One of the best things about Minute to Win It games is how easy they are to adapt. You can make them easier for kids to play, harder for adults, and even turn single player games into games for couples or small teams. If I had listed out adaptations for each of the 25 games below, this post would have been a mile long and taken a year to read. Of all the minute to win it games, kids will eat this one up. First, tie a string around a doughnut, then hang it between two chairs. Littles need to eat the doughnut within a minute without it falling to the floor.
When it comes to classroom parties, I am all about keeping them simple, making them easy to manage, and letting parents help as much as possible. I put together the top 11 minute to win it games for classrooms that you can use for any classroom party throughout the year.
If you have parents willing to help out with parties, take them up on their offer. Parents can help:
- pass out food
- manage game stations
- clean up as we go
Check out the list, grab the free printable download of all of the games, and have a blast at your next class party!
Before I get to the list, here is a tip!
To keep the students calmer and the games organized, have students rotate through the minute to win it games in small groups. You can ask parents to help lead each station and reset it as needed.1. Cookie Face
Supplies: Any round cookie
How to Play: Players place a cookie on their foreheads and have one minute to move that cookie from their forehead into their mouth without using any hands. The winner is the player who gets the most cookies from their forehead to their mouth in one minute. Hint – If your school is strict about treats, you could substitute crackers for the cookies.
2. The Cookie Unicorn
Supplies: 10 cookies per player
How to Play: Each player will try to stack 10 cookies on their forehead. The stack must stay for 3 seconds to win. Hint – If your school is strict about treats, you could substitute crackers for the cookies.
3. Stack Attack
Supplies: 36 cups per person (reusable each round)
How to Play: Players have 1 minute to completely stack and unstack 36 bathroom cups into a pyramid (a row of 8 cups, 7 cups, 6 cups, etc.). The winner is first to complete the task.
4. Smiley Face
Supplies: 1 straw per person, 10 pom poms or M&Ms per person, 1 paper plate per person
How to Play: Players will use the straw to suck up pom poms/M&Ms to make a smiley face. The first person to complete it wins.
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5. Chapstack
Supplies: 2 chopsticks per person (reusable each round), 4 chapsticks per person (reusable each round)
How to Play: Players will use chopsticks to turn 4 chapsticks over so they are standing. The first player to get all four chapsticks to stand wins. This is also great practice for fine motor skills!
6. Defying Gravity
Supplies: 2 balloons per person (reusable each round)
How to Play: Nordicbet com casino. Players must keep two balloons up in the air with just one hand and the other hand is kept behind their backs. The last player with two balloons still going wins. If it gets too challenging, you can drop it to one balloon.
7. Cereal Chopstick Race
Supplies: round cereal in a big center bowl, a paper plate per player (reusable each round), two chopsticks per person (reusable each round)
How to Play: A group of players has to participate together. Each player should pick the cereal pieces from the center bowl to their individual plates using only the chopsticks. The player who has the most on their plate after one minute wins.
8. Keep It Up
Supplies: 1 feather per player (reusable each round), 1 bucket
How to Play: Each player must blow and keep the feather in the air and drop it into the bucket that is placed about 15 feet away somewhere in the room. Finish this in a minute to win the game. Hint – If it gets too difficult, just play until only one person still has their feather in the air.
9. Feather Race
Supplies: 1 feather per player (reusable each round), duct tape to make starting and finishing lines
How to Play: Make a starting and finishing line about 15 feet from each other. Each player puts their feather on the starting line and blows on it to try to be the first person to get their feather to the finish line.
10. Stick the Landing
Supplies: 1 half-full water bottle per person (reusable each round)
How to Play: Toss the water bottle in the air and make it land upright. The first player to achieve this wins, or whoever does it the most in one-minute wins.
11. Paper Dragon
Supplies: 2 rolls of crepe paper per player
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How to Play: Each player holds the beginning of the crepe paper in each hand. The first to unroll both onto their hands/arms wins. Hint- Because this game requires so many rolls of crepe paper, you might make this a two player only game by randomly drawing two students' names to play. Or you could have two adults pair off to play and have the students cheer them on (teacher vs principal, room mom, or aide).
To make things simple for you, I added them all of the minute to win it games for classrooms to one simple free download! You can take it to the Dollar Tree as you gather supplies, cut the directions into strips and give them to parent volunteers at each station, and keep everything in one place so it's easier to stay organized!
Click HERE to grab this FREEBIE!
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These simple game ideas add instant fun to any Sunday School class or Children's Church lesson. Scroll down for a list of games or watch the demonstration video below.
Video Examples: 50 Minute to Win It Games for Kids
How to Play a Minute To Win It Game: Set a timer for one minute and complete the task. Whoever complete the task first is the winner! You might also enjoy learning 3 NEW ways to play Tic Tac Toe: https://youtu.be/R6wg5snxnB8
50 Easy Minute to Win it Games?
- Pencil Flip 0:33
- Sticky Forehead 1:20
- Peeps Stack 2:06
- Sticky Window 2:31
- Marshmallow Chopsticks 3:22
- Flamingo 3:57
- Nose Cotton Ball Drop 5:23
- How Many Can You Eat 5:56
- Peeps Bucket Toss 6:59
- Catch Them In Your Mouth 7:31
- Egg Chomp 8:59
- Bucket Toss 9:48
- Jelly Bean Line Up 10:28
- Draw On Your Head 11:29
- Cookie Face 12:02
- Jelly Bean Sort 12:31
- Card Toss 12:49
- Toss It On Top 13:08
- Jelly Bean 4 Square 13:22
- Tipsy Can 14:19
- Breakfast Puzzle 16:22
- Wipe Out 16:52
- Bucket Ball Toss 17:15
- Lucky Chopsticks 17:45
- Oreo Stack Up 18:32
- Arm Candy 19:13
- Heart On the Line 20:32
- M&M Sort 21:07
- Shovel the Hearts 22:15
- Cupid's Bow 23:00
- Flip It In 23:47
- Blow It 24:52
- Pick Up Your Heart 25:04
- Sort By Color 25:40
- Balance On Top 26:19
- Suck It Up 27:48
- Ball Drop 28:48
- Reindeer Nose 29:57
- Reindeer Challenge 31:17
- Candy Cane Challenge 31:53
- Hook the Tree 32:13
- Fishing for Candy Canes 32:37
- Cherries in the Snow 32:56
- Don't Eat the Stems 33:30
- Melt the Ice 34:15
- Stack of Hearts 35:03
- Snowball Fling 36:10
- Cheeto Head 37:21
- Countdown 37:48
- Card Sort 38:20
Do you need an icebreaker of sorts for your next children's event? Minute To Win It games are great ways to begin an event, engage a crowd of children, and ramp up excitement. All of the games are played with easily accessible household items, so they are easy to prepare and of no cost to your ministry.
If you play one of these games, you want the child to be successful. You also want the crowd to heap encouragement on the player, so lead the students likewise. If you sense a child is not going to make it in the designated time period, help them out. More challenging games can be interspersed for adults to win or lose (the sillier the better). Have 'Thank you for playing prizes' as rewards (whether they win or lose). Have fun! 'You've got 60 seconds!'
More Minute To Win It Games for Kids
- pass out food
- manage game stations
- clean up as we go
Check out the list, grab the free printable download of all of the games, and have a blast at your next class party!
Before I get to the list, here is a tip!
To keep the students calmer and the games organized, have students rotate through the minute to win it games in small groups. You can ask parents to help lead each station and reset it as needed.1. Cookie Face
Supplies: Any round cookie
How to Play: Players place a cookie on their foreheads and have one minute to move that cookie from their forehead into their mouth without using any hands. The winner is the player who gets the most cookies from their forehead to their mouth in one minute. Hint – If your school is strict about treats, you could substitute crackers for the cookies.
2. The Cookie Unicorn
Supplies: 10 cookies per player
How to Play: Each player will try to stack 10 cookies on their forehead. The stack must stay for 3 seconds to win. Hint – If your school is strict about treats, you could substitute crackers for the cookies.
3. Stack Attack
Supplies: 36 cups per person (reusable each round)
How to Play: Players have 1 minute to completely stack and unstack 36 bathroom cups into a pyramid (a row of 8 cups, 7 cups, 6 cups, etc.). The winner is first to complete the task.
4. Smiley Face
Supplies: 1 straw per person, 10 pom poms or M&Ms per person, 1 paper plate per person
How to Play: Players will use the straw to suck up pom poms/M&Ms to make a smiley face. The first person to complete it wins.
Easy To Win Sweepstakes
5. Chapstack
Supplies: 2 chopsticks per person (reusable each round), 4 chapsticks per person (reusable each round)
How to Play: Players will use chopsticks to turn 4 chapsticks over so they are standing. The first player to get all four chapsticks to stand wins. This is also great practice for fine motor skills!
6. Defying Gravity
Supplies: 2 balloons per person (reusable each round)
How to Play: Nordicbet com casino. Players must keep two balloons up in the air with just one hand and the other hand is kept behind their backs. The last player with two balloons still going wins. If it gets too challenging, you can drop it to one balloon.
7. Cereal Chopstick Race
Supplies: round cereal in a big center bowl, a paper plate per player (reusable each round), two chopsticks per person (reusable each round)
How to Play: A group of players has to participate together. Each player should pick the cereal pieces from the center bowl to their individual plates using only the chopsticks. The player who has the most on their plate after one minute wins.
8. Keep It Up
Supplies: 1 feather per player (reusable each round), 1 bucket
How to Play: Each player must blow and keep the feather in the air and drop it into the bucket that is placed about 15 feet away somewhere in the room. Finish this in a minute to win the game. Hint – If it gets too difficult, just play until only one person still has their feather in the air.
9. Feather Race
Supplies: 1 feather per player (reusable each round), duct tape to make starting and finishing lines
How to Play: Make a starting and finishing line about 15 feet from each other. Each player puts their feather on the starting line and blows on it to try to be the first person to get their feather to the finish line.
10. Stick the Landing
Supplies: 1 half-full water bottle per person (reusable each round)
How to Play: Toss the water bottle in the air and make it land upright. The first player to achieve this wins, or whoever does it the most in one-minute wins.
11. Paper Dragon
Supplies: 2 rolls of crepe paper per player
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How to Play: Each player holds the beginning of the crepe paper in each hand. The first to unroll both onto their hands/arms wins. Hint- Because this game requires so many rolls of crepe paper, you might make this a two player only game by randomly drawing two students' names to play. Or you could have two adults pair off to play and have the students cheer them on (teacher vs principal, room mom, or aide).
To make things simple for you, I added them all of the minute to win it games for classrooms to one simple free download! You can take it to the Dollar Tree as you gather supplies, cut the directions into strips and give them to parent volunteers at each station, and keep everything in one place so it's easier to stay organized!
Click HERE to grab this FREEBIE!
pin it
These simple game ideas add instant fun to any Sunday School class or Children's Church lesson. Scroll down for a list of games or watch the demonstration video below.
Video Examples: 50 Minute to Win It Games for Kids
How to Play a Minute To Win It Game: Set a timer for one minute and complete the task. Whoever complete the task first is the winner! You might also enjoy learning 3 NEW ways to play Tic Tac Toe: https://youtu.be/R6wg5snxnB8
50 Easy Minute to Win it Games?
- Pencil Flip 0:33
- Sticky Forehead 1:20
- Peeps Stack 2:06
- Sticky Window 2:31
- Marshmallow Chopsticks 3:22
- Flamingo 3:57
- Nose Cotton Ball Drop 5:23
- How Many Can You Eat 5:56
- Peeps Bucket Toss 6:59
- Catch Them In Your Mouth 7:31
- Egg Chomp 8:59
- Bucket Toss 9:48
- Jelly Bean Line Up 10:28
- Draw On Your Head 11:29
- Cookie Face 12:02
- Jelly Bean Sort 12:31
- Card Toss 12:49
- Toss It On Top 13:08
- Jelly Bean 4 Square 13:22
- Tipsy Can 14:19
- Breakfast Puzzle 16:22
- Wipe Out 16:52
- Bucket Ball Toss 17:15
- Lucky Chopsticks 17:45
- Oreo Stack Up 18:32
- Arm Candy 19:13
- Heart On the Line 20:32
- M&M Sort 21:07
- Shovel the Hearts 22:15
- Cupid's Bow 23:00
- Flip It In 23:47
- Blow It 24:52
- Pick Up Your Heart 25:04
- Sort By Color 25:40
- Balance On Top 26:19
- Suck It Up 27:48
- Ball Drop 28:48
- Reindeer Nose 29:57
- Reindeer Challenge 31:17
- Candy Cane Challenge 31:53
- Hook the Tree 32:13
- Fishing for Candy Canes 32:37
- Cherries in the Snow 32:56
- Don't Eat the Stems 33:30
- Melt the Ice 34:15
- Stack of Hearts 35:03
- Snowball Fling 36:10
- Cheeto Head 37:21
- Countdown 37:48
- Card Sort 38:20
Do you need an icebreaker of sorts for your next children's event? Minute To Win It games are great ways to begin an event, engage a crowd of children, and ramp up excitement. All of the games are played with easily accessible household items, so they are easy to prepare and of no cost to your ministry.
If you play one of these games, you want the child to be successful. You also want the crowd to heap encouragement on the player, so lead the students likewise. If you sense a child is not going to make it in the designated time period, help them out. More challenging games can be interspersed for adults to win or lose (the sillier the better). Have 'Thank you for playing prizes' as rewards (whether they win or lose). Have fun! 'You've got 60 seconds!'
More Minute To Win It Games for Kids
Bucket Head: Catch three balls in a bucket on top of your head.
Defying Gravity: Keep two balloons in the air.
Breakfast Scramble: Assemble the front of a cereal box that has been cut into eight pieces.
Dizzy Mummy: Unroll a small roll of toilet paper with 360 degree spins of the arm. (You may need to unravel some first to make it an attainable task.)
Elephant March: Knock over bottles using a baseball bat hanging from panty hose worn on the head.
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Tissue Toss: Using both hands, empty a tissue box.
Play it By Ear: Place five cans with varying quantities of pennies in the correct order. (With a sharpie, place the numbers on the bottom.)
Separation Anxiety: Separate a pile of 25 multicolored chocolate candies into five separate containers in a set color order.
Candelier: Stack four layers of cans, with paper plates in between.
Tweeze Me: Players use tweezers to relocate five Tic Tacs from one bowl to another.
Have you utilized Minute To Win It games in your children's ministry?
NBC provides used to provide a list of Minute To Win It games on their website. The following games are adaptations for children to play at home or in children's church. Each game listed here provides a challenge for kids, but should be within their realm of development and skill, particularly for grades third through sixth. You may want to adapt as necessary for younger children.
