This is a good game. What it takes is three containers you can use what ever you like. I personally have three outside garbage cans for this game. They were purchased new just for this game.
You have a line on the floor where the kids will stand and not cross. 15 feet from this line you place a garbage pail. Then another 5 feet away from that one you place the second. Do the same with the last can.
Now you say the first can is worth 5 points. The second is worth 10 points and the third is 15 points. You have 5 tennis balls. The idea is to get as many points as possible by throwing the balls into the cans.
Divide the kids up into teams or if the group is small have them play against each other. Keep track of the scores and add them up and the team or child with the highest score will be declared the winner.
This is a fun game to watch because some kids will always go for the big numbers and tend to miss while others will go for the lesser and most times they are the winners because the other kids will throw and try to get maximum points and end up with little to no score.
You can adjust the distance up or down to make it easier or harder. Each group of children will be different in how they throw. So the standard rule will be adjust it to you group. Change the points awarded for each can. Just do what makes the game fun to play and watch.
Of course balls will be missed and they will go everywhere so this game will get the game leaders tired running around collecting the balls! But it is fun game none the less.
