Beach games

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