Egg Drop Challenge
- Players: 4 or more
- Duration: 30 - 45 min
- Average cost: $3
How to play
Each team gets one raw egg and an identical kit of junk — straws, tape, newspaper, balloons, rubber bands, cardboard. They have twenty minutes to engineer a contraption that will protect the egg from a high drop: a balcony, a ladder, a second-story window. Then comes the ceremony: each team explains their design, the crowd counts down, and the egg drops. Survivors advance to a higher drop until one egg reigns. Equal parts engineering lesson and gameshow — have paper towels ready.
What you'll need
- Raw eggs
- Straws ↗
- Tape ↗
- Newspaper
- Balloons ↗
- Rubber bands
- Cardboard
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