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war-ball
War ball is combination of dodgeball, capture the flag, and hide and seek. Let me explain!You can make your own “war balls” by wadding up two pieces of paper and wrapping them in scotch tape, or simply buying those soft plastic balls that fill children’s “ball pits.” Your call, just make sure every single student who is playing gets...
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world-war-alphabet
This game can be played anywhere, but is best for small groups of students, or tons of students broken up into small groups. Make sure that there are no more than 7 students in each group.Put the students in a circle and give each of them something to write with and something to write on. When they get their...
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paper-rock-whatever
This game is played just like Rock-Paper-Scissors with one exception: participants can call out ANYTHING they want on the final “throw.” For example, students can say “nuclear bomb,” “Luke Skywalker,” “Hurricane,” etc. They aren’t restricted to rock, paper, or scissors.As you can imagine, there will be TONS of debate about who wins. But that’s part of the fun! Have...
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cardboard-camelot
This game is great because it involves everybody, but lets them choose their degree of participation. Here’s how you play it.For several weeks prior to the game, grab heaps and heaps of cardboard boxes and packing tape (not masking tape – it has to be packing tape).On the night of your game, split everybody up into 2 or 4...
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a-song-for-my-leader
This is a fantastic way to help strengthen the relationships between the teenagers and the adult leaders that serve in your youth ministry. Here’s what you do.Divide the kids into teams of 4-5 (based on how many kids you have, and how many adult leaders you have). Have each group of students write a song of at least 15...
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name-that-movie
This game is great because it allows everyone to participate to whatever degree they want to while providing tons of laughs in the process. Here’s what you do.Divide your group up into teams (say, 5 kids per team) if your group is about 25 big all together. Give each team the title of a movie to work with, or...
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kisses-and-mallows
Supplies needed:Large bowls (one for each team/group)Lots of Hershey KissesLots of large puff marshmallowsTablesTape on floor 10' from tablesDivide your students into teams of equal number and then put them in a straight line, one in front of the other, with all of them facing a table that is positioned about 10 feet away. (Put down tape on the...
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