Hot Box - Games for Kids

Our version of Piggy in the Middle. Hot Box incorporates creative, social, sensory and gross motor skills. Encouraging children to be active can be difficult but by thinking outside the box there are ways to incorporate physical activity into other activities including craft. For children, being active usually means 'play' and this is always the best method of encouraging an active lifestyle.

What you'll need

3 or more participants
Medium sized cardboard box (cube shape)
Paint
Paint Brushes

Let's Make It and Play!

1. Decorate your cardboard box using paint to make it colourful and original and let dry.
2. Select Interceptor (if playing in a larger group select 2). The interceptor/s stand in the middle of the throwers (if playing in a large group then throwers form a circle and interceptors stand in the middle of the circle).
3. The throwers then throw the box to other throwers while the interceptor/s try to catch it. If successful the interceptor swaps places with the thrower who's ball was intercepted.
4. Continue game until everyone has had a turn at being and interceptor and a thrower.