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Spider Web Challenge

Spider Web Challenge

Min number of participants 6
Age 10+ yrs.
Safety support by adult Recommended
Min duration 30 min.
Cost None (Free)
Environment Outdoor

Weave a rope or string "web" between two trees or posts, then get every teammate through their own unique gap without touching the strands — a physical puzzle that forces the team to plan and lift each other.

The Essentials

How to play

  1. Tie string or rope between two trees, posts, or a large frame, weaving it back and forth to create a grid of gaps of different sizes — enough gaps for one person each, plus a few extra.
  2. The team's task is to get every member through to the other side, each person using a different gap exactly once — no gap can be reused.
  3. Nobody may touch the web itself; if a strand moves or a body part brushes it, that person goes back and the team tries that crossing again.
  4. Team members may lift, support, or carry each other through the higher or trickier gaps — spotters should always support the head and shoulders of anyone going through upside down or feet-first.
  5. The team succeeds when everyone has passed through their own gap without ever touching a strand.

Tips

  • Plan the order before starting: send the largest or most flexible people through the smallest gaps, and save the biggest gaps for whoever needs the most support crossing.
  • The last one or two people are the hardest, since nobody remains outside the web to help lift them through — think ahead about who goes last.
  • Keep the web low enough and the ground soft enough (grass, mats) that a fall during a lift is a non-event.
  • Great for team building: it's essentially a large-scale logistics puzzle that only works if the group plans as a whole rather than solving it person by person.
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