Minute To Win It

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This is a list of “Minute To Win It” games. If you want more information on a particular game, you can find them listed alphabetically at http://www.nbc.com/minute-to-win-it/how-to/. For ease of tracking the games, please provide all the supplies needed for whatever game you choose to help with. If you want or need help preparing supplies for a game, you can find another family or two and work together. The VO will print & laminate instructions of games that are donated. Put items together in a bag and label it with the game’s name.

Game	Materials Needed
Baby Blockin’	5 wooden baby blocks, Baby Rattle
Baby Rattle (need 2 so the kids can race)	2 empty liter soda bottles, large package of small gumballs
Blow Ball	3red ping pong balls, 3 yellow ping-pong balls
Bottoms Up	6 empty soda cans, yo-yo, scarf
Brush with Danger	Multiple toothbrushes and containers of dental floss
Bucket Head (2 sets)	3 soft balls, bucket
Christmas Ball	1 soft round tree ornament
Defying Gravity	Few bags of large balloons
Flip Your Lid	2 water bottles, stack of plastic cups
Junk in the Trunk	6 tissue boxes filled with 8-10 ping pongs, ribbon
Keep it Up	2 feathers
Loner	1 unsharpened pencil, 20 marbles
Magic Carpet Ride	1 Bath mat
Nimble Thimble	6 nimbles, 6 marbles, roll of masking tape
Noodling Around	packages of uncooked spaghetti, package of uncooked penne pasta
Rapid Fire	6 empty soda cans, bag of rubber bands
Sharp Shooter	3 cards, 3 clothespins, bag of rubber bands
Stack Attack	36 plastic cups
The Nut Stacker	Chopsticks, 10 large metal nuts

Games

Game	Materials Needed
Board or card games that can be played in 30 min or less
Puzzles
Dress up relay	Large pants, Suspenders, Cloth belt, Big boots, Button up vest (nothing that goes on or over the head)
Egg Relays	10 plastic Easter eggs – filled with rice or beans and sealed shut, 4 metal spoons
Jumbo 3 in 1 Checker Rug Game	$12.99 at Cracker Barrel
Jumbo and Gallon Size Zip Lock Bags	To put games into
Story Circle	2 sheets of 10 starts to stories / laminated (the VO will laminate)
Find the other half (4 sets)	14 cards of same size cut in half and laminated (holiday/birthday cards or Go Fish type) (The VO will laminate)
Who am I? (12 stacks)	Post it sheets for identity to be written on & placed on forehead
Memory Game	Small/medium tray, Up to 20 small items – ex: watch, shoe lace, corkscrew, nail clippers, rubber band, screw, pen, picture, key, ring, coin, toothpaste, matchstick, candle, candy, walnut, marble, piece of string, feather
The Knock-out Wink	Deck of cards
Quick on the Draw	20 – 30 individual cards with the names of common objects – things everyone will know, but that aren’t necessarily easy to draw. Ex: a cucumber, a black hole, magazine, dolphin, medicine tablet, squirrel, fried egg, cell phone, shooting star, frog, bar of soap, lipstick, CD, rose, jumbo jet, hippopotamus, wedding ring, a big toe-nail, crocodile, three pairs of socks, a fire… ¼ size sheets of paper to draw on
Dingo (This is a math game similar to Bingo. The VO will create the cards.)	2 dice, 180 small buttons (the size of M&M’s), or similar item, to use as markers to cover up numbers.
What’s in the picture?	5 – 10 detailed pictures from a magazine, book or postcard. The more details in the pictures the better. Laminated. (The VO will laminate)

Bean Bag Games

We are hoping to get as many bean bags as we can... home made or purchased. Making bean bag board games and mats is another easy thing to do at home inexpensively. Here is information on a few mats we found online. Just for example:

Beanbag Game Mats

Jumbo vinyl mats go anywhere!

Develops hand/eye coordination, motor skills, and visual/perceptual control. Printed on heavy-duty vinyl for long wear and easy clean-up. Beanbags (4" sq) and nylon storage bag included with each set.

http://www.gophersport.com/products/item_detail.cfm?item_id=626&RequestTimeout=60&Ne=1000&N=1086&cat_id=1116