Activity Overview
Quell boredom with this easy to set up and play Marshmallow Launch Game. This is a game where flinging food is actually encouraged. Players are divided into teams of two where there is a launcher and a catcher for each team. The launcher uses a spoon and a marshmallow to create a catapult in their hands with which to fling the marshmallows to their catcher who stands 10 feet away within the constraints of a hula hoop boundary.
This silly game is great for parties, hand and eye coordination and just plan old fun which gets kids thinking and moving and laughing. Children of all ages will have fun joining in on the fast paced fun.
Materials Needed
- Bag of marshmallows
- Plastic spoons
- Paper cups
How to Play
- Divide players into teams of two.
- Each team has a marshmallow launcher and a marshmallow catcher.
- Create a starting line using a string or a long stick.
- Place two hula hoops 10 feet away from the starting line for players to stand in while attempting to catch the marshmallows.
- The marshmallow launcher will use the plastic spoon to pull back and fling marshmallows to her teammate, the catcher.
- The catcher catches her marshmallows in a paper cup, but she cannot step outside of the hula hoop ring.
- The marshmallow launchers fling from 10 feet away.
- The first team to catch 10 marshmallows in their bag wins.
