HOW TO BRING THE OLYMPICS TO YOUR BACK GARDEN

Bean Bag Throw

You may not be parenting the next gold medallist, but this year’s Olympics are a great opportunity to encourage your children to get back out there and move more, after so long stuck inside during lockdown. There’s plenty of online resources to help guide you through constructing a mini-sporting event in your back garden, namely from the likes of the nursery chain Kiddi Caru or any dedicated parent blog.

If you’re looking for easy and simple, then you’ve come to the right place. Read on as we talk you through some ways to bring the Olympic games home that require little effort.

Egg And Spoon Race
The Olympics is essentially a glorified, and bigger scale, sports day. So why not introduce some of those classic events into your sporting schedule? An egg and spoon race is incredibly easy to construct, and can provide endless fun. Either invest in a dedicated set, made of plastic and minimising the possibility of mess, or do it the old-fashioned way – with real eggs and spoons from the kitchen drawer. If you’re having the race indoors, and opting for real eggs, hard-boiling them is the way to go, especially if your little racers are wobbly on their feet.