Given: A yardstick, a plastic tub, a 4″ x 4″ block of wood, 10 rubber bands, a 12″ piece of tape, a 12″ piece of string, a basketball hoop and a basketball. Using the materials given, create a device to shoot the…

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Given: One cork, 100 toothpicks, a 12″ piece of duct tape, 4 pieces of 2″ x 2″ foam board, 6 rubber bands, one piece of construction paper and an egg carton. Use these materials to recreate a famous piece of artwork.

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Given: 2 straws, masking tape, one ping pong ball, 1 piece paper, 1 paper plate, 1 blow dryer, Styrofoam cup with no bottom, toilet paper tube, paper towel tube, shoe box with no ends and a shoe box with ends. Tape off…

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Given: One piece of paper and a crayon, pencil or marker. A team member starts a picture in the first 10 seconds of time. Team members will consecutively draw for 10 seconds at a time adding to the previous team members’ picture….

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Given: 4 straws, one sheet of paper, 5 paper clips, a piece of tape, scissors, 5 rubber bands, a stack of books and one small building block. The team is to design a ramp support by a stack of books that a…

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Given: 3 mailing labels, 4 rubber bands, a 1 ” cube of clay, 4 drinking straws, 100 pieces uncooked spaghetti, 2- 3″ x 3″ pieces of cardboard, 8 penny nails, a ruler and 12″ of string. The problem is to build 2…

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Send all team members outside. Split them into two groups. Give both teams 30 minutes to collect items, one for each letter of the alphabet. Score 3 points for the creative items and one point for common items.

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