LAND SHARK
Items needed:
Gummi Shark candy
Directions:
In this challenge, you’ll find out if a shark really can walk on land. Place a gummi shark
on your forehead. You will have 60 seconds to wriggle your face muscles and help the
shark to walk from your forehead to your mouth. Complete this challenge in 60 seconds
or less, and you win a prize to go with the sweet taste of victory.
CRAB BALL
Items needed:
Oven mitts
A bucket with 10 ping pong balls
An empty bucket
Set up:
Place the 10 ping pong balls in one bucket. Set both buckets on a table together. You
can set them farther apart for a greater challenge. The player will wear the oven mitts
as “crab claws.”
Directions:
Crabs can do a lot with their claws, but there’s a reason humans have fingers instead.
In this challenge, you must put on a pair of “crab claws” (oven mitts) and use them to
transport 10 ping pong balls from one bucket to another. Complete this challenge in 60
seconds or less, and you will get a prize that won’t leave you feeling crabby!
STINGRAY
Items needed:
A rope with a knot at the end
Four cones
Empty aluminum cans
Set up:
Set the four cones in a circle, and place a can on top of each cone. Attach rope to
the back of the player’s waist. This is their stingray tail.
Instructions:
Stingrays are beautiful creatures that move gracefully through the water, but their
beauty is exceeded by the danger in their tails. In this challenge, you must use your
stingray tail to knock the four cans off the cones surrounding you. If you knock the
cans off with anything but your tail it does not count. Complete this task in 60
seconds or less and you win a prize.
LADDER SNORKEL
Items needed:
A ladder
Five snorkels
Instructions:
In this challenge, you must toss five snorkels at a nearby ladder in an attempt to get all
five snorkels hanging from the rungs like Christmas candy canes. If you can
successfully get all five snorkels to hang from the rungs before 60 seconds runs out,
you win!
PIRATE TREASURE
Items needed:
A fish tank full of water
Three small glasses or shot glasses
Quarters
Instructions:
If one could reach the bottom of the ocean, you would find countless shipwrecks of
pirate ships full of treasure. In this challenge you will attempt to add to the
underwater treasure by dropping one coin in each of the three underwater glasses. If
you can get one quarter into each glass in 60 seconds or less, you win!
GONE FISHIN’
Items needed:
A fishing pole and line (can be a stick and string)
A gummi worm
A fish tank
A pretzel
Set Up: Tie the gummi worm to the end of the fishing line. Set the pretzel down in the
fish tank. (Note: you can either wet the gummi worm with a spray bottle or let the kids
lick it.)
Instructions:
It's time to do a little not-so-deep sea fishing. Your task in this challenge is to catch
the pretzel in the bottom of the fish tank with the wet gummi worm. If you can
successsfully get the pretzel completely out of the fish tank in 60 seconds or less, you
win!
CAP’N PUZZLE
Items needed:
A box of Cap’n Crunch
Set up:
Cut the front of the cereal box off, then cut the front of the box into 16 equal pieces.
Instructions:
What’s a sailor’s favorite cereal? Why Cap’n Crunch of course! In this challenge you
must reassemble the famous breakfast captain’s portrait by piecing the 16 pieces
together correctly. Complete this task in 60 seconds or less, and you will win a prize.
SEAL OF APPROVAL
Items needed:
Seven Little Debbie Zebra Cakes
Instructions:
In this task, you must make like a seal and balance seven snack cakes on your head
stacking them one at a time on your upturned forehead. Complete this challenge in 60
seconds or less, and you’ll look like a narwhal - but you’ll also win a prize!
JELLYFISH FACE
Items needed:
Two bowls
Eight cotton balls
Petroleum jelly; or grape jelly
Set up:
Set the eight cotton balls in one bowl. Set the bowls side by side on a table.
Instructions:
Jellyfish have neither hands nor fingers, so you will have to do this challenge
without either. Spread some jelly on your nose, then transport the eight cottonballs
from bowl to bowl without using your hands, just your jelly covered nose. If you
complete this task in 60 seconds or less, you will win!
FISH SCHOOL IS IN
Items needed:
Goldfish crackers
An empty Goldfish carton, open all the way.
Set up:
Set the carton on the floor at the player’s feet.
Instructions:
One of the ways little fish protect themselves is by swimming close together, giving the
appearance of a big fish. In this challenge, you must send ten Goldfish into the carton
at your feet. If you can successfully complete this challenge in 60 seconds or less, you
win!