Sack Race

A jumping experience!

Environment and Set Up

• Find a safe space with even ground (non slip).
• Sacks or pillowcases for everyone racing.
• Use markers or cones to set up a starting line.
• Use a marker or cone to set up a turning point for each person.

Rules

• Everyone stands at the start line.
• Everyone gets in their sack/pillowcase.
• The race begins when a designated person says ‘Go!’
• Everyone must jump their way to the marker, turn and come back to the starting line.
• The first person that successfully returns to the starting line still in their sack/pillowcase wins!
• Have awesome fun and race as many times as you like!

Change it Up!

• If you have more than 1 family, you can create two or more teams and race against each other in a relay! This means when a person returns to the starting point they have to get out of the sack/pillowcase and help the next person into it so they can have their turn!
• Whichever team has all their members complete their turns first, wins!

Sack race photo attribution: By Virginia State Parks staff (Sack race!Uploaded by AlbertHerring) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons