20 Minute to Win it Games Kids Will Love – Make it a Fun Family Night!

20 easy and fun, and of course, hilarious minute to win it games kids are sure to love. These super fun minute to win it games for kids and families are perfect for nights at home, birthday parties, school and even the holidays!

Easy & Hilariously Fun Minute to Win it Games for the WIN

Looking for fun minute to win it party games for kids at school, to have at kid’s birthday parties, Christmas minute to win it themed games, or simply a fun, competitive family game night?

You’re in the right spot!

Minute to Win it games are great for kids of all ages and adults who get in on the action, plus they’re quick and easy to set up and hold everyone’s attention.

The best part is that they’re easily adjustable for skill level, number of players, age groups and depending on how competitive you want to make, or not make, the Minute to Win it games.

For example, at a birthday party, you may want to only do 4-5 games and keep the time short based on kid’s attention spans.

However, for a minute to win it face off with adults who might be a tad more competitive, 10-12 games over an hour and keeping score may be a more appropriate way to go.

If you google “minute to win it games” you’re likely to find thousands of them which is overwhelming!

I know I did, but after combing through hundreds and having some experience with these style games for kids at school and at parties, I’ve narrowed down the selection to the most fun, easiest to assemble, and the ones that had my kids jumping up and down screaming in excitement.

These 20 Easy Minute to Win it Games for kids & adults will work at your next party, or if it’s just the siblings squaring off at home.

Where Does the Minute to Win it Game Concept Come From?

The competitive concept of Minute to Win it began with a fun TV show on NBC called Minute to Win It with Guy Fieri. Each contestant was given just one minute to finish a task or game and contestants would try to win 10 rounds of these one-minute games.

Are Minute to Win it Games Easy & How They Work? 

As the name implies, players only have one minute to compete and hopefully, finish the task ahead of them. Often the task will seem relatively easy, but once you begin, you quickly find out how challenging they actually are.

You can award points to completed activities, as well as points for number of items completed within the 60 seconds, based on which minute to win it games you choose to play.

These off-the-wall silly games are great fun and usually have everyone holding their sides from laughing so hard. I dare you to try not to laugh!

20 Hilarious Minute to Win it Games Kids will Love and Adults will Get a Good Laugh From

1. Face the Cookie Challenge

This is a universally known minute to win it game, and good one to start with! Try to get the cookie or oreo from the eye into their mouths without using any hands. This one can be pretty funny to watch and a great game for a lot of players to play at once. Idea from Catching Fireflies Gifts.

Here’s What You Need:

• Oreos or Cookies

2. Puddle Jumper

Set a row of plastic cups up in a line touching one another. Fill each cup up with water fully (to the top). Set a ping pong ball on the first cup in the row. Each child will need to blow the ping pong ball from the first cup, to the second, and so on. The goal is to get the ping pong ball from one cup to the end without blowing it off the cup. If the player reaches the end, they can start a new ping pong ball back on the first cup. The goal is to the see who moves the most ping pong balls through the line in one minute.

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3. It’s a Traffic Yam!

Push a sweet potato or regular potato (the less rounded it is the better) across the floor from one side of the room to another with just your nose. You can also theme this for a holiday with an object relative to that holiday.

Here’s What You Need:

• Regular or Sweet Potato

4. Peep Face Game

Got extra peeps? We love this twist on the cookie minute to win it that’s a fun game for kids at Easter. Sunflower Mom gives her little chicks one minute to stick as many peeps as they can to their face! Little bunnies think this game is funny.

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5. Ponginator

For this fun game, you’ll need an empty egg carton and 12 ping pong balls. the goal is to bounce the ping pong balls into the egg carton within one minute. If 12 ping pong balls seems too difficult, lower the number to 8 or even 6 based on age appropriateness.

Here’s What You Need:

• Ping Pong Balls

6. Blow it Down

Each player has one minute to blow up a balloon and then use the air inside the balloon to knock over 24 plastic cups arranged on a table. If there is still time left on the clock, they can set the cups up again and see how many total cups they can blow over.

7. Keep it in the Air

With one hand behind the child’s back, they need to do their best to keep two blown balloons in the air for 60 seconds. You can adjust the difficultly be adding a balloon or two, or taking away a balloon for young children. From Happy Mom Hacks.

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8. Penny Hose – a Fan Favorite Minute to Win It Game!

With two pennies, place one at the end of each foot of a pair of pantyhose. The player has 60 seconds to get each penny out from inside the toes of the pantyhose.

Here’s What You Need:

• Pantyhose
• Pennies

9. The Go Fish Favorite Minute to Win it Game for Kids

Whether it’s crackers or mini marshmallows, this is a fun game for kids. You’ll need straws and two plates or bowls. Players have one minute to see how many fish or marshmallows they can transfer from one play to the other using only the suction from the straw and no hands!

Here’s What You Need:

• Straws
• Goldfish (or mini marshmallows work, too!)
• Plates or bowls

10. Chop Stick Race

Using only chopsticks, the race is on to get the most cereal or round supplies (Kix, Cheerios, Jelly Beans, Dry Beans) from one bowl to the other in just one minute!

Here’s What You Need:

• Chopsticks
• Round cereal or food of your choice (Kix, cheerios, jelly beans, dry beans)

11. Things are Getting Dicey

The kids over at Paging Fun Mums try to see how many dice they can get on the stick in one minute (the most dice wins!). It’s a little tricky and super fun to watch!

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12. Lumpy Apple Stack 

Give each player five apples and a minute to see if they can get all five of the lumpy fruits stacked on top of each other in 60 seconds or less.

Here’s What You Need:

• 5 apples of your choice for each player

13. Faster than the Egyptians

Partners receive a stack of 36 plastic cups. Then, working together, they only have one minute to build a pyramid, break it back down and re-stack the cups. This isn’t as easy as it looks, especially with partners!

Here’s What You Need:

• Plastic Cups

14. Ping Pong Ball Transfer

One player at a time with one minute on the clock, has to move 6 ping pong balls from one plate to the other using a plastic spoon held in their mouth. You can adjust the number of ping pong balls you use based on how players are doing. The goal is to see who can move the most ping pong balls to the other plate in one minute. From Happy Mom Hacks.

Here’s What You Need:

• Paper Plates
• Ping Pong Balls
• Plastic Spoons

15. Look, Ma, No Hands!

Each player wears a set of oven mitts and must unwrap pieces of candy. Whoever can unwrap the most candy in a minute is the winner. You can also do this with a wrapped present, or wrapped item in cellophane wrap or wrapping paper.

Here’s What You Need:

• Oven mitts
• Item to unwrap (candy, present, random object from your house)

16. Blindfolded Cotton Ball Scoop

Sprinkle cotton balls on a table around a centrally located bowl. Give a player a spoon and blindfold them. They have a minute to find cotton balls and put them in the bowl.

Here’s What You Need:

• Cotton balls
• Bowl
• Blindfold / bandana
• Spoon

17. Junk in the Trunk

Strap an open kleenex box full of ping pong balls to the back of each player. The timer begins counting down from 6o seconds and the goal is to shake, jump, and move and get as many ping pong balls out of the box as possible.  Minute to Win It Game from Housing a Forest.

Here’s What You Need:

• Empty Kleenex Boxes
• Ping Pong Balls
• Belts to Hold the Kleenex Boxes

18. Movin’ On Up 

Each player starts with a stack of 25 red cups with one blue cup at the top of the stack.

Start by moving the top blue cup to the bottom of the stack, and continue moving cups from the top to the bottom until the blue cup is back at the bottom of the stack again. The adult version calls for 40 cups, but you can modify for children, ability, and adults. From Happiness is Homemade.

Here’s What You Need:

• Plastic Cups in two different colors

19. The Paper Bag Game

Place a brown paper lunch or grocery bag opened up on the floor — One for each player. When the clock starts, players must squat down, bite onto the paper bag and pick it up without touching the floor. Once they’re standing, they tear off the part of the bag that their lips touched, place it back on the floor and start over. This, of course, gets harder as the bag gets shorter.

Here’s What You Need:

• Large paper Bag from the grocery store

20. Post It Note Face Challenge

Something tells me this minute to win it games looks a lot easier than it is!

In 60 seconds, see how many post-it notes you can make stick to your face (without falling off, or laughing too hard!) See a list of World Record Date ideas on Dating Divas.

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