Create Your Own Olympic Decathlon

 

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Create your own Olympic Decathlon event, customized for your family.

Put your heads together and list ten events that you want to participate in for some friendly, fun competition. You can do individual or team competition. You can keep a running Family Decathlon Chart.

The "events" can include:

  • Board Games: Candyland, Chutes & Ladders, Operation, Parcheesi, checkers

  • Card Games: War, Old Maid, Crazy Eights, Rummy

  • Relay Races: potato sack-pillowcase race, carry-an-egg on a spoon race, 3-legged race

  • Outdoor Games: badminton, soccer, bike races, foot races, long jump and high jump

  • Indoor Competition: balloon badminton, obstacle race, best brownie-maker, limbo dancing, loudest singer competition

Award home-made medals. Everyone's a winner!