30+ Minute to Win It Games

Attach a tissue box filled with 8 ping pong balls to your waist using a belt. Shake and bounce to get all the balls out without using your hands.

Materials: Empty tissue box, belt, 8 ping pong balls

Apply petroleum jelly to your nose. Transfer cotton balls from one bowl to another using only your nose. Most cotton balls moved in 60 seconds wins.

Materials: Petroleum jelly, cotton balls, 2 bowls

Use a straw to pick up M&Ms by suction and transfer them from one plate to another. Most M&Ms moved in 60 seconds wins. Cannot use hands!

Materials: Straws, M&Ms, 2 plates

Wrap your teammate completely in toilet paper from head to toe (like a mummy) in 60 seconds. Must use at least 2 full rolls. Work in pairs.

Materials: 2-3 rolls of toilet paper per pair

Stack and unstack 10 cups in a pyramid pattern as fast as possible. Then slide the stack flat. Teams relay through each member. Fastest team wins.

Materials: 10 cups per player

Blow a ping pong ball across a table and into a cup at the far end. No touching the ball with your hands. First to land 3 balls wins. Lung power required!

Materials: Ping pong balls, cup, table

Pull all tissues from a tissue box one at a time using only one hand. Full 200-count box. Fastest to empty wins. Simple but surprisingly tiring.

Materials: Full tissue box

Using file folders as paddles, volley a balloon back and forth over a book "net" with a partner. Keep a rally going for 60 straight seconds without the balloon touching the ground.

Materials: File folders, balloon, books for net

Strap a pedometer to your forehead. Shake your head back and forth to get the highest step count in 60 seconds. Dizzying but hilarious to watch.

Materials: Pedometer, headband or tape

Place a cookie on your forehead. Using only facial muscles, move it down to your mouth and eat it within 60 seconds. No hands allowed!

Materials: Cookies (Oreos work best)

Stack 36 plastic cups into a pyramid and then back into a single stack in 60 seconds. Must be a perfect pyramid shape. If it falls, start over!

Materials: 36 plastic cups per player

Keep 3 balloons in the air for 60 seconds using only your hands. No holding, catching, or trapping allowed. They must stay airborne the whole time.

Materials: 3 balloons per player

Put a baseball in a pantyhose leg and wear it on your head. Swing the "trunk" to knock over water bottles arranged in a line, without using your hands.

Materials: Pantyhose, baseball, 10 water bottles

Stack 25 cups that are blue with one red cup at the bottom. Cycle the bottom cup to the top repeatedly until the red cup returns to the bottom. Speed stacking!

Materials: 24 blue cups, 1 red cup

Place a pencil on the back of your hand and flip it into the air, catching it in your palm. Do this successfully 3 times in 60 seconds.

Materials: Pencils

Shoot rubber bands to knock down a pyramid of 6 empty cans. Stand 10 feet away. Knock down all cans within 60 seconds to win.

Materials: Rubber bands, 6 empty cans

Stack 4 empty cans with paper plates between each layer, creating a 4-level chandelier tower. Must stand on its own for 3 seconds. No tape or glue.

Materials: 4 cans, 5 paper plates

Throw ping pong balls at a board covered in double-sided tape. Get 5 balls to stick to the board within 60 seconds from 8 feet away.

Materials: Poster board, double-sided tape, ping pong balls

One player tosses marshmallows while their partner catches them in a cup held in their mouth. Most caught in 60 seconds wins. Stand 6 feet apart.

Materials: Marshmallows, plastic cups

Fold a paper airplane and fly it to land on a target table across the room. Closest to the center target wins. 60 seconds includes folding time.

Materials: Paper, target table with marked center

Stack objects (like coins or cups) on top of sheets of paper. Pull the paper out from under the objects without letting them fall. Most successful yanks in 60 seconds wins.

Materials: Paper sheets, coins or cups

Transfer as many small objects (like dice, marbles, or cereal pieces) from one bowl to another using chopsticks. Most transferred in 60 seconds wins.

Materials: Chopsticks, small objects, 2 bowls

Blow up a balloon and use the air release to knock plastic cups off a table. No touching the cups with the balloon. Knock all 10 cups off in 60 seconds.

Materials: Balloons, 10 plastic cups

Place 5 cookies on different spots on your face (forehead, nose, cheeks, chin). Move all cookies to your mouth using only facial movements. No hands!

Materials: 5 cookies per player

Stack 25 pennies into a single tower using only one hand within 60 seconds. The tower must stand for 3 seconds after you stop to count.

Materials: 25 pennies per player

Toss ping pong balls and bounce them into a target cup across the table. Must make 3 balls into the cup within 60 seconds. Bouncing off the table is required.

Materials: Ping pong balls, cup, table

Hold a piece of uncooked spaghetti in your mouth and pick up 6 pieces of penne pasta by threading them onto the spaghetti. No hands on the pasta!

Materials: Uncooked spaghetti, penne pasta

Place a ping pong ball on a spoon and launch it by hitting the spoon handle. Land the ball in a cup placed several feet away. First to make 3 wins.

Materials: Spoon, ping pong balls, cup

Balance a board (like a clipboard) on a single water bottle. Stack 5 cans on the board without everything toppling over. Must stand for 3 seconds.

Materials: Clipboard, water bottle, 5 cans

Bounce pencils off a table to land them in a cup, eraser-end down. Must get 3 pencils standing up in the cup in 60 seconds. Insanely satisfying when it works.

Materials: Pencils with erasers, cup

Throw playing cards into a watermelon (or Styrofoam block) from 6 feet away. Cards must stick into the target. Most cards stuck in 60 seconds wins.

Materials: Playing cards, watermelon or Styrofoam

Using only uncooked spaghetti and marshmallows, build a bridge between two stacks of books. The bridge must hold a small toy car for 3 seconds.

Materials: Spaghetti, marshmallows, books, toy car