Beach games
There are so many activities that you can do at the beach.
Here are just a few ideas for games to play next time you hit the beach:
- frisbee
- making sandcastles
- tug of war
- [scavenger hunt] https://www.healthykids.org.nz/move/games/scavenger-hunt
- beach relays eg, have players fill cups with sea water, then run to empty them into a bucket. The first team to fill the bucket wins.
- three legged race
- [captain's coming] https://www.healthykids.org.nz/move/games/captain%E2%80%99s-coming
- [stuck in the mud] https://www.healthykids.org.nz/move/games/stuck-in-the-mud
- target practice (draw circles in the sand and number each one then challenge kids to collect points hitting targets with stones or shells)
- limbo
- [make and fly a kite] https://www.healthykids.org.nz/move/games/make-and-fly-a-kite
- sand [hopscotch] https://www.healthykids.org.nz/move/games/hopscotch
- beach soccer (build goals out of drift wood or sand)
- [beach cricket] https://www.healthykids.org.nz/move/games/beach-cricket