh, no!   No dinner for me!"

ages 2-7,

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