Minute to Win it Game ~ Cup Stacking
I love it when kids are entertained by simple things.  I don’t know how many Christmas mornings and Birthday’s we watched our little ones enjoy the box more than the present.   Today the girls played a simple Cup Stacking game during Sunday School.  They were so excited and couldn’t wait to get home and show us their new skills.
Cup Stacking Supplies:
The thing I love about Minute to Win it games is that they use regular house hold objects.  Things we already have around our house.  For this game you will need:
- 36 disposable plastic cups
- A flat surface like a table
- A stop watch or one minute timer
- a group of friends to cheer you on ~ not necessary but way more fun.
Stack Attack ~ a simple Minute to Win it Game
Place the cups in a single stack on the table.  When the one minute timer begins, pick up the stack of cups and begin creating a triangular-shaped tower.  Your bottom row should contain 8 cups, then you stack 7 cups on top, stack 6 cups in the next row and continue on ending the tower with a single cup.
Once you have the tower built, quickly deconstruct the tower into a single stack. Â Your goal is to build a tower and take it down in less than a minute.
(The girls ended up adding a few more than 36 cups just to see how tall they could get their towers.)
I love how tall they made this stack. Â Bree ended up standing on the couch to add the last few cups.
Team Work
The girls were in total concentration mode as their tower of stacked cups grew. Â So cute! Â They had fun beating the clock individually and as a team.
I LOVE Annika’s expressive face. Â Every cup that was placed she got more and more hilarious!
Problem Solving
I enjoyed listening to the girls work together to build the largest tower of cups possible. Â There was lots of giggling, squealing, and nervous gasps. Â Who knew a few cups could be that exciting!
Um, these pictures are hilarious. I’m glad we have such awesome toys at Sunday school to entertain your girls 🙂 Love it!
Thanks SO much for loving on my girls. They can’t wait to see what you are going to teach them next week. No pressure:)
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Fun idea using normal everyday stuff!! I love it. Now to keep my 2 year old from messing up my 5 year old’s masterpiece!
Thanks for the post!
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