Bring Traditional Races to Your Outdoor Games
Designed to transform any outdoor games session into a festival of activity, this Sports Day Kit offers four classic races—egg and spoon, three-legged, sack and bean bag—designed to promote movement, coordination and camaraderie. Perfect for garden games gatherings or summer games events, it’s suitable for people living with dementia as well as all ages and abilities. Whether you’re organising a care home event, a family barbecue or a community fair, these engaging races will inspire smiles, laughter and shared achievement.
Key Features
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Four classic race types – Egg and spoon, three-legged, sack and bean bag races for varied challenges.
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Inclusive design – Adjustable difficulty and clear instructions ensure everyone can join in.
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Durable materials – High-quality fabric sacks and sturdy plastic eggs and spoons for repeated play.
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Portable and lightweight – Easy to pack and transport for any garden games or summer games occasion.
- Sack Race – Get grandchildren or a carer in the sack race on an open day or inhouse tournament.
- Seated Adaptations – Lay the sacks down number face up and use them as targets, points are calculated by which sack you land on. For egg & spoon put people in teams of 5, seating them in a line, then they have to pass the egg and spoon along the line. First team to get to the end WINS!
- Three-legged Race – Another one for the carers or family or link residents’ arms together with a carer, friend, or family member
- Bean Bag Race – Use these as a throwing game – who can throw the furthest
- Idea – Put everyone in a large circle and the bean bags on each quarter of the circle – throw the bean bags around the circle, if one has dropped that person is out, keep going until the last 4 people are standing or all the bean bags are dropped.
- 4 x Sack race bags
- 4 x Plastic eggs
- 4 x Plastic spoons
- 4 x Bean bags
- 2 x Ankle straps
- 1 x Start line
- 1 x End line
- 1 x Red flag