Minute to Win It Games for Kids

When you are hosting a party at home or anywhere else your main job as the host is to keep the guests engaged and entertain them at the same time. More so when the guests you have called in are kids! And needless to say, playing the host is not everyone's cup of tea.

Games keep kids engaged and totally involved in the activity. This holds true when it comes to something which they know and is popular, like the TV game show we are talking about here, 'Minute to Win It.' The best part of this is that all the items that you need while conducting these are all household objects and hence no extra expenditure on gathering the materials.

Most of us have seen the popular game show and so here, I will give Minute to Win It game ideas that are not aired. So have a look at the following section for list of game ideas for kids that you can have.

Balancing Lemon!
This is one of the easy Minute to Win It games for kids aged above 5 years. What they need to do is, hold the end of a spoon in their mouth and put a lemon on the curved portion. Make all the kids stand in a line and mark a start and finish line. Now the competition is to reach across the finish line balancing the lemon without touching it and then run back with the spoon and lemon in their hand back to the start line. Whoever comes finishes in one minute, wins.

Stacking Cards!
A common yet exciting kids' party game, this one is for kids aged above 10 years. As the name suggests, this game has got to do with balancing playing cards like a castle. At the end of one minute the maximum number of cards standing will be counted and the winner will be the one who has stacked the highest number of cards.

Jigsaw Puzzles!
Games that work up and exercise the brain is the ideal party game because it also contributes in child development. Depending on the age group of the kids you can choose the difficulty level of the jigsaw puzzles. Whoever puts in the maximum number of pieces in a minute, wins!

Obstacles!
Gear up the kids for some military training if you are having a garden party. Place some obstacles like buckets, tripod teapots, stools, etc. on the ground either in a line or in a circular fashion, depending on the area you have. What the kids need to do is cross all of these completing the entire course in as many times possible in a minute and whoever does the maximum obstacles is the winner!

And as far as the prizes or party favors are concerned, you can have their favorite food items or a small trip to the water park or any other garden which is equipped with entertainment for kids.

So now that you have a list of easy Minute to Win It games for kids, you can have them as birthday party games or else just about on any occasion to keep them busy.