Cup Stack Race

Time

4 3 2 1 Early-Mid Stages

Benefits

What you need

30 paper cups

Intro

We’re not competing with the construction of the Egyptian pyramids, but we are building pyramids out of cups! This fun ‘n’ fast game requires teamwork, coordination and a bit of dexterity. All you need is paper cups and a table to stack them on – and that’s it. What strategy will win the day? Super-fast or slow and steady…?

It’s good fun for any party or family gathering.

Top tip

Want to make the race a little easier? Just use 6 cups per team

The Activity

Divide the group into 2 teams (if you don’t have an equal number, get someone to go twice)
Sit each team at opposite sides of the table, ideally in a row
Explain that they need to take it in turns to build a pyramid with the cups (5 on the bottom row, 4 on the next, then 3, 2 and 1 on the top)
Give the first person in each row a stack of 15 cups
Say “ready, steady, go” and start the game
Once the first person has built their pyramid, encourage them to pass the cups onto the next person in their team so they can build one too
Keep going until everyone in the team has built one
The winners are the first team to finish!