24 Crazy Fun K-5 PE Games Your Students Will Beg You to Play
Are you an elementary PE teacher looking for unique, fresh, and super fun K-5 PE Games that you can play with ALL of your students during Physical Education Class?
Well, look no further than these 24 PE Games that (with just a few simple tweaks) can easily be played with your kindergarten cuties, as well as your fifth grade kiddos.
K-5 PE Games
No more planning for six or eight different PE classes for the day. These K-5 PE Games will make PE planning an absolute breeze – just pick one crazy fun game that focuses on key PE skills and play it throughout the day with ALL of your classes.
These 24 games are so unique and exciting that you’ll love teaching them just as much as your students will love playing them.
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Tag & Warm-Up K-5 PE Games
These tag and warm-up games are the perfect way to begin your PE classes with a bang and give your students an awesome cardiovascular workout.
HOT POTATO TAG
HOT POTATO TAG – Partners stand across from each other and play catch while the teacher plays music. When the music stops, whoever has possession of the ball is the tagger. It’s a super fun game that focuses on underhand throwing and catching. You can get all the Hot Potato Game Details RIGHT HERE.
SNACK ATTACK TAG
SNACK ATTACK TAG – Hungry Monsters (taggers) try to tag the other students with the snacks (bean bags). If a student gets tagged, they must give the monster one snack/bean bag.
The monster then takes the “snack” back to his/her house and drops it inside the hula hoop where it is now safe and cannot be stolen. The monster continues to tag students and collect as many snacks as possible during the round of play. Get the full game details RIGHT HERE!
ICE CREAM TAG
ICE CREAM TAG: In this striking and balance game, students use cones and balls to make “ice cream cones.” Then they run around and balance their ball on their cone. Taggers work together to knock the balls off of the cones and collect coins. Get all of the sweet details of this awesome game RIGHT HERE.
TURTLE TAG
TURTLE TAG – In this warm-up game the students with the pool noodles are the taggers and they are running around trying to tag the TURTLES. If a turtle gets tagged, he/she must lay down on his/her back with their hands and feet flailing in the air, like a turtle on its back.
A turtle can be saved if another turtle comes by, grabs both of their hands and pulls them back up and into the game. If a turtle needs a break, he/she can go INTO THEIR SHELL. If a turtle is in their shell they are safe and can’t be tagged by a turtle tagger. Get the Full Turtle Tag Lesson Plan RIGHT HERE.
Watch How To Play Turtle Tag HERE!
SWEET DREAMS TAG
SWEET DREAMS TAG – Sleep taggers begin chasing students, trying to tag them with their “SLEEP WAND.” If a student gets tagged, they must head to one of the mats (beds) and lay down and pretend to fall asleep.
This is one of the K-5 PE Games that the kids always beg to play over and over again. You can get the Full Sweet Dreams Tag Lesson Plan Details RIGHT HERE.
FARMER TAG
FARMER TAG: Students will have a blast running around pretending to be “farmers” trying to catch their animals that got loose and escaped the barn.
The “farm animals” will have fun escaping into a land of dramatic play, pretending to become their favorite farm animal, while practicing key locomotor skills and trying not to get caught by the farmers.
Get the Full Lesson Plan Details RIGHT HERE.
Team & Skill K-5 PE Games
These K-5 PE Games are not only fun, but they include the whole class while targeting Key PE skills is a crazy fun way.
FOOD WARS
FOOD WARS: This is a game of strategy, dodging, fleeing, and tons of fun. This game is played with four teams, bean bags or food squishies.
One team defends their “food” while the other teams strategize to try and steal the food and bring it back to their team.
My students absolutely LOVE THIS GAME! Get the Full Lesson Plan Details RIGHT HERE!
CATCH & STACK
CATCH & STACK: This is not only an great PE game but it also is an awesome BRAIN BREAK for the classroom. It builds teamwork and classroom community and I even play this game with my high school students.
It’s an awesome game to play when you need a quick 5-10 minute brain break from reading, writing, math or rigorous test-taking.
Students will love playing catch with their classmates, building a giant tower of cups and cheering each other on. Get all the Game Details RIGHT HERE!
MESSY BEDROOM
MESSY BEDROOM: This exciting activity puts a fun, fast-paced twist, on the classic game of The Floor is Lava.
Students will love the challenge of this strategy and teamwork game which also gives them plenty of opportunity to work on their balance and locomotor skills too.
Find out exactly How To Play RIGHT HERE.
CANDY BOWL: This exciting activity puts a fun, fast-paced twist on the classic game of bowling.
Students will have fun pretending they are at a giant bowling alley, rolling and bowling for “candy.”
This easy-to-play whole class team game encourages skill development (ROLLING) and teamwork too. Get all the Game Details RIGHT HERE.
BULLSEYE BAGS
BULLSEYE BAGS: This game is an epic throwing adventure – a super fun Cornhole in the Gym PE game.
This engaging, over-the-top fun, activity focuses on key underhand throwing skills and it also incorporates other key skills including: addition, scorekeeping, classroom community and sportsmanship.
Get the Full Game Details RIGHT HERE.
MONEY DOTS
MONEY DOTS: This engaging game focuses on basic underhand throwing skills and it also incorporates other key skills including: addition, money counting, teamwork, classroom community and sportsmanship.
Learn all the awesome details of this crazy fun underhand throwing game RIGHT HERE!
CRAZY BALL SOCCER
CRAZY BALL SOCCER: This exciting activity puts a fun and very fast-paced twist on the classic game of soccer.
Students will love the challenge of dribbling, passing, and scoring with several safe, soft, easy-to-control balls, like beach balls, and gator skin balls.
This whole class team game encourages skill development and teamwork with no downtime or students having to sit out. Find the FULL LESSON PLAN HERE!
CROSS THE RIVER: Cross the River is ideal for Elementary PE teachers, Classroom Teachers, Camp Counselors or Recess Monitors.
This engaging, over-the-top fun, whole class game, focuses on the following Learning Targets:
- Throwing Accuracy
- Dodging
- Building Classroom Community as unique facts about students are revealed
- Teamwork and Good Sportsmanship
Get all the Cross the River Lesson Plan Details RIGHT HERE.
SNOWBALL ISLAND
SNOWBALL ISLAND: This winter-themed whole class game focuses on overhand throwing accuracy, while practicing evasion techniques, and improving cardiovascular fitness.
Students will love the winter theme as they attempt to evade safe “snowballs” being thrown by their classmates standing on SNOWBALL ISLAND.
Find the FULL LESSON PLAN DETAILS HERE.
FOOD FIGHT
FOOD FIGHT: Are you looking for a creative way to play a SAFE DODGEBALL GAME with your physical education students?
Look no further than – FOOD FIGHT!
I mean who are we kidding? Who DOESN’T ABSOLUTELY LOVE the game of dodgeball? But we’re all afraid to play because somebody always get hurt!
Luckily, I came up with FOOD FIGHT – a SAFE DODGEBALL GAME that can be safely played and enjoyed by kids, and even adults, of ALL AGES.
When you take the classic game of dodgeball and add in a few creative little safety twists, you end up with a WIN-WIN for both PE teachers and students.
FOOD FIGHT has it all including OVERHAND THROWING, CATCHING, DODGING, TEAMWORK, and so much more – FULL LESSON PLAN HERE!
TIC-TAC-THROW
TIC-TAC-THROW: This crazy fun underhand throwing game offers a fun, active twist on the classic game of Tic Tac Toe, while also promoting teamwork, hand-eye coordination, and strategic thinking.
Kids work in teams, underhand throw bean bags to their partners, and score by landing bean bags on a giant Tic-Tac-Toe grid made from hula hoops.
Get the FULL LESSON PLAN RIGHT HERE!
SHOP TILL YOU DROP
SHOP TILL YOU DROP: Get ready to SHOP TILL YOU DROP in PE class.
This super creative, fun, and exciting LOCOMOTOR SKILLS GAME combines skipping and galloping with dramatic play, fitness exercises, social skills, and even good manners.
Get all the Awesome Details of Shop Till You Drop RIGHT HERE.
Seasonal and Holiday K-5 PE Games
These Seasonal and Holiday K-5 PE Games are unique, creative, and so darn fun to play!
TRICK OR TREAT – MOVE YOUR FEET
TRICK OR TREAT, MOVE YOUR FEET: This engaging Halloween activity combines the fun of movement with pretend play, imagination, creativity and even some counting, math, and good manners.
Your students will have a blast skipping around the gymnasium, moving from house (hula hoop) to house pretending to go “Trick-or Treating”.
They will listen as the homeowners on Halloween night ask them to do certain exercises before they hand out their candy (unifix cubes) to them.
This Halloween Themed PE activity offers so many opportunities for creativity, drama, pretend play, listening skills, physical activity, counting, using good manners, communication skills and just plain FUN.
Get the COMPLETE LESSON PLAN HERE!
GHOSTBUSTERS
GHOSTBUSTERS: This engaging team game focuses on key Standard-Based PE skills including: THROWING (underhand & overhand), CATCHING, ROLLING and KICKING.
Ghostbusters is perfect for focusing on sportsmanship and teamwork and it’s an excellent assessment resource for teachers to use at the end of their throwing, catching, rolling or kicking unit.
Get the FULL LESSON PLAN HERE!
MAGICAL DRUMSTICK RELAY
MAGICAL DRUMSTICK RELAY: It’s Thanksgiving Turkey Time with the Magical Drumstick Relay.
Students will work together as they ride the magical turkey drumstick (extra long pool noodle) and they race against each other to gather food for their “very hungry” Thanksgiving guests waiting to be fed.
The Magical Drumstick Relay is ideal for practicing teamwork, coordination and just plain old fashioned fun.
Find the FULL LESSON PLAN HERE.
TURKEY HUNTING
TURKEY HUNTING: This gym game is perfect for practicing the following key PE skills: ROLLING, TEAMWORK and LOCOMOTOR SKILLS including skipping, running, galloping and more.
In this awesome game, the hunters “catch” the turkeys by rolling the balls from the center of the gym and hitting the turkeys as they are moving around the outside of the gym.
If a turkey gets hit (knees or below) with a ball, he or she runs over, grabs a turkey from the basket and drops it off in the center of the gym where the hunters are gathered.
This Thanksgiving-Themed PE game is an absolute blast. Get all the Lesson Plan Details RIGHT HERE.
WILD TURKEY TAG
WILD TURKEY TAG: This tag game offers a great opportunity for your students to work on key physical education skills including running, chasing, skipping, galloping and more.
Find the FULL LESSON PLAN HERE!
ICE SKATING TAG
ICE SKATING TAG: This unique winter-themed PE game simulates ice skating indoors. It focuses on developing sliding skills, evasion techniques, and cardiovascular fitness.
Students will love pretending to ice skate using paper plates as “skates” while playing an exciting tag game.
That’s a wrap on 24 Crazy Fun K-5 PE Games that your students will BEG you to play over and over again!
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