Have several people come up and sit cross-legged; the weight guesser lifts each one of them, holds them for a few seconds, then puts them down and guesses. (It goes without saying these should be people secure about themselves.) On about the 3rd person, slip a pan of water under the person being lifted before they get down.Added by...
Upfront: Pick a 4-person team from each class.Small group: Break group up into 4-person teams.See how long they can keep one square of toilet paper in the air by blowing it. Or you may have one person stand on a chair and drop the paper to a person standing on the floor who blows the paper up while the...
Divide into teams of 5 to 7 people. Have the members of one team leave the room while the others think of a situation which can be acted out without words (see below for ideas). Then bring in one person from the team that was sent out of the room. Explain the situation he or she will be acting...
Divide the group into smaller groups and give them a topic to make a silly skit up about.Suggestions: On a bus, someone late for work/school/church. I'm the new youth pastor and this is my group. Fender bender Dumb bank or convenience store robber
MAIN POINT: This might be a goofy opener for a talk on how to get "garbage" (sin, bad influences) out of our lives.Divide the room into four sections by putting tape on the floor. Have a ton of newspaper and toilet paper and other "dry garbage". The object is to get all of the stuff out of your section...
This is a great competitive team mixer for the fall. Cut up pumpkins into 8-10 pieces. Break your group into teams of 5 or 6. Have a supply of round wooden toothpicks. Give each group two minutes to put its "jig-saw puzzle" pumpkin back together, using the toothpicks to hold the pieces in place. The first team done, or...
Cut off the front panel of several cereal boxes — one for each group you've formed. Then cut up each panel into puzzle shapes- one for each person in the group. Mix together all the pieces and give one to each person and have them compete to find their cereal.Idea from Young LifeAlso, see Cereal Box Pick Up (Click...