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potato-head-maker
Break the group into teams of four. Give each team a potato, toothpicks, and cut up vegetable pieces. The object is for each team to make the funniest, most creative potato person possible. You can turn this into a competition between the teams and give out prizes.Be sure to put the potatoes on display for the rest of the...
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pumpkin-decorating
Divide into groups of 4 or 5 and give each group a pumpkin on which they need to draw a face with colored markers. Works great around October 31.Option: Award a prize for best artwork, look-a-likes, etc.Added by Young LifeSee Pumpkin Bowling (Click Here) and Pumpkin Puzzle (Click Here).
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human-typewriters
Pin a large card bearing a letter of the alphabet to each person’s arm. Give each person a small card and a pencil. The goal is for letters to get together and spell words. Once they’ve spelled a word, they write it on their card.Then separate everyone and look for new words. Award points for each real word and...
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alphabet-pockets-2
MAIN POINT: Teamwork, cooperation, and creativity.Divide into teams of 4 or 5. Everyone on the team searches through their own pockets, wallets, purses, etc. The group tries to come up with one possession which begins with each letter of the alphabet. The winning team is the one to have objects representing the most letters.Also, see Alphabet Getting to Know...
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Games & Icebreakers

Quick Draw

Divide into 2 teams and have each team get as far away from each other as possible (opposite sides of the room). The leader is in the center of the room and holds two boxes (one for each team) containing 10-20 words or phrases on little slips of paper. When the game begins, one member from each team runs...
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puzzle-mixer
As students arrive, give them each the piece to a kid’s jigsaw puzzle (minimum 10 pcs, maximum 25). If you have extras left over, place them back into the correct puzzle frames. Put all frames in the center of the room. Have students locate the correct puzzles to which their pieces belong. The first group to completely put a...
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