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Limbo Leis
This game is all about learning to limbo, mon!
Prep time: 60 min.
Activity time: 30 min.
Difficulty: Easy
What you'll need:
- 4 bags your favorite Mars candies, such as SNICKERS® Brand, TWIX® Brand and MILKY WAY® Brand FUN SIZE® and STARBURST® Brand Fruit Chews
- 1 pole (such as bamboo)
- 1 flower lei
- 10 pieces yellow, orange, light green & dark green tissue paper (10 x 10-inch)
- 10 24-inch pieces green & orange curling ribbon
- Plastic wrap
- Hawaiian music CD and CD player, optional
What to do:
- To make the prizes:
- Begin by making the Pineapple Prizes. With scissors, cut 10 pieces of square plastic wrap. Lay the pieces flat on a surface. Put two of each kind of candy in the center of each piece. Gather the sides up and around the candy; then tape closed. Set aside.
- Stack ten sets of one sheet each yellow, orange, light green and dark green tissue. Put a candy bundle in the center of the tissue paper squares. Gather the sides up and around the candy. Tie closed with ribbon. Trim the yellow and orange tissue just above the ribbons, leaving only the greens at the top. Set aside while you play the game.
- To play the game:
- Have two adults hold each end of the pole in front of the line of players. Start the music...and let the kids go! Begin by holding the pole above the adults’ heads; then, with each successive round, they should slowly lower it. The lower it goes, the more challenging the game becomes. The player going the lowest without falling wins!
- The winner gets a lei—and everyone gets Pineapple Prizes!
TIP: If your party is outside, have the kids put on their bathing suits and then use a water stream from a hose for the pole.
To play: 30 minutes.
RHYTHM TIP: If you don’t have music, turn on the radio or have the children clap out a beat.
