Ghetto Olympics Year 2
A complete surprise field day event featuring custom games.
Overview
No, you didn't miss Ghetto Olympics Year 1. I didn't add it to the timeline because that was the genius of my wife and I didn't want to make it seem as if I had claimed it as my own.
She had planned a surprise date filled with competitive unique games and you can find pictures of the first year in the Year 1 section below.
I enjoyed it so much that a year later I wanted to surprise our friend group and make the event bigger. All I told my friends was to bring lunch and wear a white shirt with pants and shoes that you are fine with getting messy.
Below are just some highlights from the year but there were a total of 10 games played throughout the day.
Event Details
- 10 Unique Games
- Random Contraptions
- Tons of fun
For Glory! And a really cool trophy
Some games had athletes competing individually, while others placed athletes on teams chosen through popping random colored foam balloons on themselves.
Athletes earned points based on their placement in each game. At the end of the day, all points were tallied to determine which athletes would take home our homemade trophies.
Slingshot Spitball
One of my favorite games was Slingshot Spitball. Each athlete sat down with a slingshot, a roll of toilet paper on one side, and a bucket of water on the other.
The athlete had to roll a wad of toilet paper, dunk it into the water, and launch it with the slingshot toward a group of buckets. The number of spitballs the athlete successfully landed in the buckets within one minute became the athlete's final score.
Who doesn't love a slingshot? Everyone enjoyed this game so much that I made it a point to include a new slingshot event in every Ghetto Olympics that followed.
Lost Gummy Bears
The funniest game hands down goes to Lost Gummy Bears. Each athlete received a large bowl of chocolate pudding filled with gummy bears and Skittles.
Without using their hands, the athletes had to remove all of the gummy bears from their pudding and place them into a separate cup. The athletes were not told how many gummy bears were hidden inside each bowl.
The game was timed, and an athlete could announce completion at any point. I would then count the objects in the athlete's cup.
Fifteen seconds were added to the athlete's final time for every Skittle collected and every gummy bear left behind. Just to note, there were a lot of gummy bears, 35 to be exact!
Spit'em and Stick'em
The final game was also the messiest event of the day. Athletes competed in teams of two. One athlete started with a marshmallow gun, while the athlete's partner stood 10 feet away holding a jar of peanut butter.
The rules were simple: each team had one minute to stick as many marshmallows as possible onto the athlete holding the peanut butter. Athletes were not allowed to catch marshmallows and place them onto themselves, but they could do whatever they want with the penut butter.....
Once the minute ended, the successfully attached marshmallows were counted. The athletes then switched roles and competed for another minute.
Looking Back: Year 1
The original surprise array of competitive games that kicked off the Ghetto Olympics.
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