Backyard Game Review: Scatter

As the warm breeze ushers in the joyous spirit of outdoor gatherings, finding the perfect backyard game to entertain friends and family becomes essential. Enter Scatter, a captivating and strategic game originating from Finland (originally called Mölkky). This game promises to bring both fun and friendly competition to your backyard, making it an excellent addition…

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5 Great Backyard Games for Teens

Ah, teenagers. That unique age group between being too cool for school and just looking for something, anything, to do. If you’re tired of hearing “I’m bored” echoing through your house (or you are the teen and are sick of you and your friends repeating this) it’s time to transform your backyard into the ultimate…

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Slingshot Paintball

Reposted with permission from Funception.com College kids are always looking for fun things to do while on a budget, right? A big group of friends at one point in my college career decided to all invest in wrist rockets and split the cost of a big box of paintballs. Once they were acquired, we had an…

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5 Unique Ways to Make Homemade Icecream

Reposted with permission from Funception.com Making ice cream in a ziplock bag is a fun, easy, and educational activity that you can quickly do at home with just a few ingredients and supplies. There are various different techniques that you could test to see which creates the “best” version of homemade ice cream. With my…

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Game Review: Cornhole

The Ultimate Guide to Cornhole: A Game of Fun and Skill Cornhole, also known as bean bag toss, is a classic outdoor game that has gained immense popularity for its simple yet entertaining gameplay. It has seemed to explode again even in the past few years with a new fire! Whether you’re at a backyard…

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Pickleball with 3 Players

How to play Pickleball with only 3 players? (Cutthroat/Australian Doubles) Anyone who has played pickleball more than a handful of times knows that it’s not always easy to round up 4 players to play pickleball. Sometimes a friend is late or even bails at the last second (we ALLL have that one friend). Having only…

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Tally Tumbler – Review

Water Bottles. If you are like us, you have free bottles from company swag, dented Hydro Flasks, a sticker covered bottle from your granola days, and then probably 3 cups or bottles with missing lids of some sort. If you’re in the market for a new water carrying friend, and you love outdoor games and…

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Best Sides to Bring to a BBQ

Summer BBQ season is the best of all the seasons in the land. You have seen our passion for backyard games, but did you know we have a similar passion for food? Honestly it was a tight split between starting a website about our favorite backyard games vs. starting a website about food. Just kidding,…

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5 Great Outdoor Activities for the 4th of July

The 4th of July is actually Cassidy’s absolute favorite holiday. In Utah there’s an incredible line up of parades, hot air balloon festivals and awesome firework shows that make for great traditions year after year. That being said, there are a few hours in between the annual parade and the evening BBQ where we have…

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