Create a New theme each year and choose appropriate activities so that no 2 years are alike. Themes that range from Healthy to Thinking and everything in-between: Olympics, Teamwork, Relays, County Fair, School Pride, etc...
Hula Hoop Frisbee Throw Spread on the ground -- or hang from a tree or clothesline -- a number of Hula Hoops. Give each student five chances to toss a Frisbee into (or through) one of the hoops. You might vary the game for older students by assigning each hoop a different point value. Students add up the points they earn for their five Frisbee tosses. Students who get the most Frisbees into hoops or the most points are recognized during the award ceremony. Hula Hoop Marathon. How long can students keep a Hula Hoop spinning around their bodies? Record the time each student keeps the hoop spinning; stop the clock the first time the hoop contacts the ground. Students with the longest spinning times are recognized during the award ceremony. Croquet Golf - Set up a series of croquet wickets. Make sure wickets are set at natural angles to make the course flow smoothly. You might use lime to mark the direction of the course. Provide each student with a croquet mallet and a ball of a matching color. How long does it take each student to hit the ball through the course? If you have a group of parents to supervise this station, multiple students can play at one time. Establish rules appropriate for the age of students. Following are some suggestions: Time each student. No reshooting allowed. If a student misses a wicket, he or she keeps going, but receives a 15-second penalty. Award a point for each wicket the ball goes through on the first try. Add up the number of strokes it takes a student to make it through all the wickets. To keep the game going smoothly, do not replay missed wickets; instead, missed wickets earn a 2-stroke penalty. Drop into a plastic wading pool a large number of different colored eggs; the eggs should be glued shut so they don't come apart during the activity. There should be the same number of eggs (6-10) of each color. Cover the eggs with Styrofoam packing peanuts, popcorn, or sand. Arrange students around the pool. Assign each student a different color. Then give students a time limit (maybe 2 minutes) to uncover as many eggs as they can of their assigned color. If a student uncovers an egg of a different color, he or she should rebury the egg so the student who is looking for that color will not be able to grab it from the surface of the pool. At the end of the time limit, count the number of eggs each student uncovered. At an award assembly, recognize students who found the most eggs. Alternative Activity: Bury marbles and let students hunt for marbles of any color. How many marbles does each student uncover within the time limit? Create a Planning Sheet for Your Field Day in advance.
A good Planning Sheet would include the Following:
Basketball Free Throws Set a different line for students in each grade level. A student stands at the line and has five chances to get a ball in a hoop. Count the number of baskets each student makes. Students who score the most baskets are recognized at the award ceremony.
Give out all types of awards so ALL the Students get Recognized. Here are some examples of Awards that can be given out.
Balance Beam Bean Bag Walk.
Students place a beanbag on their heads. How many times can a student walk the length of the balance beam without letting the beanbag fall? Each student who can walk the beam five times (up, back, up, back, and up again) is recognized during the award ceremony. Younger students might need to walk the beam fewer times. We receive a lot of calls and questions, especially this time a year, about how the online store works. It is very simple and easy for you, your parents and students. First, we design your Field Day t-shirts. Once your custom design is approved, we create your online store. You choose the price for the shirts based upon how much you want to make. You may want to make $3 per shirt sold as a fund raiser. We add $3 to the price per shirt sold online. Then once all the ordering is complete and you receive your shirts, we send you a check for $3 per shirt for however many you sell. Most online stores sell between 300 and 500 shirts. This means you can make $900 to $1500 as a fundraiser if you add $3 to the price. This is all done online and you don't have to hassle with any of the details. Many people ask what is the base price of the shirts sold online? The base price is based upon how many shirts you anticipate selling as well as your design, how many colors and imprint locations there will be. Contact us today for more information about making your Field Day tshirts online store a fundraiser. Why is it that a dark color custom screen printed t-shirt is so much more expensive than a white t-shirt? I know this can be confusing especially since every screen printing company prices and explains this differently. I will attempt to explain the process that create a price difference. First off, white and natural color t-shirts are less expensive than light and dark color t-shirts. Pricing from the manufacturers like Gildan and Hanes is priced as follows: Least expensive - white and natural colors, Most expensive - dark colors like red, black, dark purple, and then light colors like sport grey and tan are priced in between the white and dark colors. Next comes the printing process. When printing on white and light colors with a dark ink (like white tees with navy print) there is only 1 print and 1 screen required. Like painting a wall in your house, it only requires 1 coat. When printing a light imprint color on a dark color tee shirt, it requires a base coat of white and then the imprint color on top of the base color. Like painting a wall in your house, it requires a primer base coat and then the color on top. The flash is the process in which the bottom/ base color is cured or dried so that you can print the color on top of it. Since printing on dark color t-shirts requires a base coat and then the top color, then it also requires an additional screen. So all said, the dark color screen printed t-shirts needs an extra screen and the base color needs to be cured in the process. This requires additional labor and supplies for setup and in some cases, depending on the screen printing press used, the actual print time can be longer. As a result, the pricing is higher for darker shirts do to the cost of the shirt as well as the cost of the additional labor and supplies to print it. I hope this helps in explaining the cost difference. The example proof shown is a red t-shirt with a navy and white imprint color. The navy and white is printed on top of the white underbase color. The white makes the navy "POP" and look vibrant. |
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