Bean Bag Bandages

Learning Outcomes

Relay Version: Teams race while balancing bean bags on the called body part.

Multiple Bandages: Balance 2–3 bean bags on different body parts.

Fitness Challenge: Balance the bean bag while doing 5 squats, 5 steps, or 5 jumps.

Freeze Mode: Teacher shouts “Freeze!” — students stop without dropping the bean bag.

Speed Challenge: Move faster without losing the bean bag.

Description Of Activity

Spread students around the play area.

Create “injury spots” using cones/hoops.

When the teacher calls out a body part (e.g., “knee,” “elbow,” “shoulder”), students must run to an injury spot.

Pick up a bean bag and place it on that body part as a “bandage.”

Students must hold the bean bag in place using balance only (no hands) and move to the finish line or back to the start.

Repeat with different body parts.

Equipment/Material Required

• Four cones for boundaries (same color
• Spot marker for every kid.
• 1 bean bag per student & 1 small cone for 5-6 students

Play Area Set-Up 

1. Send groups of 5 or 6 students to a cone, each student should have a beanbag.
2. One student acts as the Patient and stands next to the cone. The other students are Doctors and form an arc around the Patient.