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cookie-tower
Get teams of 3 or 4 people up front. Each team member is armed with cookies. (Gingersnaps are usually the best; Nilla Wafers work in a pinch.)Within one minute, the team members must stack their cookies, one on top of the other, on one person’s forehead. The team with the most cookies stacked wins. (Try this with Starbursts, too.)Added...
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Games & Icebreakers

Grape Toss

Divide into teams of 6-10. Each team gets into a circle and appoints one member to be the grape tosser. He gets a bag of grapes (or small marshmallows) and stands in the center of the circle. When the signal is given, he tosses a grape to each team member in the circle, one at a time, and the...
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king-of-goats
Outdoor or Indoor. Choose a "goat" from the group (or one from each team) and have it removed while the groups are given instructions. The crowd (one group) is instructed to stand on the sidelines and shout instructions to the goat, while the circle group (the other group) is told to form a circle holding hands. The goat is...
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submarine-ride
A volunteer lies flat on his back on a table with a person at each arm and each leg. The legs are the left and right rudders. The arms are torpedoes one and two. A jacket is put over the volunteer’s head with one sleeve directly over his nose. This is the periscope. The captain (you) yells "Left rudder!"...
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skin-the-snake
Have two teams of students (girls vs. guys) stand in a line. A big room or long hall is best as this takes quite a length of space.Have each kid reach under her/his legs with her/his right hand and hold the left hand of the person behind him. The person at the back of the line lies down consecutively...
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cupid
Make a heart-shaped target and fasten it to a guy’s back (be sure to choose a "solid" couple who sets a good example of dating in your group; pick married sponsors, if nothing else). Give his girlfriend a bow and arrow (with suction cups on arrows) and she stands about 20 feet away and is given 6 arrows.The idea...
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corn-shucking-race
You need several ears of corn. Select 3 volunteers to "shuck" an ear of corn using only their bare feet. No hands allowed. Put a tarp down if indoors.Whoever finishes first, or has done the best job within a given time is the winner. Award an appropriate prize, such as a bag of corn chips or corn nuts.Idea from...
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