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water-balloon-stuff
Get two sets of thermal underwear and a bunch of water balloons. Get two volunteers and assign them a team of 2-4 people, whose job is to stuff water balloons in the long johns. When the designated time is up you count the balloons and the one with the most balloons wins. The winner and his stuffers get to...
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fruit-basket-upset
Have the group sit in a circle. You should have one less chair than you do people so that one student is left standing up. Make sure each seat is clearly marked - use chairs or mark places with tape. Number people off, but instead of saying, "one, two, three, four, five" say "apple, banana, orange, kiwi, peach" or...
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t-shirt-challenge
Use a men's size medium t-shirt, place it flat out on the ground, and see how many students can stand on the t-shirt with no body part touching off of the t-shirt.For extra large groups, you will need to have several t-shirts supplied for everyone to be able to play quickly.Our record stands at 17!Valley Chapel - Juneau, Alaska
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grocery-bag-yoga
MAIN POINT: This could tie into a discussion using the point, "Don't bite off more than you can chew or you'll lose your balance!" (Balancing priorities, etc.)Take a paper grocery bag and set it in the middle of the floor with the kids all around it in a circle. The object is for each youth to try and pick...
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guess-my-name
Each player writes a fake name on a slip of paper and then passes it to the judge. After the judge receives all the slips, he mixes them up and writes the names on the board. The judge picks a person to start. This person chooses someone in the game and guesses what their name might be. "'Bob', I...
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sock-and-bop
For this outdoor, semi-messy game, you need old pantyhose and flour - similar to the game, "Open Gates." Have all the students line up. Then have the leaders on the field with flour stuffed into the legs of pantyhose. One of the leaders will shout out something like, "Everyone with purple on!" and those people must then run. The...
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extinction-survival
Using a natural disaster theme, kids try to "survive" game without getting caught 3 times, while trying to get to different stations to receive special "stamps". Each station represents a safe zone from the disasters and cannot be penetrated by the "extinction" elements.Boundaries: An entire campground setting is best used in this game, as the more space used the...
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