How to Make a Backyard Hanging Target Course

Here's a new idea for brightening up the backyard with a challenging, homemade sporting event. Hang up a half dozen round rings from branches or swingsets. Then, have your child try to throw a ball or Frisbee through each target without missing. This game develops eye-hand coordination and encourages outdoor play.

Things You'll Need

• Six wire hangers
• Balls or frisbees
• Colored tape or streamers
• Jingle bells
• String

Instructions

1. Pull out and bend the wire hangers into an "O" shape.

2. Wrap the wire with colored tape or crepe paper to make them brighter targets.

3. Tie a string to the top of the "O," hanging a jingle bell in the center of the target.

4. Hang the targets in various places around the yard.

5. Kids should take turns going from target to target and trying to get a hole-in-one.