Minute to Win It Challenge June 25, 2013 – Posted in: Family, Giveaways
This was probably the most fun post I’ve ever done! Minute to Win It has always been one of my favorite game shows to watch and getting my girls and nieces to do the challenges was exciting, great exercise, and a fun to way keep them all entertained during a hot summer day. I looked through the provided list and thought we wouldn’t be able to do a lot of the challenges since I was working with younger children (and didn’t want to challenge them to something they’d have a lot of trouble doing) but we ended up with a list of great things to try. And boy did they have a BLAST!!
We played 10 games total, split up among the 4 girls. The nice thing is most of the games could easily be played more than once, so if someone else wanted to try, we could do it as many times as we needed.
The 10 we chose were:
Buckethead
Hanky Panky
Baby Rattle
Nose Dive
Noodling Around
Junk in the Trunk
Elephant March
Penny Hose
Breakfast Scramble
Separation Anxiety
This was a HOOT! The kids laughed and cheered and wore themselves out (every Mom’s dream, right?!) trying to outdo each other with each challenge. I was so proud to see them dive in and commit to whatever I asked and to have such a wonderful time together in the process. In no particular order, these were some of our favorite games.
The Breakfast Scramble was fun for them all. We’re a family of puzzle lovers and the girls dove into this one, racing to finish it. 
The Nose Dive was a huge laugh and one the older girls were familiar with from school.
And one figured it was easier to capture as many as once on her nose instead of doing them one by one.
I only had 1 box of tissues so my oldest niece won the honor of trying Hanky Panky. And boy did she go for it!
Even when she dropped the box on the ground, she never skipped a beat!
The very favorite of the day was the Junk in the Trunk.
I even got some great videos of the girls shaking it as hard as they could to get the ping pong balls out.
click the links to view the videos
Sew Like My Mom | Minute to Win It
Sew Like My Mom | Minute to Win It
We will definitely be playing that game more this summer! My girls were exceptionally good at it! The Elephant March was also a big hit among the kids, and they cracked me up with the panty hose on their heads!
And lastly, the Baby Rattle challenged them all while sweat rolled down their hot faces!
All in all, it took us about an hour and a half for everyone to play all the games. It was a wonderful way to pass the afternoon and they’ve all been asking us to play again!
Does your family enjoy Minute to Win It and their creative games? The fast-paced game is returning to GSN later this month with a new host, Apolo Ohno! The season kicks off Tuesday, June 25th at 8/7c only on GSN.
For more information, connect with Minute to Win It on Facebook and Twitter and visit the GSN website.
In anticipation of the return of Minute to Win It, you can enter to win a $100 Visa gift card! Simply comment on this post and let me know which game your family would enjoy the most.
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136 Comments
Prudence W June 25, 2013 - 20:41
Elephant March for sure!!!!
Amanda Jimenez Park June 25, 2013 - 20:58
Nose dive and hanky panky look fun for my family
Nikki June 25, 2013 - 23:47
My boys would love the Elephant March!
Mami2jcn June 26, 2013 - 09:54
My kids would enjoy Junk in the Trunk.
Mami2jcn June 26, 2013 - 09:55
tweet–https://twitter.com/mami2jcn/status/349888626269757442
Bonnie June 26, 2013 - 11:24
hahaha. the pantyhose on the head is so fun, would love to try that!
Amy June 26, 2013 - 12:32
I think the Junk in the Trunk looks fun and would be a blast to watch the family complete.
Elena June 26, 2013 - 12:33
We would play Elephant March
Elena June 26, 2013 - 12:56
https://twitter.com/ElenaIstomina/status/349934164063166465
Rebecca Ree June 26, 2013 - 16:02
I used to make puzzles out of cereal box fronts too and I totally forgot about that! Thanks for the reminder.
Jessica To June 26, 2013 - 18:32
I like puzzles so I would like Breakfast Scramble!
Lisa Brown June 27, 2013 - 12:03
Face the Cookie is a favorite game.
jslbrown_03 at yahoo dot com
Lisa Brown June 27, 2013 - 12:04
tweet – https://twitter.com/LuLu_Brown24/status/350283420842201089
jslbrown_03 at yahoo dot com
Janice Whitaker June 27, 2013 - 16:06
Baby rattle challenge looks fun!
Katie K June 27, 2013 - 17:09
Junk in the trunk looks hilarious!
Margaret Smith June 27, 2013 - 19:19
I think my family would love the Face the cookie game.
These all look like so much fun.
Thanks so much.
Margaret Smith June 27, 2013 - 19:20
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/peg42/status/350393165842362369
Kiara June 27, 2013 - 22:07
We would like to play Rapid Fire.
austma7@aol.com
Tamar June 28, 2013 - 08:53
I love your post! I am so glad the girls had fun. I really like the Ready Spaghetti challenge.
Cynthia C June 28, 2013 - 12:15
Elephant March looks like something that kids would enjoy.
Cynthia C June 28, 2013 - 12:16
Tweet
https://twitter.com/clc408/status/350648677473333248
Emily June 28, 2013 - 15:52
Hanky panky would be fun for our family.
Kelly D June 28, 2013 - 15:58
My kids would love the Junk in the Trunk game, it looks like a lot of fun.
Kelly D June 28, 2013 - 16:00
tweet
https://twitter.com/kellysaver/status/350705089968746496
HilLesha June 28, 2013 - 16:35
Elephant March! 🙂
Stephanie V. June 28, 2013 - 20:40
Love the show and play all the time in this house. hanky panky is our fave game!
(except now I have Ziploc bags full of tissues)
tvollowitz at aol dot com
Tram Le June 28, 2013 - 23:42
We would enjoy Noodling Around.
Anastasia June 29, 2013 - 08:55
I think the cup stacking game, Stack Attack, would be a big hit with everyone here 🙂
Anastasia June 29, 2013 - 08:55
Tweeted 🙂 – https://twitter.com/Enter_Now/status/350960500126924802
Debra Ford June 29, 2013 - 16:37
My kids would like Junk in the Trunk
Suzanne K June 29, 2013 - 23:38
they all look like fun, I’ll pick Junk in the Trunk!
steph June 29, 2013 - 23:48
junk in the trunk looks fun!
steph June 29, 2013 - 23:51
https://twitter.com/DesMoinesDealin/status/351185226984206336
Jennifer B June 30, 2013 - 02:03
we would love face the cookie
Alexis June 30, 2013 - 02:41
I think Junk in the Trunk would definitely be the favorite here. They all look like a blast!
Jessie C. June 30, 2013 - 17:56
we would love Junk in the Trunk game.
tcarolinep at gmail dot com
Jessie C. June 30, 2013 - 17:57
-https://twitter.com/tcarolinep/status/351459030323040257
Carolyn G June 30, 2013 - 18:27
We love to play games
Shauntea Crutcher June 30, 2013 - 22:30
My family would enjoy Rapid Fire the most.
sandra July 01, 2013 - 12:34
the stack attack game
Sarah Hirsch July 01, 2013 - 12:53
we would enjoy noddling around
Merle M July 01, 2013 - 15:03
we like Sportcraft
Merle M July 01, 2013 - 15:05
https://twitter.com/Merle0304/status/351778426090303488
stephanie July 01, 2013 - 15:12
Elephant March
stephanie July 01, 2013 - 15:13
tweet: https://twitter.com/akronugurl/status/351780524995518464 .
dan williams July 01, 2013 - 16:39
twitted this today, 01/07
Barbara P. July 01, 2013 - 20:02
We love all games and they all look hilarious but I would pick Junk in the Trunk and Breakfast Scramble.
Stephanie Larison July 01, 2013 - 22:44
I’d love to do the ready spaghetti!
Denise S July 02, 2013 - 15:38
We play Sorry, Scrabble or Monopoly the most.
Stephanie G July 03, 2013 - 10:47
Nose Dive looks cute and fun, I love how one of the girls tried to get multiple cotton balls at once!
Stephanie G July 03, 2013 - 10:48
tweet
https://twitter.com/abrightbabe/status/352438672471244801
Holly Wert July 03, 2013 - 10:54
my kids would like Face the Cookie if they got to eat it afterwards pry.school.1@gmail.com
Holly Wert July 03, 2013 - 10:56
tweet https://twitter.com/holly_gardens/status/352433297961398272 pry.school.1@gmail.com
dan williams July 03, 2013 - 18:35
twitted this today, 03/07
Jacob LaFountaine July 03, 2013 - 22:32
Junk in the Trunk
Barbara M July 04, 2013 - 00:23
We’d love playing Penny Hose – thank you.
Barbara M July 04, 2013 - 00:24
Tweet https://twitter.com/JalapenoMama/status/352643612590354435
Wild Orchid July 04, 2013 - 05:37
Junk in the Trunk looks like a blast!
Thanks for the chance to win!
wildorchid985 at gmail dot com
Wild Orchid July 04, 2013 - 05:38
tweet–https://twitter.com/WildOrchid985/status/352722948135718914
wildorchid985 at gmail dot com
Erica Best July 05, 2013 - 11:22
Breakfast Scramble sound fun we love puzzles
Erica Best July 05, 2013 - 11:22
https://twitter.com/purplelover04/status/353161218795651073
Susan Smith July 05, 2013 - 22:02
The Elephant March looks fun
Susan Smith July 05, 2013 - 22:03
https://twitter.com/susan1215/status/353332539835949057
joni July 06, 2013 - 22:31
Face the Cookie
joni July 06, 2013 - 22:32
https://twitter.com/smilekisses/status/353702974121447425
Wanda McHenry July 07, 2013 - 09:27
I think we’d enjoy the Iron Board Man!
Wanda McHenry July 07, 2013 - 09:29
https://twitter.com/myfolly/status/353868418656632832
joseph gersch jr July 07, 2013 - 14:35
face the cookie looks fun
Janna Johnson July 07, 2013 - 18:57
rapid fire for my fam
dan williams July 07, 2013 - 19:20
twitted this today, 07/07
Kelly H. July 08, 2013 - 02:13
The elephant march looks like it would be a blast to play!
Kerry July 08, 2013 - 21:45
I think my family would like the noodling around game.
Kerry July 08, 2013 - 21:47
tweeted: https://twitter.com/KerryBishop/status/354416278427025412
sherri crawford July 09, 2013 - 18:50
stack attack or junk in the trunk
nannypanpan July 09, 2013 - 22:48
we’d like face the cookie
nannypanpan@gmail.com
Amy Tong July 10, 2013 - 03:21
What a fun day you had! My family would enjoy the Junk in the Trunk the most as both of my kids love to jump so much. 🙂 Can’t wait to try these games with them. These would be perfect pass time games in the summer!
amy [at] utry [dot] it
Amy Tong July 10, 2013 - 03:23
tweeted:
https://twitter.com/uTry_it/status/354863326066524160
amy [at] utry [dot] it
carmen July 10, 2013 - 17:20
stack attack looks like it would be fun once my daughter gets older!
Susan Chester July 11, 2013 - 14:55
Hanky Panky would be fun for my family!
smchester at gmail dot com
Samantha Daleo July 12, 2013 - 21:38
I think my family would have so much fun with the Junk in the Trunk game! Definitely have to try that one!
Lisa July 13, 2013 - 00:59
I’d like to play Hanky Panky
ashley July 13, 2013 - 23:09
I think we would like the Mad Dog game
Debbie B July 13, 2013 - 23:58
we would enjoy the stack attack game
Debbie B July 13, 2013 - 23:59
tweeted here: https://twitter.com/bellows22/status/356261542154600449
Rebecca Graham July 14, 2013 - 04:17
We would like to play Baby Rattle.
Jayne Martin July 14, 2013 - 12:37
Definitely junk in the trunk.
Jayne Martin July 14, 2013 - 12:39
Tweeted.
https://twitter.com/Jayne_Martin/status/356452613035786242
diane Baum July 14, 2013 - 13:27
My sons liked the cookie game and the stacking one
kolpin July 14, 2013 - 17:19
This Blows looks hilarious! Think I’d need to clear out my living room of all the fragiles first before trying though!
kolpin July 14, 2013 - 17:32
i tweeted
https://twitter.com/kolpin4680/status/356526580748656641
Daniel M July 15, 2013 - 20:43
the Mad Dog game
Janice Cooper July 15, 2013 - 21:14
Junk in the trunk
Janice Cooper July 15, 2013 - 21:16
https://twitter.com/disneyfan40/status/356945161768534017
tina reynolds July 15, 2013 - 21:38
I would love to play junk in the trunk with the kids and hubby
tina reynolds July 15, 2013 - 21:40
https://twitter.com/eaglesforjack/status/356951400669908992
LAMusing July 16, 2013 - 00:39
Chop Stacks looks fun!
LAMusing July 16, 2013 - 00:48
https://twitter.com/LAMusing/status/356996786633711617
s riches July 16, 2013 - 08:27
We would have fun playing Junk in the Trunk!
Linda G. July 16, 2013 - 11:28
I would like to play the Mad Dog game with my family!
crystal smith July 16, 2013 - 13:13
I think my family would like the Baby Rattle game the best. It looks like it would be easy enough for my younger sons to be able to enjoy it too 🙂
Jennifer July 16, 2013 - 16:03
my family would love stack attack!
Brenda Elsner July 16, 2013 - 17:37
We would enjoy playing this blows.
Angela W July 16, 2013 - 18:50
My kids would enjoy Junk in the Trunk.
Ellie W July 16, 2013 - 18:53
My boys would love the Rapid Fire game!!
Ellie W July 16, 2013 - 18:54
tweeted
https://twitter.com/eswright18/status/357271532227141632
ky2here July 16, 2013 - 20:09
I’m with you and ‘junk in the trunk’.
ky2here July 16, 2013 - 20:11
https://twitter.com/ky2here1/status/357291105907261441
Deborah Wallin July 16, 2013 - 23:24
Penny Hose
Deborah Wallin July 16, 2013 - 23:30
https://twitter.com/wallindeb/status/357341342206136321
Mihaela D. July 17, 2013 - 02:05
My family is addicted to Wrap It Up 🙂
Betty C July 17, 2013 - 03:12
Junk in the Trunk looks like one for the grandkids.
Betty C July 17, 2013 - 03:13
Tweet – https://twitter.com/willitara/status/357397445380018176
Janice Crespo July 17, 2013 - 08:21
Baby Rattle and Elephant Head looked fun and easy enough for the young kids – thanks for sharing!
kathy pease July 17, 2013 - 09:58
id love to try Junk in the Trunk that sounds fun 🙂
kathy pease July 17, 2013 - 09:59
https://twitter.com/klp1965/status/357499649290027011
angie lilly July 17, 2013 - 11:03
Junk in the Trunk looks super fun as you can incorporate music and dancing into this one! LOL
angie lilly July 17, 2013 - 11:03
I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/MsTofuFairy/status/357515370799693826
susan smoaks July 17, 2013 - 12:37
I really think that we would have fun playing Chop Stack (Level 7), they all look like a lot of fun!
Lisa Garner July 17, 2013 - 12:48
I think Junk In The Truck looks like a blast and would be a great game for all my children to play.
lisalmg25 at gmail dot com
Lisa Garner July 17, 2013 - 12:51
I Tweeted: https://twitter.com/lisalmg/status/357542849304215552
lisalmg25 at gmail dot com
Veronica Garrett July 17, 2013 - 14:03
We would enjoy Face the Cookie.
thischickwins July 17, 2013 - 14:43
penny hose
Erica C. July 17, 2013 - 15:41
We’ve had a minute to win it game before at work…was a blast.
Noodling Around is fun.
ericacarnes(at)gmail(dot)com
Amanda Sakovitz July 17, 2013 - 17:13
Id love to play the bottoms up game with my family
pokergrl8 at gmail.com
Thomas Murphy July 17, 2013 - 17:19
we would like Junk in the Trunk
Thomas Murphy July 17, 2013 - 17:19
https://twitter.com/thomasmurphy40/status/357610546524200961
Christian Alejandro July 17, 2013 - 17:31
haha Junk in the trunk looks a like a blast!
Christian Alejandro July 17, 2013 - 17:32
tweeted! https://twitter.com/lieutcrunch17/status/357613416338305024
Sarah L July 17, 2013 - 18:32
I think Jingle in the Trunk would be lots of fun to play.
Thanks for the contest.
Sarah L July 17, 2013 - 18:36
https://twitter.com/slehan/status/357629122530390017
Jimmy July 17, 2013 - 19:19
I would like to play the Hanky Panky game
Eugenie July 17, 2013 - 19:34
Definitely would give Breakfast Scramble a try!
Eugenie July 17, 2013 - 19:35
tweeted
https://twitter.com/FernGlade/status/357644510429319169
Tabathia B July 17, 2013 - 20:00
Junk in the truck
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
Lee July 17, 2013 - 20:03
I tweetred this at https://twitter.com/leedhowell/status/357651742181175297
Tabathia B July 17, 2013 - 20:04
tweet https://twitter.com/ChelleB36/status/357651762200592384