Designate a “lock-up” area of the room. Take a Polaroid (instant) snapshot of each student as soon as they walk through the doors. Give them a Nerf slingshot or Nerf gun (you can use flags- like capture the flag, sock tags- socks filled with flour, or a balloon tied to the ankle- when popped you’re out).When you're ready to...
Set up two teams giving each a bunch of balloons. Each team has only one color balloon. The goalie for each team stands opposite his team in front of a large container or even a taped off section of the "field", much like an end zone. The teams try to get their balloons to their goal and into the...
Instruct your whole group to walk randomly around the room. About every ten seconds or so, call out a number. Everyone in the game must immediately form a group hug made up of the number of people that you called.This sometimes leaves some people unable to form a group because they don’t have enough people. They are out of...
MAIN IDEA: Ask what they learned about the Church being "One Body" through this game.Depending on # of players...for each team formed you will need:1- t-shirt (or sweatshirt)size 2x-3x1- pair sweatpants size 2x-3x3 blind folds1 laundry basketObjects to be put into a basketForm teams of 4 players each:1-person is the "eyes & mouth"1-person is the "brain"1-person is "1/2 the...
Divide into two teams. One team places a 1.5 foot long strip of duct tape horizontally on each of their backs. The other team places a 1.5 foot long strip of duct tape vertically on their back. (You can use different colored tape if you want and name the teams by the colors. i.e. Yellow vs. Black)Have teams separate...
While students are entering, ask them to take off their shoes and put them in a back room out of sight. While they're involved in other activities, have a leader or two sneak back and tie all the shoes together in one big, massive knot. Then bring out the pile in front of everyone.The object of the game is...
Everyone gets a chair and forms a circle, everyone sitting in their chair and facing the center of the circle except for 5 guys and 5 girls who start the game. (They are in the middle, standing).At a whistle all students in the center of the circle run to the people sitting in the chairs and "pull-up" a person...