Super Hero Challenge

We woke up today to pouring rain. Ugh, yuck. I don't even want to leave the house when it's like that. Luckily, it has stopped raining (lucky since I need to run some errands this afternoon), but obviously it's still super wet out. You know what that means, no park today, which equals kids stuck inside with pent up energy.

After the 3 or 4 fight between the kids this morning, it was obvious that they needed a positive way to get all that energy out (usually they do that at the park). So I started thinking about what fun things they could do to be active and get their energy out, while still being apartment friendly. I didn't want it to be loud and annoying for the people that live under us (don't want them cursing me under their breath, like I do about the people above us). So armed with a cup coffee, pen, and a piece of paper, I decided to make a game called Super Hero Challenge (both of the kids are really into super heroes, so this was my way of making it super fun for them). 

Coming up with challenges that wouldn't be super annoying to my neighbors was the hard part (if you don't live in an apartment, that shouldn't be a problem, because you could really do anything). The main reason for doing this was getting the kids up and moving so that all their energy was going into that instead of fighting with each other, and also so that they will actually nap after lunch. 

The pictures aren't that great and sorry about that, I used my phone to snap all of them. I will also type out all of the challenges and explain how we did them. This was super easy, once I came with the ideas. It took me less than 5 minutes to set it up and be ready for them to do.

Super Hero Challenge

Challenge #1: Pick your super hero outfit. (If your kids don't have super hero dress up stuff, you can skip this. Or you can use every day stuff. Sophie is the only one that has a cape, so when Bret wants a cape he has me tie his blankie around his neck. You could also make felt or paper masks pretty quickly if they want masks.)

Challenge #2: STEALTH MODE: Get to another room as sneakily as possible. (If you have other people in the house or pets, you could have them try to sneak up and scare someone.)

Challenge #3: Go through the obstacle course as quickly as possible. (I just used pillows and other random stuff from our living room to create this. Ours is small because of lack of space, but you could always do this much bigger and better. Apartment living really stinks sometimes.)

Challenge #4: Make it through the course backwards.

Challenge #5: 5 push ups to be strong like Captain America.

Challenge #6: 5 sit ups to be tough like Batman.

Challenge #7: Stretches to be flexible like Elastigirl.

Challenge #8: Find the hidden bad guy. (I used one of their toys and hid it for them to find.)

Challenge #9: The "Hulk" challenge: Knock down all the boxes.

Challenge #10: Army crawl under the tables.

Challenge #11: Air punches/kicks.

Challenge #12: Crab crawl down the hall.

Challenge #13: 5 squats holding a ball.

Challenge #14: Hop on 1 food around the coffee table.

Congrats!! You made it!

Challenge #15: Choose your own Super Hero name!!

**Obviously you can change up your challenges, make them harder, or easier, add in other things. We would have running, jumping, and many other things if we didn't live in an apartment. 

While this is awesome for a rainy/snowy day activity, it would also be a great idea for a game for a super hero themed birthday party (keeping that in mind if Bret wants another super hero party). The kids thought it was so fun. They're favorite was the Hulk Challenge, we had to do that one a few extra times and they are already begging to do that one some more after nap time. They didn't quite understand the making up their own super hero name, but after a few suggestions from me they came up with their own: Super Sophie Girl and Captain Bretasaurus.