Home-made, all inclusive Olympics

My thoughts about creating kits for games to play with your family/in your community, things you can make and play together have led me to write this post.  London is not quite at Olympic fever, but people do talk about the stadium as it slowly takes form.  How about meeting up and creating your own Olympics to fuel the debate.  Afterall the central message of the Olympics is friendship and peace, use this to get to know your neighbours...

Then you can start your Olympics:

• Start by making your own Olympic flags, incorporate something important from everyone or each group of people, and this way you can learn about each others backgrounds.  
• Set up an obstacle course in your backyard using lawn furniture, old tires, and anything else you can find that people have to go around, climb under or over, and go through.
• Make some Water Weights and have a weight lifting competition.
• Play volleyball, but instead of trying to hit the ball back and forth, each team must catch the ball with a blanket and throw it back the same way!
• Make your own Bean Bags and have a throwing competition. Use boxes, cans, paper bags, etc to make targets.
• See who can blow the biggest bubble.
• Have an egg and spoon race