One Minute Game Timer With 60 Games to Play

Press Pick another game for one of 60 one-minute games with its props and its goal, then press Start a 1-minute timer.

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Glove Coin PickupYou need: thick winter gloves, 10 coins flat on the table and a cup. Goal: wearing both gloves, pick the coins up one at a time and drop all ten in the cup. No sliding them off the edge.

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Plastic cups 10

Balloon Air Sweep You need: 12 plastic cups in a line and one balloon. Goal: blow up the balloon, then aim the escaping air at the cups. Refill as often as you like and push every cup off the table.
Bounce and Catch Ten You need: one cup and one ping-pong ball. Goal: bounce the ball on the table and catch it in the cup. Ten catches wins, and a ball that hits the floor costs you a catch.
Bounce-In Six You need: 6 cups in a row and a bowl of ping-pong balls. Goal: bounce a ball off the table once and into a cup. Keep going until every cup holds a ball.
Card-and-Cup Tower You need: 5 cups and 4 playing cards. Goal: stack cup, card, cup, card until all five cups are up. Then pull the cards out one at a time so the cups drop into one stack.
Cup Pyramid Up and Down You need: 36 plastic cups. Goal: build a pyramid with eight cups in the bottom row, then slide it back down into a single stack.

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Plastic cups, continued

Cup-to-Cup Toss You need: 2 cups, a ping-pong ball and a partner six feet away. Goal: toss the ball from cup to cup without touching it. Ten catches between you wins.
Odd Cup Shuffle You need: a stack of 20 cups in one color with 1 cup of another color on top. Goal: move cups from the top of the stack to the bottom one at a time, swapping hands each time, until the odd cup is back on top.
Sliding Cup Stop You need: a long table, a cup and two strips of tape a hand apart at the far end. Goal: slide the cup from your end so it stops between the tapes. Three good stops wins.
Table-Edge Cup Flips You need: 6 plastic cups. Goal: hang each cup half over the table edge, flick it up with one finger so it lands upside down, and land all six.
Water-Cup Ball Bridge You need: 3 cups in a row, filled to the brim with water, and a ping-pong ball. Goal: float the ball in the first cup and blow it across to the second, then the third. No touching.

Balloons and balls 8

Balloon Knee Carry You need: 5 balloons and a laundry basket across the room. Goal: carry the balloons one at a time between your knees, no hands, and drop all five in the basket.
Paper Plate Balloon Fan You need: a balloon, a paper plate and a line of tape across the room. Goal: fan the balloon to the line and back. The plate never touches the balloon, and neither do you.
Sock Ball Basket You need: 10 rolled pairs of socks and a laundry basket eight feet away. Goal: land seven of the ten in the basket.
Spoon-and-Ball Walk You need: a spoon, 6 ping-pong balls and a bowl at each end of the room. Goal: carry the balls one at a time on the spoon, other hand behind your back. Move all six.
Stocking Swing Bowling You need: one leg of a pair of tights with a tennis ball in the toe, and 6 empty plastic bottles on the floor. Goal: wear the open end on your head like a hat, swing the ball and knock down all six bottles. No hands.
Straw-Powered Ball Race You need: a drinking straw, 3 ping-pong balls and a cup taped just under the far edge of the table. Goal: blow each ball down the table through the straw and drop it into the cup. Three balls wins.
Three Balloon Juggle You need: 3 balloons. Goal: keep all three off the floor for the whole minute. Hands only, and no holding.
Tissue Box Shake-Out You need: an empty tissue box holding 8 ping-pong balls, belted around your waist with the box at the back. Goal: jump, wiggle and shake until every ball is out. No hands.

Snacks and candy 8

Apple Stack You need: 5 apples. Goal: stack four apples into a tower that stands by itself while the group counts to three.
Cereal Bracelet You need: a pipe cleaner and a bowl of ring-shaped cereal. Goal: thread 30 rings onto the pipe cleaner and twist it closed around your wrist.
Chopstick Candy Move You need: chopsticks, two bowls and 20 small candies. Goal: move 15 candies from bowl to bowl, one at a time, with the chopsticks in one hand.
Cookie Slide You need: one sandwich cookie. Goal: tip your head back, set the cookie on your forehead and work it down into your mouth using only your face.
Marshmallow Toothpick Tower You need: mini marshmallows, toothpicks and a sheet of printer paper. Goal: build a tower that stands by itself and is taller than the short side of the paper. For players over eight.
Oven Mitt Unwrap You need: two oven mitts and 5 wrapped candies. Goal: wearing both mitts, unwrap all five.
Spaghetti Penne Pickup You need: one stick of dry spaghetti and 6 tubes of dry penne hanging half off the table edge. Goal: hold the spaghetti in your mouth and thread all six penne onto it. No hands.
Straw Candy Lift You need: a straw, a plate of 15 candy-coated chocolates and a cup. Goal: suck a candy onto the end of the straw, carry it over and drop it in the cup. Ten wins.

Paper, pencils and desk things 8

Book Balance Walk You need: a paperback and a line of tape across the room. Goal: walk to the line and back three times with the book on your head. No hands, and a drop sends you back to the start.
Eraser-End Pencil Bounce You need: 7 pencils with erasers and a mug. Goal: bounce a pencil off its eraser end so it hops into the mug. Three in wins.
Newspaper Tower You need: 5 sheets of newspaper and nothing else, so no tape. Goal: build a tower that stands by itself and is taller than the seat of a chair.
Paper Ball Trash Shot You need: 10 sheets of scrap paper and a wastebasket ten feet away. Goal: crumple and shoot. Five in the basket wins.
Paper Clip Chain You need: a box of paper clips. Goal: link a chain of 20 clips that holds when you lift it by one end.
Paper Plane Landing Strip You need: 5 sheets of paper and a bath towel on the floor ten feet away. Goal: fold and throw until one plane stops on the towel. Folding time counts.
Pencil Flip Catch You need: 6 unsharpened pencils. Goal: lay two pencils on the back of your hand, flip them up and catch both in the same hand. Then four, then six.
Sticky Note Cover-Up You need: a pad of sticky notes and a partner who stands still. Goal: stick 30 notes on your partner's sleeves and back, one at a time. Notes that fall off do not count.

Coins, cards and dice 10

Card Toss Hat You need: a deck of cards and a hat on the floor six feet away. Goal: flick cards one at a time. Ten in the hat wins.
Coin Roll Goal You need: a coin and two cups a hand apart at the far end of the table. Goal: roll the coin on its edge between the cups. Three goals wins.
Dice Ladder You need: 2 dice. Goal: roll a 1, then a 2, and so on up to 6, in order. Either die counts, and you need only one number per roll.
Dice on a Stick You need: a craft stick and 6 dice. Goal: hold the stick in your mouth, stack the six dice on its far end with one hand and let go. The stack has to hold for a count of three.
Domino Line You need: 20 dominoes. Goal: stand all 20 on end in a line, then tip the first so that every one falls.
Last Card Standing You need: a deck of cards balanced on the mouth of an empty bottle. Goal: blow cards off the bottle until exactly one is left. Blow them all off and you reset the deck.
One-Hand Coin Tower You need: 25 coins. Goal: stack all 25 in one tower with one hand. The other hand stays behind your back.
Suit Sort Sprint You need: a shuffled deck of 52 cards. Goal: sort the whole deck face up into four piles, one for each suit.
Triple Coin Spin You need: 3 coins and a smooth table. Goal: get all three coins spinning on edge at the same moment.
Two-Story Card House You need: a deck of cards and a table with a cloth on it. Goal: build a house of cards two stories tall that stands while the group counts to three.

Kitchen and laundry basket 8

Bottle Flip Three You need: a plastic bottle one third full of water, lid on tight. Goal: flip the bottle so it lands upright. Three landings wins.
Broom Balance You need: a broom and clear floor space. Goal: balance the broom upright on your open palm for 30 seconds without a break.
Button Hop You need: 10 flat buttons, one large button to press with and a saucer. Goal: press the edge of each button so it hops into the saucer. Five in wins.
Clothespin One-Hand Grab You need: 12 clothespins clipped around the rim of a bowl. Goal: unclip them one at a time with one hand and keep every pin in that same hand. Drop one and you clip them all back.
Glove Coin Pickup You need: thick winter gloves, 10 coins flat on the table and a cup. Goal: wearing both gloves, pick the coins up one at a time and drop all ten in the cup. No sliding them off the edge.
Pencil-and-String Bottle Drop You need: a pencil on a string tied around your waist so it hangs behind your knees, and an empty bottle on the floor. Goal: squat and lower the pencil into the bottle. No hands.
Sock Match Sprint You need: 12 pairs of socks, separated and mixed in a pile. Goal: match and roll all twelve pairs.
Spoon Flip You need: 2 spoons and a mug. Goal: lay one spoon on the table with its handle pointing at the mug. Hit its bowl with the other spoon so it flips into the mug. Two in wins.

Nothing at all 8

Backwards Alphabet You need: nothing, and a judge who is paying attention. Goal: say the alphabet from Z to A with no mistakes. A slip sends you back to Z.
Feel the Minute You need: nothing. Turn the phone away from the players and leave the sound off. Goal: everyone shuts their eyes and raises a hand when they think the minute is over. Closest to zero wins.
Name Twenty-Five You need: a judge who picks a category such as animals, foods or countries. Goal: say 25 things in the category out loud with no repeats.
One-Leg Minute You need: nothing. Goal: stand on one leg with your arms crossed. At the half-minute mark everyone shuts their eyes. Anyone still up at zero wins.
Rock-Paper-Scissors Streak You need: a room of players. Goal: win five throws in a row against anyone in the room. A loss takes you back to zero.
Silent Birthday Lineup You need: the whole group. Goal: line up in birthday order, January at one end and December at the other, without speaking or writing. Check out loud at zero.
Toy Boat Twenty You need: a judge who counts. Goal: say "toy boat" 20 times in a row, fast and clean. A slip sends you back to one.
Wall Sit Minute You need: a wall. Goal: sit against the wall with your knees at a right angle and stay there until zero.

How this list was compiled: The 60 games were written for this site on 2026-09-18. They are party stunts of the kind families have long played with cups, coins and balloons, described in our own words and given our own plain names; no list, name, rule text or artwork was copied from a television show, a boxed game or another website. Every target (how many cups, how many catches) is our starting point for a player over ten with a 60-second clock, not a record or a tested average, so raise it or lower it for your group. Each game was screened against the site's family-safe rule: no alcohol, nothing thrown at a person, nothing sharper than a toothpick, no marbles or other small parts a toddler could swallow, and food games use food that is eaten or put back in the cupboard afterwards. Facts about the television show on the page (an international game show franchise; the American version first aired March 14, 2010, on NBC and was revived on GSN in 2013; contestants play 60-second challenges with objects commonly found around the house) were checked on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minute_to_Win_It on 2026-09-18. This site is not connected with that show, and the game names here are our own plain descriptions. Licence: own work

How it works

A 60-second clock beside a dealt game. Press Pick another game for one of 60 one-minute challenges, each with the props it needs and the goal to beat, then press Start a 1-minute timer. It suits Minute to Win It style parties, classroom brain breaks and family nights, and every game runs on cups, coins, socks and other things already in the house.

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Run a round from one phone

Press Pick another game until a game matches what you have, or choose a prop group in the list beside it, such as Plastic cups or Nothing at all. Read the You need and Goal lines out loud and set the props up, then press Start a 1-minute timer. At zero the clock stops and the game stays on screen.

The rules, with house options

One player, one minute, one goal: finish before zero and you win the round. Or race head to head, with the same game set up twice and the first to finish taking it. For teams, send a new player up for each game and give a point for every goal met. The goals are starting points for players over ten. Halve the numbers for younger kids.

The printed list and what the phone remembers

All 60 games are printed lower on the page by prop, so you can plan a night and shop for it. The page deals no repeats until all 60 have come up.

A phone set to lock after 30 seconds goes dark mid-round. Lengthen the auto-lock setting for the evening, or tap the screen once at the half-way mark.
Plan five games from three prop groups, plus one from Nothing at all as a spare. Food games use food you eat afterwards, so check for allergies first.

Questions and answers

Is this the official Minute to Win It timer?

No. Minute to Win It is a television game show franchise, first aired in the United States on NBC in 2010, in which contestants attempt 60-second challenges with household objects. This page is not connected with the show and does not use its challenge names, music or clock. It is a plain 60 second game timer with 60 games of our own to play against it.

Does the timer make a sound?

No. The clock reads 0:00 at zero and makes no sound, so the host says go and watches the clock.

Why did the game change by itself when the clock hit zero?

It no longer does. At zero the clock stops and the game stays on screen until you press Pick another game.

How many one-minute games do we need for a party?

Allow about five minutes a game once you add setup, the explanation and a practice try, so six games fill half an hour. For a bigger group, run two stations with a phone at each, or play head to head so that two players are always up.

Which games work with no props at all?

Pick the Nothing at all group. It holds eight games, among them Backwards Alphabet, Silent Birthday Lineup, Rock-Paper-Scissors Streak and Feel the Minute, where everyone shuts their eyes and raises a hand when they think 60 seconds have passed.