A beanbag toss can be a fun challenge for children. Collect containers in a variety of shapes and sizes. This can include anything from cardboard boxes to waste baskets. Arrange the containers into a course for the game. You can make it more or less challenging by marking lines on the floor with tape dictating where the thrower will have to stand. Have children take turns making their way through the course by throwing the beanbags into each target from the standing points. You can time how long it takes each child to make it through, with the fastest racer being the winner. Make it a relay game by setting up two identical courses and separating students into teams. Each team member has to successfully make it through the course before returning and tagging the next member. The fastest team to complete the toss wins.
Beanbags can be used in a get-to-know-you game. Have the children stand in a circle. Give the bean bag to one child, and have him ask a question, such as "What is your favorite color" before passing it on to another person. That person will answer the question, and then ask a new one, proceeding to pass it on to another person. This is great for first days of school, helping kids to adjust to a new group. It can also be fun for kids who already know each other, as it challenges them to think carefully about the other person and what they'd like to know about them.
Children can learn to work together in the bean bag challenge game. Separate children into groups of two or three. Set up a number of stations around the room. Each station will contain instructions for a separate bean bag challenge. Examples of challenges include passing the bean bag from one partner's left hand to the other partner's right hand, or throwing a bean bag through a basketball hoop. Each team will visit a station and begin the task, only stopping when you tell them time's up. They then record their results and move on to the next station. Collect all the results in the end to determine the winning team.
Bean bags can serve as the treasure in this scavenger hunt game. Separate children into groups of two or three. Hide bean bags in places around the room or building. Hand out a list of clues that hint at the location of each bean bag. The children compete to see which team can find the most bean bags based on the clues.