Human Ring Toss Game – A Fun and Easy Summer Outdoor Game for Kids

This Human Ring Toss was such a fun and easy game to pull together and requires very few supplies to play. A great game for parties, youth groups, and family reunions. It’s the perfect game for kids, teens, and adults that will make your next summer party a blast. Human Ring Toss Game is a hilarious Fun and Easy Summer Outdoor Game that you’ll want to play all summer long.

Human Ring Toss – A Fun Summer Outdoor Game to Play

Summertime fun is the best kind of fun. I love heading outdoors with the kids to enjoy a few family-friendly competitions. My kids are growing up way too fast, so I’m cramming all of the summertime epic moments that I can. This game is a great memory maker and is so easy to set up. With less for the host to worry about, it makes it easier to enjoy the party that you worked so hard to put together and have fun with your guests and kids.

What I love about this game

• It’s an easy outdoor game to set up and play – There’s no waiting around to get this game started. Just start having fun
• With pool floats as part of the supplies, this game is perfect for summer fun and summer-themed parties
• Very few supplies are needed which cuts down on the cost

Here’s What You’ll Need for the Human Ring Toss Game:

Supplies Needed

• 3 inflatable pool rings per team – our rings are called 36″, but they really only measure 31″x31″. The inside ring is about 16″. I bought 6 – (3 for each team of 2 teams)

Supply Variation for adults:

You could use a normal float ring size of 36 inches, a larger pool float that is made for adults, or for a really larger center ring – use hula hoops or pool noodles shaped into circles and taped to secure

Expert Tip

There are giant pool rings for adults, but the center ring is not much bigger. I can only find them as wide as 17 inches. I’ll provide a link to Amazon for the floats that I have found below.

If rings will not fit around adult shoulders, then allow ringing the head and neck to count as a ring and let them remove it and set it down to make room for another pool tube

Here are my top Amazon Picks for this Human Ring Toss Game including giant pool rings for adults:

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Instructions on How to Play Human Ring Toss:

Full instructions are in the printable below

• Pick your teams and divide the rings evenly between teams
• Decide on the distance away from the person to ring that’s challenging but “doable” – we settled on about 6 ft. away, but you can certainly adjust that distance to what works for you
• To ensure that there is no cheating – It might be a good idea to place a marker down for the person that you’re going to ring and for the people throwing rings to stand on or behind
• When you’re ready, teams should (simultaneously) start ringing their human
• If a player has been ringed around the head and neck, they can shimmy it down to their feet
• Once a player has used all 3 tubes, quickly add the points up, gather the tubes, and pass them to the next player to continue the game
• The first team to score 21 points, wins

What is allowed and not allowed in Human Ring Toss

• *The human has to stand on their mark but can bend at the waist and point arms up in the direction of the pool ring to make it easier to ring them – to make it more challenging for older kids and adults you can disregard this variation 

How to Score the Human Ring Toss Game

• Rings count as 2 points for a full ring (I think that around the neck counts) and 1 point for a pool ring that is leaning on and touching the target/human
• The first team to get to 21 points wins

Variations for Human Ring Toss

*This would also make a fun Minute to Win it Game. Just see who can toss all 3 rings in less than a minute and ring their teammate with all 3 rings!

Or, you could always play tackle. My kids didn’t waste any time ringing themselves as a target while the other kids ran as fast as they could to knock them down. They played tackle for what seemed like forever.

Use hula hoops instead of pool floaties to ring people

More Summer Games to Play

If you are looking for fun summer outdoor games, then you might like this old-fashioned game for a Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest , this hilarious summertime relay race Lei Necklace Relay Race , or choose out of several awesome outdoor game ideas from Over 30 Outdoor Games for summer

~ Melissa – Kid Friendly Things To Do