27 Best Minute to Win It Games for Kids

Shila said:  One of the best minute to win it games for kids to play after apple picking or just buying a bushel at the grocery store! See who can be the first get to get 5 stacked vertically within 1 minute, then challenge it further to see who can stack the most apples.

Shila said:  Write the alphabet backwards without any mistakes. Increase the challenge by starting at a various letters besides the letter Z.

Shila said:  Using only the tip of your nose and a dab of petroleum jelly, try to grab as many cotton balls as you can from one section of the tabletop to another.

Kelly R said:  Put a penny into each foot of a pair of panty hose. Each player has 1 minute to try to retrieve both pennies.

Kelly R said:  Secure an empty tissue box onto each player's backside by tying around the waist, and place 10 or more ping pong balls into the tissue box. The player has to shimmy and shake around to get as many balls out of the tissue box as possible within one minute.

Kelly R said:  Hide a bunch of gummy worms in a pile of whipped cream on a plate, one plate for each player. Using only their mouths, players need to retrieve as many worms as they can in one minute.

Kelly R said:  Cut a watermelon in half, take a few big steps back, and throw playing cards at the melon to try to get them to stick. Whoever sticks the most cards in a minute wins.

Kelly R said:  Each player gets an empty balloon and plastic cups that are stacked into a triangle tower. The challenge is to blow up the balloon and use the air from the balloon to knock over the cups. Repeat for one minute and see who can knock over the most cups. This is a good minute to win it for kids who are a little older!

Kelly R said:  Take a big stack of red plastic cups (the number will depend on the age of your kids), and add one blue cup to the top of the stack. Working one cup at a time, players must take the top cup and move it to the bottom of the stack. Keep going until the blue cup makes it back to the top!

Kelly R said:  Cut the front panels of empty cereal boxes into about 20 same-size squares to make them into puzzles. Whoever can reassemble their cereal box puzzle the fastest wins!

Kelly R said:  In one minute or less, each player has to arrange 36 plastic drinking cups into a triangular tower and then dismantle the tower and restack the cups.

Kelly R said:  Players hold a popsicle stick in their mouth and have to stack dice on top of one another on the other end of the stick. This is a really tricky minute to win it for kids because you have to try so hard not to laugh!