·        Water balloons

·        Small jigsaw puzzles

·        Hula-Hoops

·        Jump ropes

·        Pieces of rope tied into many intricate knots

·        Rewards (prizes) for winning the challenges (Store gift cards, McDonald's gift cards, CDs, DVDs, bags of candy)

Food

·        Muddy worm cake

·        Water bottles and/or juice boxes

·        Food challenge items -- Cold spaghetti for worms, cooked cauliflower for monkey brains, sausage-stuffed crescent rolls for cocoons, deviled eggs with sliced green olives for eyeballs, tomato juice for blood.

Activities/Games

Buy different colored bandannas (you want two of each color) and put them into a bag or container. When the guests arrive, each takes a bandanna. These are their "buffs". People with the same color will be a team or "tribe".

Tribe challenges

·        Three-legged race

·        Water balloon toss

·        Endurance course -- On a field set up a course that includes such things as stops to jump rope 10 times, jump a certain distance, do five cartwheels, and sit on a balloon to pop it. Each tribe member must go through the course. The tribe who completes it the fastest wins reward.

Individual challenges

·        Hula-Hoop contest -- Who can hula the longest?

·        Jump-rope contest -- Who can jump the longest?

·        Timed puzzle solving

·        Obstacle course -- If you're at a playground, map out a course using the equipment there. The Survivor who completes the course the fastest wins reward.)

·        Food challenge -- Each Survivor takes turns eating each item described above. Once everyone has had a chance to eat one of the foods, move on to the next. If a guest isn't able to stomach the food, he drops out. If more than one person is able to eat each food, they must compete in the knot untying challenge as a tiebreaker. Give each a piece of rope tied into many intricate knots. The Survivor who unties the knots the fastest wins.

Party Favors

Each guest takes home the hula-hoop, jump rope, and puzzle he used in the challenges, as well as the rewards they received.