Fender-to-Fender Football

Directions:

Here's a football activity that doesn't require any special equipment—or a ref, because there aren't any penalties.

Kick off the game by choosing offense or defense. The offensive player selects a color and tells it to the defensive player. To stop the offense from making a touchdown, the defensive player must find four objects (one per down) that are the same color as that named by the offense.

If the defense can't find the right-colored objects in a specified time, or before a specified distance is covered, the offense scores a first down. The offense gets to choose another color and attempts to make another first down. Two or three first downs take you all the way down the field for a touchdown, at which point offense and defense switch goals. If the defense does find four objects, the player becomes the offense. To keep the game going, each player must choose a different (primary) color each time.

All right, sports fans, block the boredom—get off the sidelines and into the game!

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© 2005 by Steve and Ruth Bennett. Excerpted from 365 Unplugged Family Fun Activities with permission of its publisher, Perseus Books Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

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