A cross between miniature golf and croquet, this game is sure to keep kids giggling across the green.

What You Need

• Croquet mallets and balls

• Assorted objects for obstacles

Instructions

1. Challenge your kids to create a crazy croquet course with objects you have on hand. Instead of wickets, have them set up wackier targets and obstacles.

2. Perhaps the ball has to roll under the slide of the swing set or between the wheels of a trike. Or it has to bump a large stuffed giraffe before tapping your toddler's doll stroller. Picnic tables, sawhorses, spare tires: see how much of your stuff your kids can employ to make the course as big and varied as possible.

3. You can also cut large arched openings into cardboard boxes, or make ball-guiding bumpers by lining up two rows of bricks.

4. Before they begin, have the kids agree on a clear course through the "wickets" and on any other silly rules they may want to add (a song that players have to sing before they swing, maybe, or hopping on one foot over to the ball).

Tips:

If you don't have a croquet set, use a kids' golf set and Wiffle balls or hockey sticks and tennis balls.

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