Picnic Fun- Kick the Bucket

     A good picnic needs to have some fun games.  Yes, horseshoes and volley ball are fun, but not if the heat and humidity are high.  Here is a little game I made that folks seem to love-especially little ones-but , you can challenge someone-you each get one "swing" at each other.
     I rigged a "bucket" on a one- way hinge and placed a cup of water inside (I find adults don't mind getting a little wet, but.... ! I have a shoe tied to a thin rope and suspend it

from a tree branch.  You have to swing the shoe in an arc and have it hit the bucket from behind-to dump the water.  It is not as easy as you think.