Adult Youth Workers

As you work to give young people wonderful experiences that help them learn and grow, look for opportunities to help them also make good health decisions.

Move More Ideas

Paper plates aren't just for eating on! Try the following fun activities for a brain-break at a meeting or just to get kids up and moving. *

Materials

  • Cheap paper plates

Instructions

  1. Use paper plates as roller skates and skate around an indoor or sidewalk obstacle course or path.
  2. Play "paper plate Frisbee" by flying the plates back and forth to a partner, or in a circle in a large group.
  3. Try "paper plate tag," with so many kids being "it" and others running free. If a paper plate frisbee tags you at or below the waist, you become "it" and the person who tagged you now joins the group. No tagging allowed above the waist for safety's sake! Use music for added fun.
  4. Have fun with target practice stations. Toss paper plates into a basket, over/under a table, through a doorway, between two marked lines, and so forth. Let the kids design and set up the course. They can keep track of personal times on the course and try to improve their personal best.

* Used with permission of Healthy Kids Challenge.