22 raring2go.co.uk Raring2go! SUMMER SPORT Garden Games How to have your own Commonwealth Games With the Commonwealth Games coming to Birmingham, how about holding your own championships in the back garden! You could have a go at these challenges or invent your own sports. Raring2go! reader, Anna-Marie, and her family decided to hold their own Sports Day at home. She tells us what was involved and what games they enjoyed: “I thought about what sort of sports my children enjoy at school sports day and improvised to fit in with the size of my garden. We had a super hero theme for the day. I bought a ‘sports day mega pack’ kit from The Range which included an egg and spoon race and jumping sack, amongst other things, but you could use your own spoons and ping pong balls instead, and pillow cases for the sack race. I also bought a limbo game from the Range but you could have two adults holding a broom loosely instead. We made a banner too! After this was all over, we closed with an awards ceremony where I had printed off ‘superb effort’ certificate and stickers for the children. My husband ordered medals from eBay and had them engraved but you could also make your own out of ribbon and air drying clay.” Find more ideas for GARDEN GAMES at raring2go.co.uk/hold-your-own-commonwealth-games NETBALL Team England made history at the 2018 Commonwealth Games by winning gold for the first time. Swap the netball hoop for a washing up basket and the netball for a rolled-up pair of socks. See how many points you can score in 30 seconds CHARADES Guess the sport. Write the name of each of the 20 Commonwealth Games sports on a small piece of paper and put them in a hat. Pull out one piece of paper at a time and act out the sport you have chosen for your family to guess. FRISBEE DISCUSS Mark your starting point on the ground and from a standing start, throw the frisbee as far as you can. Collect the frisbee and try to beat your best distance. Thank you to Aspire Active Camps for these suggestions below for garden games. See the full article on our website. Just scan this code.
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