Activity #20: Animal rescue obstacle course

This will be our last obstacle course for a little while, but don't worry there will still be more



Description: We used one of the those chunky knob puzzles with animals on it. I placed the animals at one end of the course, and the puzzle board at the other end. They had to rescue the animals one at a time and put it back in the puzzle board. More obstacle course ideas: throw a ball into a bin, jump backwards over a line, jump sideways over a line multiple times, jump up to touch an object high on the wall (a noise maker preferably), walk on heels
Age: 3+
Purpose:
Gross motor
Puzzles
Prep time: minimal, just the obstacle course stations
What you’ll need: a chunky knob type puzzle
Fun Factor: This was the first of this sort of obstacle courses I did with the kids. I anticipated they would rescue all the animals (8 of them) and we would be done. They had so much fun they wanted to do it again. I think we rescued the animals 10 times. It was also the first time we went over the course and rolled onto the mattress. This also may have contributed to the fun factor.