The document proposes several games and activities involving common household items. The activities range from competitive games involving balls, bands and marbles to cooperative art projects using chocolate syrup, paint and paper. The games and art projects are described along with basic rules for playing or participating.

2. This is my most
sports-like
concept, though it
involves 3 items: 1
couch and two
weight workout balls
(unless they took
turns, which could
work, but wouldn’t
be as fun).
Rules: Your hind end
can’t be more than
6 inches from the
couch’s seat. You’re
allowed to try to
swing your hips to
get your opponent
to sit, but don’t lose
your balance
because the first
person to sit loses.

3. This one could be a bit
dangerous. It involves
a thick, but short pile
carpet and the twist-
off handle of a broom
or a mop, which
becomes a pole.
Rules: Two people
move and spin the
handle, though they
must keep it on the
ground and not just
ram it at the jumper.
The jumper can never
touch the pole. If the
jumper touches the
pole, they sit down and
move the pole and the
person who has waited
longest gets to go.

4. This is more of a
game. It requires
two larger, same-
sized rubber bands
and a good sized
marble.
Rules: Your knees
must be 30 degrees
apart. Hook your
rubber band
between your
thumbs and shoot
the marble at your
opponent. If you
shoot past their
rubber band and
through their legs,
you score.
Goooooooooooooal!!

5. This is a game, too. Each
person gets a chopstick and
then there’s one bao (Chinese
bun with whatever filling you
like, but I’m imagining bbq
pork). Could be played with
mochi, too.
Rules: Put the chopstick in
your mouth, skinny end out.
Somebody skewer the bao.
Transfer that bao successfully
to your partner. Assuming
your have other pairs
completing, whichever pair
successfully passes their bao
(no dropping it) the most
times wins.

6. Another game. This
one involves a wide
carpenter’s pencil
and a smaller
marble or a metal
ball.
Rules: Roll the ball
back and forth on
the unsharpened
length of the pencil
and…don’t drop it.
Whoever rolls the
most lengths wins.

7. You may’ve
guessed that
sports aren’t really
my thing. Art is.
So I knew we’d get
there. This project
requires chocolate
syrup and plates
or, better, melted
chocolate and
waxed paper.
Rules: Grab an
empty plate and
use the syrup
bottle (or melted
chocolate on a
spoon) to draw a
picture. In case
this doesn’t get
messy enough,
blindfold your
chocolatista.

8. Yes, another art project. This
involves paper, brushes,
paint, and tape (SO over the
limit), but it seemed fun (to
me), so I included it, anyway.
Rules: Put up however many
pieces of paper you like on
the wall (better paper the
wall around the papers, too).
Everyone gets a brush and
gets to pick a different color
of paint. Paint whatever you
like, but do it fast. A timer
goes off every 3 minutes
(adjust time period to your
liking) and then you have to
switch to the next painting,
augmenting whatever the
previous painter did. Do this
until there’s a consensus that
your work is done. Expect
that not everyone will last til
the end.