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This is a great game for any number, as long as you plan the number
of teams in advance.It is a scavenger hunt for your building. The
kids really got a kick out of searching around the building. Give
them a "clue", something that they have to find from using
the Bible. Such as finding a separate word in each verse, then putting
together all of the words to spell out the clue (ex.in an NIV Bible
Gen. 4:5 10th word - LOOK, Job 35:9 4th word - UNDER, Acts 8:3 7th
word - CHURCH, Psalm 113:8 2nd word - SEATS would lead them to crawl
under the pews, where they would find their next clue.) The clue they
find would lead them somewhere else and so on until they come back
together at the designated meeting place. Not all of them have to
be spelled out. You can also give a verse that infers an area of the
church so they have to reason it out.
Put the clues on color coded cards so that one team will not accidentally
look at another teams clues. It is also a good idea to have the teams
in different areas at the same time. Make the blue team's 2nd clue
be the green team's 5th clue, so that they would not be looking in
the same place at the same time. First team to get all of their clues
back to the meeting place wins. Good to build teamwork and searching
the Bible.
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BIBLE SCAVENGER HUNT: Teams of 3-6 try to find items in the church
with a list of Bible clues. Each item needs two verses for the clue
- one that hints at the room, another that names (generally) the item.
For instance, for the pulpit we had a verse with the word "sanctuary"
and one with the word "altar." For a phone in the 3rd grade classroom,
we had a verse with the word "three" in it and a verse with the word
"bell." (Or something to that effect) Then we had a post-it note hidden
in or under the item so the kids knew when they found it. I don't
know if this is original, but I made up our version of it. |
Have your youth search for Bible Trivia and the first to find it
will win a Blow Pop or some other type of reward. For example you
can have them find the first mentioning of a rainbow in the Bible
or they can find the creation of man in the Bible, have them find
a story about a big fish etc.. The kids love it and really get into
it. Also, it makes them want to bring their Bibles. The game can have
all play questions where both guys and girls would participate or
it could have single play "just for girls/guys". The game
can be however long you make it and it can be however difficult you
make it. Enjoy. |
This is a good game to get your kids to know each others' names.
Have everyone get in a circle with someone in the middle. Have everyone
learn the name of the person on their right and left. The person in
the middle points to someone and says "Right" or "Left"
and the person that was pointed to must say the name of the person
on the side indicated before the person in the middle says "Biddleybump"
If the person in the middle says "Biddleybump" first, then
the person that they pointed to becomes the person in the middle and
the former person in the middle takes their place in the circle. If
not, the person in the middle picks someone else and continues until
he/she wins and is replaced. This game will last as long as you allow
it to. |
first separate into two group and then have two person holding
one end of the blanket. As the game start, each team send one member
to be in front of the blanket. When the game master shout one, two
and three as the blanket is let off, the person that is playing is
to shout out the name of the person in front of him. Who ever win,
win a point.
P/s : You can use other character name in movie or fruit name to represent
each person. |
Instruct each person to scatter around the room. The instructor
will hand each individual a small piece of paper with a number on
it (total amount of the group)
and advise the group they cannot reveal their own number. Blindfold
the group. Advise the group that there is only one rule in the game
and that is "No Talking". The object of the game is to form
a single file line in numerical order with their assigned numbers.
Remember, NO TALKING PERMITTED. Hints: Find the person with the number
lower and greater than yourself. Clapping your number with your hands,
tapping the person with your number and positioning the identified
person's number in front of or behind you is one key to success.
Video tape the game and playback for loads of laughter! Limit to 20
minutes for added difficulty. |
Blind-fold the kids and get a giant piece of rope that is tied together
at the ends. Have them form a square. |
Here's a good game to play when you would like to get an idea of
the natural followers and leaders in a group. It requires a big space
and some rope, and blind folds for each person. It is a great
way to watch people and see who the problem solvers and followers
are in the group.
Have the kids get in a circle and put their blindfolds on. NO
PEEKING. The rope you have is a continuous loop long enough to give
a space of about five feet between each person. translated: REALLY
LONG.
Go around the circle and give each kid the rope. Now tell them
to make a square using only their voices and tugs on the rope as
communication.
A few things you will see: some people are totally lost, while
others immediately jump forward and take control. Another thing
I look for are the people with frustrated looks on their faces;
you can see the ideas they are having for solving the problem but
they never seem to get to say them. These people sometimes turn
out to be your best leaders (in my experience).
I would sometimes ask questions about who was leading and who
was following... not always though.
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Another great game to play is called Blow-Ball. The problem is
that once you play it the trick is revealed except to new students.
You place two people across the table from one another.
Give each player a cracker.
Place a ping-ping ball in the middle of the table.
Tell each one that they have to eat the cracker and as soon as they
can blow the Ping-Pong ball off the other side.
Whoever blows it off the other side wins.
Now comes the fun part. After playing this several times or
even for several weeks announce that this game is becoming too easy
to play. Blindfold the two players and instead of putting the Ping-Pong
ball in the center place a hand full of flour. Both players will
end up with flour all over them so be warned this is messy. Not
to mention funny.
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Take a long tin, dump Grape Nuts cereal into it, then toss in some
slightly nuked tootsie rolls and mix. |
The leader asks a series of questions. Actually, there are over
100 questions that come with the little packet, but I didn't use the
packet. I just made up some questions. Anyway, the questions range
from shallow to deep. For instance, 'What is your favorite color?'
would obviously be a shallow question, but, 'What do you like least
about your parents?' would be a deeper one. The purpose is to get
the kids talking. Go around the group and ask the same question to
every person in the group. Start with something shallow, then move
towards deeper questions, and back towards shallow. Finally, ask questions
about the questions: 'Which answer surprised you the most?' Give everyone
an opportunity to answer. A person may skip, but always come back
to them and have them answer the question as the last person. This
works best with groups from 7-12 members. If you have a big group,
then split it up into smaller groups. I have done this. It works really
well. |
*We played this game with a group of about 30. It's just as good
with smaller groups, and with larger groups you might want to devide
them into more than just 2.*
Divide your group into 2. Ask for 2 very brave volunteers out of each
group. {Don't tell them what they're volunteering for} Set the 2 volunteers
up at a table top, and give them a plate or flat dish. (we used cookie
sheets) Give the rest of the groups the bubble gum, and tell them
to chew as quickly as possible.
Have them chew it only until it is soft, and then give it to the volunteers
in their group, and start chewing the next piece. As the group is
chewing, the volunteers need to be working on their sculpture. Set
a time limit, say 10 minutes, and give them creative ideas of what
to make- such as pizza, turtle, etc., but it has to be something difficult.
When the gum chewers are through, have them step back and watch, they're
in favor of niether group and will be the judges. We gave a prize
(a christian cd) to each of our winning volunteers, since they were
so brave!Note: Instead of regular stick gum- such as Wrigly's, I would
suggest using larger gum drops- such as Bazooka. {It's much easier
to work with!} Keep it cheap, because you'll want to buy enough! |
Great game for groups of 6-10. Place a chocolate bar in the centre
of the table. The candy should stay in its wrapper and, to make the
game last longer, you could wrap the candy in gift-wrapping paper
as well. Each person sitting around the table takes a turn at rolling
the dice. The 1st person who rolls a six gets to start eating the
candy bar -- but only after he puts on a pair of mittens, a cap, a
scarf; only after he runs once around the table; and only with a knife
and fork. While he is getting ready (according to the instructions
above) to eat the candy bar, the group keeps taking turns rolling
the dice. If someone rolls a six, then the person who rolled the six
before him relinquishes his right to the candy bar, and the 2nd person
must try to eat the candy before someone else rolls six. The game
is over when the candy bar is finished. |
Hold up a $20 bill or larger challenge any youth at can drink the
entire half gallon of chocolate milk in less than 5 minutes can have
the money. After you get a volunteer add the fact they can not puke
it back up.
It is 99% impossible to drink that much milk in that short of time
with out it coming back up!
You can use it in conjuction with a lesson on Ego and the trouble
it can get you into. |
Have a smart volunteer from your youth group exit to a spot out
of ear-shot.
Ask for/make up a topic/problem that is wrong with the group.{I.E.
everyone thinks they are the person on their left.}It is more fun
when it is something hey can act out. Bring the psychiatrist back
and give them a time limit to get the problem pegged.{yes/no questions
only} Switch psychiatrist, get a new topic, and go another round.
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