How to Run Family Quarantine Olympics

Open the measuring tape to 10 feet and then see who can stop it closest to one foot

Hula Hoop for as long as you can with little tricks thrown in every 30 seconds!

Place a fork upside down on a table. First person to roll a quarter and stick it between the tines wins!

One person holds the end of the measuring tape (must be upside down so you can’t see the distance), and the other person grabs the tape and walks back until they feel they have reached six feet. Once you are confident in your placement, lock the measuring tape and flip it over to see how close you were to actual six feet apart. Closest person to six feet wins.

Put a napkin on the wall and then see how long you can keep it on the wall just by blowing on it

Stack coins on the edge of a counter on top of a dollar bill. Pull the dollar out from under the coins without any coins falling! How many coins can you stack?

See how long you can keep a quarter spinning

Look away and see who can come closest to filling a cup of water

Fill 6 cups to the top with water then align them in a straight line. Place a ping pong ball on top of the first cup and time how long it takes to move the ball across all the cups!

Knock over pins!

Who can put on gloves and a face mask the fastest

Bounce a ball on the counter and count how many times you can slide your hand under it without the ball touching your hand

How many baskets can you make in a minute!

Place a cup of water on your forehead while lying down. Time how long it takes for you to stand up

How far can you blow the straw wrapper?

Who can turn on the ice cube machine and get closest to 10 cubes in the cup

Like horse but with candle blowing. Set up a candle at a central point in the room. Start three feet from the candle. Each person gets one try to blow it out from there. If you can, you move to the next round and step 6 inches back. Last one standing wins.

Stand behind the trunk of your car with your eyes closed. Closest to the door without getting hit wins!

How close to 0.01 seconds can you get on your phone timer? Place your phone on the table with the timer app open. Start and stop the timer as fast as possible.

Everyone puts an oreo on their forehead. First person to get the oreo in their mouth wins! If it falls put it back on your forehead and start over!

Put an empty cup underneath the water dispenser and then time to see how long it takes to fill the cup while you are drinking out of it - you want the longest time

Pick sets of items (E.g. types of ice creams, types of crackers, etc) and do blind taste tests

See how far you can slide on your socks

Bet on how many rubber bands it takes to pop open a watermelon and then try it!

Each player must move his or her ball from one side of the pool to the other across the water’s surface, using only the spray from the water gun to propel it.

Pick 2 similar (or the same?) puzzles and divide into two groups to compete on how fast you can put it together

Get some wood, screws/nails, etc. Put out the saws, etc. Each team builds something (or builds the same thing?)

Place a pea on the ground and see who can move it past the finish line in the shortest mount of time by only blowing air through a straw

Fold a small piece of paper over itself about 2 or 3 times and place it on the edge of a relatively long island/tabletop/counter. you get three tries to flick your piece of paper as close to the opposite edge of the table as you can. Measure the distance from the edge of the table using a measuring tape. Person with the smallest distance without falling over the edge wins!