There are two types of Field Days. I have added a list of games for Buddy field day. I am hoping to add to the events often to keep it current. The buddy events are ones in which my school will be doing this year. The team events are ones we did in the past. I am trying out the buddy field day to see how it goes. I am hoping it will go well so the school will want to do it rather than the team events.

For those of you who are not familiar with a buddy field day let me tell you about it. This type of field day tends to be just half day for the students. If you are using it for elementary students you can have half the school in the morning and the other half in the afternoon. You need to set up around 30-40 events. Each student is paired up with a buddy. Make sure each student has pin to them a list of the activities. When the buddies are done at a station an "x" is made by the event on the card. Students are to go to every event. If they are done with all the events with time left, then they may return to the events that they liked. You will need plenty of parent volunteers for this field day. When sending the list out for volunteers be sure to explain things, which they will be doing for the day.

Team Events
Buddy Field Day Events

You may recruit student helpers to retrieve balls or to help with the equipment. PLEASE DO NOT ASK THEM TO JUDGE RACES.

Please be familiar with your event and the rules for that event. Please be consistent in judging your event.

Magic Mustang tickets are in your volunteer packet. You may reward good citizenship, good sportsmanship and/or courteous and helpful students. Please SIGN any that you give out.

Teachers are responsible for supervising their students and for making sure the students get to the events on time.

Volunteers who are running the last events of the day (1:45 - 2:15) should return equipment to the gym. Student helpers may be needed.

Games and Activities

1. Basketball - Hot Shot (GYM)
   Equipment: 3 different colored basketball, stopwatch
   Player shoots for 30 seconds, 3 players at a time. Each student keeps track of the number of shots made. Announce 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. BOYS AND GIRLS GRADES 1-5

2. Scooter Relays (GYM)
   Equipment: 8 scooters, cones for obstacle course
   This event will take place in the gym. There will be heats of 8 students each. Each student will be seated on a scooter. The students will race on the scooter through various obstacles. Announce 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners for each heat. BOYS AND GIRLS GRADES 1-5

3. Water Balloon Toss (OUTSIDE BASKETBALL COURT)
   Equipment: Water Balloons
   Each group will select partners and face each other in two lines. Balloons will be tossed and if caught, the line moves back one step. If the balloon breaks, the partners are out. Announce 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. BOYS AND GIRLS GRADES 3-5

4. Sponge Head
   Equipment: 5 buckets, 5 sponges, cones
   The entrants will be divided into 5 relay teams and sit behind the starting line. On the starting signal, the first person in each line runs to the bucket, picks up the wet sponge, places it on his/her head, runs around the cones, returns to the bucket, dips sponge into the water and throws it to the next person in line who follows the same pattern. Announce 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams. BOYS AND GIRLS GRADES 1-5

5. 50 Yard Dash/ 30 Yard Dash
   Equipment: painted start & finish line
   At the start of each race, the runners, in heats of 10, will line up behind the starting line. On the starting signal, each runner will run straight ahead staying in the same lane for the 30 or 50 yards. Announce 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners for each heat. BOYS AND GIRLS GRADES 1-5

6. Foxtail/Vortex Throw
   Equipment: 5 foxtails or 5 vortexes
   In heats of 5 students, each entrant will be given a foxtail or vortex and have one chance to throw it as far as possible. Announce 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place for each heat. FOXTAIL- BOYS AND GIRLS GRADES 3-5. VORTEX- BOYS AND GIRLS GRADES 1-2.

7. Tug-O-War
   Equipment: Tug-O-War Rope
   Classrooms will compete against each other. If there are 5 classrooms in the grade level (4th and 5th grade) then a teacher will draw for a winner and that class will automatically be declared a winner. After the other classes have competed and determined winners, the automatic winner will then compete against the other winning teams to determine the overall grade level winner. If there is time, you could also have the non-winning teams compete against each other. The students will pick up the rope only after the volunteer's command and then pull only when told to "GO". The object is to pull the center of the rope past the cone marker. The students are not to let go of the rope, and are to stop pulling once the volunteer declares a winner. BOYS AND GIRLS GRADES 1-5

8. 440 Relay (Distance Run)
   Equipment: 4 large cones, 6-8 small cones, and 5 batons
   Each runner will be stationed 110 yards apart on the track. On the staring signal, the #1 runner will start with the baton, run and pass it to #2, who then runs and passes it to #3, who then runs and passes the baton to #4 who runs to the finish line. If the baton is dropped, it must be picked up before the runner can continue running. FOUR RUNNERS PER TEAM - 5 TEAMS PER HEAT. Announce 1st, 2nd and 3rd place per heat. BOYS AND GIRLS - GRADES 1-5

9. 200 Yard Run
   Equipment: painted start and finish lines, cones
   10 runners at a time will line up behind the starting line. On the starting signal, each runner will run 200 yards. Announce 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place for each heat. BOYS AND GIRLS GRADES 2-5

10. Javelin
    Equipment: 5 different colored foam noodles
    Heats of 5 students will get one throw of the javelin. Announce 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners for each heat for the 3 furthest throws.

11. Pie Pan Relay
    Equipment: 5 tin pie pans, 5 poly spots, 5 large buckets for filling pie pans, 5 small buckets for emptying pie pans
    Students will be divided into 5 equal teams. A pie pan will be filled with water at the starting point. The pie pan will be carried to the other end and emptied. The pie pan will be returned to the starting point for the next participant. Announce 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams. BOYS AND GIRLS GRADES 1-5

12. Rat's Tail
    A rope and flag belt will be provided for each participant. The rope should be looped once over the belt until about 12" remains on the ground. At the starting signal, participants attempt to pull out the other participants' "tails" by stepping on them. Losing the tail, stepping out of bounds, or using your hands on the rope of another person is cause for elimination. Boundaries will be decreased when down to last three contestants. Announce 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. BOYS AND GIRLS GRADES 3-5

13. Splash Flyer
    Equipment: 10 poly spots, 10 buckets for water, 5 frisbees, stopwatch
    Heats of 5 teams at a time. Students will stand on their poly spot across from each other. Students will have a bucket of water in front of them. Students will take turns dipping the flyer in their bucket and tossing the flyer back and forth. The three teams with the most catches in 30 seconds are declared 1st, 2nd, 3rd place winners. BOYS AND GIRLS GRADES 3-5

14. Bucket Head
    Equipment: 5 small buckets for passing overhead, large water buckets
    The object of this activity is to be the first team finished. There will be 5 equal groups. Everyone in the group will be competing at one time. Line up the groups so that they are sitting in a single file order. The first one in each line will get a bucket and fill it with water. They will then pass the bucket backward overhead to the next person in line. The bucket will travel all the way down to the end of the line. The last person in the line will run to the front of the line and start the process over again. The activity is over when everyone is back to his/her original starting position. Announce 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams. BOYS AND GIRLS GRADES 1-5

15. Two in a Tube
    Equipment: hula-hoops
    Two members per team, 10 teams per heat. The team members step into hula-hoop and bring it to their waists. On the starting signal, each team will run straight ahead for 30 yards. Announce 1st, 2nd, 3rd place teams for each heat. BOYS AND GIRLS GRADES 2-5

16. Low Hurdles
    Equipment: hurdles
    At the start of each race, the runners, in heats of 8, will line up behind the starting line. On the starting signal, each runner will run and jump over 3 low hurdles then run straight to the finish line. Announce 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners for each heat. BOYS AND GIRLS GRADES 2-5

LOW HURDLES - students will race each other over the hurdles.
30 YARD DASH - short sprint race.
SHUTTLE RUN - run down grab a bean bag, take back to line, go and get the other one.
SACK RACE - step into the potato sack and race partner to other line.
CONSTUCTION - buddies will race to stack boxes carrying them from one site to another.
JUMP ROPE - students are given a minute to perform as many jumps possible.
RING TOSS - get three rings to toss and land it over a cone.
PUTT PUTT - who can putt the ball in the fewest strokes.
BOWLING - play one frame of bowling, higher score wins.
FRISBEE GOLF - player to get Frisbee in goal with fewest throws wins.
SPOT TOSS - players have 3 spots to toss and land in a hula-hoop.
LIMBO - see how low you can go against your buddy.
STANDING LONG JUMP - who can jump further while standing and jumping.
HULA HOOP TOSS - you are given three hoops to toss and try to land over a chair.
DOME WALK - who can walk across all the domes without falling off.
TAP AND SWITCH - who can tap the top of the soccer ball the most in 30 sec.
HIPITY HOP RACE - students race the bouncing hipity hops around a cone and back.
HOOP CRAWL - who can crawl through the hoops the quickest.
GARBAGE COLLECTOR - scatter different color beanbags, students will rush to pick up their colored bags and place them in the bucket.
KANGAROO HOOP - place the ball between the legs, hop down to the cone and back.
STILT WALK - use the stilts to walk to the cone and back.
TUG OF WAR - students will play a one on one game of tug of war.
FOXTAIL THROW - who can throw the foxtail further.
BEACH BLANKET BALL TOSS - use the beach towel to toss the beach ball to the other buddy team. Point is given when the ball hits the ground, play to 3 points.
FOOTBALL THROW - who can throw the football further.
3 ARM RACE - lock elbows and race another team.
SOCCCER DRIBBLE - dribble a soccer ball around cones and back.
HAMMER THROW - who can hammer throw the furthest.
SOCCER SHOT - 3 chance to make a goal against you partner.
FRISBEE THROW - who can throw the firsbee further.
BEAN BAG TOSS - you have 5 bean bags to try on toss in one of the holes.
KNEE TAP - how many knee taps can you perform in 30 sec.
WATER BALLOON TOSS - toss water balloon back and forth, after every successful catch take a step back.
RAG BALL THROW - who can throw the rag ball the furthest.
BUCKET BALL TOSS - given 3 tennis balls to try and land in a bucket.
SCOOP THROW - who can throw the ball further using the scoop.
2 SQUARE - play one game of 2 square.
PUSHUP CONTEST - who can do the most pushups.
BASKETBALL SHOT - try to make as many baskets in 30 seconds.
SNACK - station for getting a snack.

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