Last cupful


A water-fight playground game with a 1 second re-setup

Last cupful logo Play outside! Last cupful logo

Goal

  • Last person with water in their cup wins

Setup:

  • Find a large open space that can get wet.
  • Fill everyone’s cups with water

Game play:

  • Raise your cups and yell “Last cup wins”.
  • Spill the water out of everyone else’s cup.
  • When there is no water in your cup, you are eliminated.

Rematch

  • Refill cups by dunking in a big bucket of water

Credits

Created by Randall Li.

For my kids: A ‘n E

This game was inspired by Johann Sebastian Joust

Variants:

  • Hard mode: Place your cup on the top of your head
  • Informal teams
  • Formal teams
  • Someone with a larger cup

Versions

1.1

Switched to silicone cupcakes from paper cups

1.0

First published version.

0.~

  • 4oz paper “Souffle” cups:
    • When filled with water these collapsed into disks too quickly. Kids only got one round out of the cups.