Burn energyGood for siblings
Stuffy Toss
Every stuffed animal in the house, one chair, and a lot of throwing.
- Ages
- 15 mo–6 yrs
- Play
- 10–25 min
- Prep
- 2 min
- Mess
- barely any
- Energy
- wild
- Where
- anywhere
You’ll need
Things you probably have at home.
- stuffed animals
- a chair or cushion to land them on
Optional
- painter's tape for a throwing lineDon’t have it? Amazon
- a laundry basket as a second targetDon’t have it? Amazon
How to play
Before you start: Pile the stuffed animals in one spot. Put a chair a few steps away, or lay a cushion on the floor as the landing pad.
Show them how: pick up one animal and throw it onto the chair seat.
Let them throw the whole pile. Cheer for every one that stays on.
When the pile is empty, they fetch the animals back and start again. The fetching is half the game.
Once most of them land, take one big step back.
Give the animals jobs: the big ones have to land on the chair, the small ones on the cushion.
What it helps with
Make it different next time
- Call out which animal to throw next, by name or by color.
- Two targets, two scores: one point for the cushion, two for the chair.
- Throw underarm, then overarm, then with two hands over the head.
Cleanup: Make the last round a throw into the toy basket.
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