9 Easy Minute To Win It Games for Kids

The best Minute to Win It Games for the whole family. These are fun, easy, and competitive Minute To Win It Games are a fun addition to any party.  Easy Minute to Win It Games for kids, teens, and adults to play at your next school, holiday, or church event.

Minute to Win It Games to Play

These Minute to Win It games are hard enough to make it challenging but easy enough for everyone to enjoy. They are our top picks for easy Minute to Win It Games for kids and the perfect Minute to Win It Games for School or Church Parties.

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How Do You Play Minute To Win It Games?

Minute to Win It Games are fast-paced and challenging games. The tasks must be completed in one minute while players race the clock to complete a task

Types of Minute-to-Win-It Competitions and Points Awarded

Small Group Play

If it is a small group of players going then individuals will be competing against the clock to perform a task and the ones that finish the fastest in under a minute, or get the most tasks completed in under a minute will be awarded a point

Zero points if the task is not completed in under one minute

Team Members vs. Team Members

A player from each team will go head to head (this can be more than 2 teams competing). The player that completes the task first gets the point for their team

Zero points if the task is not completed in under one minute

Large Team Play

Points are awarded in order of completion. Players from each team will compete against each other and points are awarded in order of completion times. The first team to complete the task earns 5 points, the second team to complete earns 3, and the third team to complete the task earns 1 point.

Zero points are awarded if the task is not completed

Score Board Example

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Dry erase boards are perfect for keeping score

Starting the Minute to Win It Games

Once the game is set up, and the instructions are explained, the timer should be set to 1 minute and the host yells go. Players have one minute to complete the task. If they mess up, the timer does not stop. They have to start over and try again

What are good prizes for Minute To Win It Games?

1. The pride of winning the game
2. A candy bar
3. A trophy
4. A ribbon – homemade or ordered
5. Money!

FAQs

Typical Minute to Win It Supplies

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1. Most supplies can be found around the house
2. Examples are, rubber bands, plastic cups, paper plates, ping pong balls, pencils, paper clips, paper, balloons, tissue, soda cans, index cards, and more easy-to-find items

9 Minute to Win It Games for Kids

Game One

 Yank Me

Difficulty Level – 1 (easy)

Players – 1 player per team

Here’s a quick video to see how we played this game…

Supplies for Yank Me

• You’ll need plastic cups and index cards (4 x 6 inch)  for each player – We decided that 4 cups plus 3 pieces of cardstock makes this game DOable

How to Play

• The players – in one minute – have to stack the cups just right so they center on the paper
• Then, they have to pull the paper out from between the cups, so the cups collapse onto each other

Game 2

Back Flip

Difficulty Level – 5 (hard) but can be modified for little kids

Players – 1 per team

Here’s a quick video…

Supplies for Backflip:

• Set 6 stools out with 2 pencils on each stool

How to play:

• Players will try to – in 1 minute – grab 2 pencils, steady them on the back of their hand, flip them up, and catch them
• Then, quickly move to the next stool adding 2 more pencils each time, and perform the same activity – finally, ending in 12 pencils total

Variation younger kids…

Have fewer pencils total for young kids to work up to

Game 3

Tilt A Cup

Difficulty Level: 1
(2 players from each team)

Here’s a short video showing how to play the game…

Supplies

• For each team – 6 plastic cups, and 6 + ping pong balls (you’ll want several in reserve because a lot will fall onto the floor)
• Players have to get on opposite sides of the table
• One player holds the 6 stacked cups and the other has the balls
• IN 1 MINUTE – Player 1 will bounce the ball onto the table, toward the other player – 1 at a time, while Player 2 tries to catch it in the cup
• Once the ball is caught in the cup, player 2 takes that cup (with the ball still in it) and moves it to the bottom of the cup stacked in their hand to catch the second ball
• Repeat until all 6 balls are in the cups – 1 ball per cup
• The cups get a little wobbly toward the end and start to TILT

Variation For younger kids:

• When my kids were younger we found that using 4 cups was just the right amount before frustration levels set in

Game 4

Kerplink or Kerplunk

Difficulty Level – 2

Players – 1 per team

Supplies:

• A punch bowl or large bowl filled with water
• 3 plastic cups to float in the water
• marbles – several

How do you play Kerplink or Kerplunk?

1. In less than 60 seconds, bounce marbles off of a table and into all 3 cups floating in the bowl of water
2. If the marble lands in a cup, you’ll be rewarded with a kerplink sound – If it lands in the water then you’ll hear kerplunk

Game 4

Water Pong

Level of Difficulty – 1-2

Players per team – 1

Supplies Needed

• You’ll need some short glasses filled halfway with water
• 6 ping pong balls

Setting Up

Our cups were set at 21 inches and 26 inches (to the center of the cup) away from the edge of the table

Instructions

• In 1 Minute. Players will bounce the ping pong ball onto the table, so it bounces up and into the water of each cup
• The winner is the person who lands the most balls in the cups of water in under one minute

Game 5

Full of Hot Air

Difficulty level – l
(2 players per team)

Supplies

• You’ll need 1 balloon 4 ping pong balls, and 1 plastic cup per team

Instructions

• In 1 minute, Player 1 will blow the balloon up and use the air from the balloon to blow the balls over to player 2 who will catch them in a cup!

Game 6

Hanky Panky

Difficulty level – 1

Players per team – 1

Supplies

• You’ll need 1 large Kleenex box per player
• In 1 minute players must pull Kleenex out  -1 at a time – from the box
• The first one to empty the box wins

Game 7

Separation Anxiety

Difficulty level – 1
Players – 1 player per team

Supplies

• You’ll need assorted candies and a cup per team
• optional: 1 sorting tray per player
• Players (in 1 minute) will need to sort out the candy onto a tray or onto the table
• Don’t let the players dump the candy out. That makes it too easy

Game 8

Stack it!

difficulty level – 2
Players – 1 player per team

Supplies

• You’ll need 6 plastic cups and 3 paper plates per player

Instructions

• In 1 minute, players will need to stack the cups and paper plates like the above picture

Game 9

This Blows!

Difficulty Level – 1

Players per team – 1

Supplies

• 15 (16 oz.) Plastic Solo Cups per team – or use the same cups if taking turns
• Long table or countertop

Setting up for the game:

• *Modify the number of cups and the length the kids or adults have to knock them off the table as needed to make it more or less challenging
• Set up the cups on the edge or center of the table
• Place deflated balloons out for each player

How to Play This Blows!

1. In under 60 seconds, fill your balloon with air
2. Release the air towards the cups – knocking them off of the surface
3. Keep refilling the balloon as many times as needed to blow cups off of the surface

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