Double dare games for home

Clown Shoe Golf: One player had to wear a gigantic red plastic clown shoe -- a shoe with a small hole in the front of it. The other player got a supply of balls and a golf club. In 20 seconds or less, the player had to putt the ball into the shoe to win.

Chocolate Spy: One of the first Physical Challenges to make contestants dress up as well as one of the first attempts to use gak-filled balloons. One player sat down on a stool with a pin-filled hat while a supply of balloons were placed on the ground - but only one was filled with chocolate.

The team had to find it by popping the balloons in ten seconds or less to win. In its earlier appearances, the contestants did not have to wear a costume. Dunk the Ducks I : In one of the most pointless stunts on the show, the team had to submerge 20 rubber ducks into a tub of water for three seconds in 30 seconds or less to win.

Egg on Your Face: One player had to toss eggs across the stage, while their partner caught them and cracked them on their head. If ten eggs were cracked on the head in 15 seconds or less, the team won the challenge. Fill Your Cup: Cans of whipped cream were given to one player, while their partner bit a Popsicle stick which had a small cup on the end.

The team had to shoot a stream of whipped cream across the stage and fill the cup past the line in 20 seconds or less to win. The Food's On You!

A bit of each ingredient had to be in the bowl in 20 seconds or less for this stunt to be successful. Harvey's Wild Oats: This challenge consisted of a picture of Harvey on the front of each can, in a knockoff on Quaker Oats. The team had to stack four cans on top of each other, and using only one hand, bring the stack across the stage.

Then they had to pass it to their partner, who then had to do the same. If two trips with the stack in one hand were made in 20 seconds or less, the team won. Into the Hangar: Paper airplanes were placed on one side of the stage, and a mailbox on the other.

If the contestants could fly a plane into the mailbox in 20 seconds or less, they would have won the challenge. In Your Egg Hat: One player had a supply of eggs while their partner stood on the opposite side of the stage with a top-less hat on.

The team had to catch one egg in the hat in 20 seconds or less to win this challenge. It's a Stickup! The team stood near flypaper hanging from the wall, either on the same side or on opposite sides, and threw ping-pong balls at it. Three ping-pong balls had to be caught on the flypaper at the end of 20 seconds to win this challenge.

Musical Eggs: One player got a supply of eggs, while their partner had to stand on the opposite side of the stage with cymbals in their hands and a blindfold over their eyes. The objective was to catch an egg - without smashing it - in between the cymbals in 30 seconds or less. Sounds simple, but Marc often confused the catcher, even if he tried his best to time his "NOW!

Top Gum: A very unique stunt used in the early days. One player dressed up like a pilot, with a pair of lab goggles over their eyes. Their partner got two pieces of gum, and had to chew them up and then stick them onto the lenses with their teeth. One piece of gum had to be stuck onto each lens at the end of 20 seconds to win.

If the Shoe Fits: A large garbage can was filled with various sneakers provided by sponsor Reebok, of course lol but many were rights - only one color of sneaker had a complete pair. In 30 seconds or less, the team had to pull out the shoes and find the match to win. Unlock the Door: A locker closed with two locks was brought out for the challenge, and each player was given three keys.

The players had to unlock both locks before 30 seconds was up to win this Physical Challenge. Pop Goes the Balloon: One of the most impossible stunts - one player had to put shaving cream-filled balloon on a chair and their partner needed to sit on them. The team had to break ten balloons in 15 seconds, which to my knowledge, was never accomplished. Pour it On: Often also used as a tossup challenge; the idea was to have one player stand with two bottles of slime attached to their helmet, while their partner sat below with a lined cup on their head.

Leaning over, the standing player had to fill their partner's cup past the line in 15 seconds to win. Rain on Your Parade: One player had to sit on a stool with some musical instruments.

The player needed to play them, while their partner poured liquid from above and filled a lined cup on the instrument-playing contestant's head past the line in 30 seconds or less to win. William Tell I : Using bottles of seltzer, a player had to shoot a stream of water to knock down a wooden apple which was placed behind their partner's head If the apple was knocked over in 20 seconds, it was ruled accomplished.

William Tell II : Two contestants stood behind a sheet of glass with two flat cardboard apples up front. Their partners shot plungers at the glass in an attempt hit the apple targets and pour green gak down on the player behind the hit apple.

If both apples were hit in 30 seconds, the challenge was won. Backpack of Balls: One of the few challenges that could be lost before time ran out.

One player sat on an exercise bike which shot out plastic balls from a tube when pedaled. Their partner wore a big funnel on their head and caught the balls, which would fall into a tube attached to their backpack.

If six balls were caught in the tube in 20 seconds or less, the team won. Bananas in Your Boots: A long bench was placed in the middle of the stage with twelve boots filled with disgusting substances such as creamed corn and whipped cream in front of it. In three boots were unpeeled bananas stuck inside. Using only their feet, the players had to locate those bananas and pull all three out in 20 seconds or less to win. One contestant was given some potatoes, and the other player had to sit in a seat which was placed under a small container of gak.

If the player hit the target under the container to flip it over and dump the gak in 20 seconds or less, the team would win. Chip off the Old Block: Stacks of blocks would be set up on one side of the set, and the team stood behind buckets of sponges buried in a messy substance on the opposite side of the stage.

The team had to toss the sponges and knock down all the blocks in 20 seconds or less to win. Dessert Boat: One contestant sat in a small boat and their partner wheeled them along the Physical Challenge floor past several stations: a banana tree to be shaken and bananas put on the boat, an ice-cream cone filled with ice-cream which had to be overturned onto the boat, a tank of chocolate syrup that was released on the boat, and finally a huge container of whipped cream to dump.

If all four stations could be visited and completed in 20 seconds or less, the team would win. Dunk the Ducks II : The redesigned "Dunk the Ducks" now used a much bigger tank - a peanut shaped container that was also used for various other purposes - and it was filled with chocolate "mud". Now, in most cases, both players had to get inside the tub to drown the ducks.

The objective, however, remained the same - drown all 20 ducks for three seconds in 30 seconds to win. Test the limits of your friends and family with a variety of physical and mental challenges inspired by the popular Nickelodeon television show "Double Dare. Take game ideas from the show, or create your own original games using household items. Get active with some physical challenge-inspired "Double Dare" games. Focus on aim with throwing challenges. For instance, set up a wall of inflated balloons, and have contestants use darts from a good distance away to try to pop a set amount.

Another idea would be to have partners pass an item like a hula hoop between the two of them without using their hands or to play stone age golf using a baseball bat and a bowling ball. The key is to make ordinary physical challenges into silly, wacky spectacles. If you're willing to deal with a rough cleanup session after the "Double Dare" extravaganza, launch players into some zany, messy games. Many of the challenges from the television show dealt with slime, sloppy pies and other gross-out items that would earn an easy laugh from audiences.

One idea for a messy game would be for a player to try and toss whipped cream pies or raw eggs into a bucket or basket being held by his blindfolded partner. Or, try Italian baseball; the team at the plate should use a loaf of garlic bread as a bat while the other team pitches meatballs to try to get a strikeout.