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This game is fun and exciting. Want your children to laugh and enjoy the rest of their Thanksgiving Day? Play the Pass the Corn on the Cob game. It keeps them active and helps to alleviate the boredom many kids feel after the big meal. Playing it outside might be your best bet but if the weather is bad it can be played inside. If you play indoors, be sure you have a clear area where no will get hurt.

How to Play

You will need two pieces of corn on the cob. Indian corn, if you can find it, is always fun and brightens up the game. If not regular corn works just as well as long as it’s on the cob.

Divide the children up into two equal teams. If you have an odd number of children make one the game watcher. It will be up to them to make sure the game is played correctly.

Lay a cob of corn in front of the first person in each team. Now the fun begins. Each team member must pass the corn to the next team member. No it’s not that easy. The trick is they can’t use their hands. If the corn is touched by someone’s hand or if it is dropped, then it goes back to the beginning and the team must start all over again.

This is where the watcher needs to pay attention because it is their job to make sure no one uses their hands and that the corn gets back to the beginning if necessary. The first team to make it all the way to the last member wins the game.

Watching the children try to figure out how to pass the corn down the line is hilarious. They can come up with some pretty funny ways of passing corn around. The best part is they are having a ball and getting some much needed exercise after that fantastic meal.

Submitted by Christmas Fun

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