What Games Can You Play Outside?

 

If you want to hang out with your families and friends, then there is no better place than your backyard. To make it more entertaining you can have fun gaming sessions.

Every one of us love to play games and there are many types of games that can be played in our backyard. These games help in having a good fun time with our loved ones and also improves the level of bonding we have with them.

Although there is no stop to this list of games, let us pick the most entertaining ones among them.

People playing with sacks

Sack Race

If you want to have a memorable time with your family and friends then definitely sack race should be on your list. 

Here, the competitors drop down their legs within the sack and starts to jump towards the goal posts. The first one to reach the goal post wins. There is no age criteria for this game, anyone can play this game with any number of players.

Backyard Bowling

Although it requires a large area, bowling is really fun and can engage all the participants. All you need is a good vertical space, bowling pins and bowling balls.

You can construct a wooden bowling alley and can start your bowling scores.

Cornhole board

Cornhole Boards

This game looks simple at first glance, but there are many rules in the game. If a player keeps his/her feet past the board then it is called a foul. The bags are thrown towards the board and the points are calculated based on their location. 

If the bag passes through the hole, then 3 points are given and in other cases within the board it is 1 point.

Ladder golf

Ladder Golf

This a highly entertaining a skillful game, here the ladder has 3 rungs to it. Each rung constitutes specific number of points.

Player have to through the balls towards the ladder and the balls that falls on the rungs scores points. Higher the rung, higher the score.

Mini-Putting

As the name suggests this is a mini version of golf and the participant have to put the ball. Mini-puts come in different shapes and lengths. You can select the length according to your backyard. 

If you are practicing golfer then this game could help in enhancing your golfing skills.

Croquet set

Croquet Set

Croquet is easy to set up and fun to play. Here the wickets are placed around the field in a diamond pattern.

This game can be played either in teams or by individuals. The payers are given with color balls and matching mallet.

The objective of the game is to hit the ball through wickets in order. The first player to hit all the wickets in order wins.

Giant backyard dominoes

Backyard Dominoes

Dominoes is a high skill game and is more fun when played with giant tiles. Each player picks out his/her own set of tiles and can start playing opposite to another player. 

The game is played on rounds and the points are calculated based on the tiles present with the player.