Equipment needed: Event sign, 2 jump ropes for lines, at least 150 plastic bugs or worms, 4 flat containers or buckets to put bugs in.

Activity Name: “Swamp Monster”
Grades: All

Students line up in two teams with the first person from each team standing inside a starting hoop. Give all students a plastic cup. On the signal to begin, the students inside the hoop will dip their cup into the trash can full of water, turn and pour his water into the cup of the person next to him and so on down the line. When the water reaches the last student in line they will pour it into the empty bucket and run to the front of the line to begin the activity again. This will continue until all team members have had a turn to be in the front of the line. Students stop on the signal and event volunteers will check the buckets with yardstick to see who has the most.

• If time remains, have students repeat activity.
• To increase difficulty for older grades - have students turn around backwards with their cup between their legs.

Equipment needed: Event sign, 2 hula hoops, 1 metal yardstick, 2 large trash cans filled with water, 40 plastic cups (16 oz.) & 2 five-gallon containers.

Activity Name: “Goblin Squeeze”
Grades: All

Students line up in two teams with the first person from each team removed from the line and seated with a one liter bottle placed above his head, inside a hula hoop about 50 yards from their team. The second person in line will stand inside a starting hoop. On the signal to begin, the students inside the hoop will dip their sponge into the trashcan full of water, run to the seated student and squeeze his water into the bottle. The squeezer then takes the sitters place and the sitter returns the sponge to the next person in line and then goes to the back of the line. This will continue until all team members have had a turn to be the sitter or the bottle is filled. If all team members have had a turn to be the sitter and their bottle is not filled, students will stop on the signal and event volunteers will check the bottles to see who has the most. If time remains, have students repeat activity.

Equipment needed: Event sign, 4 hula hoops, 2 one liter drink containers, 2 large sponges, & 1 large trash can filled with water.

Activity Name: “Return to Max’s Room” (Refreshment Station)
Grades: All Grades and Volunteers

This is the refreshment and first aid station. Students are to be given one cup of drink and two-three cookies each. All minor injuries should be treated here. Any injury that requires more than a simple clean-up and/or a Band-Aid should be dealt with by the nurse in the health room.

Equipment needed: Cups, tent, ice in coolers, drinks, cookies, trash bags, and First Aid Kit.

* There will also be an event called the “Hoop Monster” at this station. This event is an attempt by the student standing in a hula hoop to toss a stuffed monster through one of two hula hoops set up at this station.

They will do the “Hoop Monster” first and then move through the line to get their drink and cookies. Students with drink and cookies should sit and watch other events while waiting to rotate.

Equipment: 4 hula hoops, 2 sets of hula hoop stands, stuffed monster dolls, stickers, and prizes.

Activity Name: “The Wild Rumpus”
Grades: All

There will be two teams for this event. Students line up in groups of three with the first person from each team facing forward and straddling a PVC pipe. The second and third persons in line will stand facing backwards, also straddling the pipe. On the signal to begin, the students will weave in and out of the cone course and back to the starting line. The next group will pick up the pipe and will continue as above. If time remains, have students repeat activity with a new person as leader.

Equipment needed: Event sign, at least 12 medium cones, & 2 large PVC pipes.

Activity Name: “Max’s Magic Trick”
Grades: All

Divide students into pairs. This is a staring contest with the first person to blink, laugh, or smile "losing" the contest. On the signal to begin, the partners will stare at each other until time is called (about 35 or 40 seconds 3rd grade and under, about 60 seconds 4th and 5th grade) or one of the pair blinks, laughs, or smiles. Students will change partners after time is called, continuing as above.

Equipment needed: Event sign, stopwatch.

Activity Name: “Max Sails”
Grades: All

Divide students into groups of five or six (the groups don’t have to be even). Have all students loosen their shoe laces on one shoe. Line up one group at a time behind Line A. On the signal to begin, children will kick one shoe off as far as possible. Let the next group go and so on. Wait until everyone in the class has kicked before retrieving shoes. Repeat! How far did the shoes go?

Equipment needed: Event sign, 12 cones - measured off every 20 feet.

Activity Name: “Wild Things Two Headed Race”
Grades: All

Students will line up with a partner in their teams behind a start cone. On the signal to begin, the first pair of students in each line will pick up the large T-shirt from the ground, put on the shirt so that both heads are out and each student has their outside arm sticking out the arm hole of the shirt. The partners will move to the cone, go around it, and move back to the start cone where they will quickly take off the shirt and give it to the next set of partners. This continues until all pairs have had a turn.

Note: The teams must have the same number of participants. If needed, use the classroom teacher if odd number of students. The first set of partners can go again to make the teams even if necessary. Repeat activity as time allows.

Equipment needed: Event sign, 4 cones, 2 large and 2 extra large T-shirts.

Activity Name: “Roared Their Terrible Roar”
Grades: All

Students line up in one line with the first student standing inside a starting hoop. The first student runs from the hula hoop to the line 75 feet away. They will stop, turn around and begin to roar and run at the same time. The student stops running as soon as his/her roar ends. The student stays where he stops until all have had a turn. The next person in line begins from the hoop and this continues until everyone has had a turn.

Equipment needed: Event sign, 1 hula hoop, 1 jump rope to use as a line.

Activity Name: “Max’s Suit”
Grades: All

Students line up in two teams with the first person from each team standing inside a starting hoop and one player from each team standing on the polyspot. All students, except one from each team, are given a numbered card that specifies what item they are to get. On the signal to begin, students run from their hoop to the table, present their card to the volunteer and get their specified item off the table. They put their item on “Max” (student mannequin) and return to the line. The next person in line then runs down to get their specified item off the table and put it on “Max”. This continues until all players have had a turn to dress “Max”.

Important note: Cards must be given out in order and mannequin must be dressed in that order.