Equipment:
Two or more teams of two people each
Lots of Eggs - raw, in their shells (a least one egg for each team)

Description:
Line up the teams in two rows. One player from each team stands in the first row, facing their teammate who stands in the second row. The rows should be about five feet apart.

Hand out one egg to each player in the first row.

At about the same time, each player in the first row gently tosses the egg over to their teammate.

If the person catching the egg allows it to break, they and their teammate are out of the game.

Eggs can break by hitting the ground, or by being caught too roughly.

For each team that catches the egg without breaking it, both players take one big step back.

Take a moment to get all the remaining teams lined up again, then everyone who caught the egg tosses it back to their teammate.

Continue tossing the eggs and stepping backwards until only one team is left.

If the last two or more teams all break their eggs on the same round, you can declare a tie or you can hand out new eggs and let those teams try again.

Other comments or suggestions:
This is a great family event. You can have a competition for Father-Daughter teams, Father-Son teams, etc.

Sometimes players get lucky - they drop the egg but it doesn't break. In this case they are allowed to continue playing as though they had successfully caught the egg.

Watch out for the tricky players who will try to play this game with a hard boiled egg! Hard boiled eggs are very hard to break.