Bean Counter Relay Race

Ending up with the biggest hill of beans is the goal in this three-minute relay.

WHAT YOU NEED:

Two bowls
Dried beans or popcorn kernels
Paper bags
Wooden spoons

HOW TO PLAY:

1. For each team, place a bowl filled with dried beans or popcorn kernels at the starting line, then set a grocery-sized paper bag 20 feet from each bowl.

2. When the race begins, the first person on each team uses a wooden spoon to scoop up beans from his team's bowl and races off to dump them in the team bag.

3. Coming back, the player hands off the spoon to the next person, who follows suit, and so on, until time is up. The team with the most beans in its bag (measured by the quarter cupful) wins.