Great game for travel or small group. One person starts a story – any kind of story (i.e. “Once upon a time there was a bear named Horatio…”). The person in the next seat continues the story (i.e. “Horatio was a dumb, but friendly bear with zits all over his fur-face…”). Each person adds a statement to the story....
Travel Game: See who can find the letters of the alphabet in order just by looking at signs along the journey.Added by Jenny SchnecklothAlso see Atlas, Sentence Game, both on the Anywhere page & Mad Sentence Dash on the Upfront page.
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...
Same as “Rock-Scissors-Paper”, only you use your whole body. Play it up huge, having someone demonstrate each:Ninja: guy in karate stance yelling “waaaaa!”Gun: hold finger gun and say “BANG!”Gorilla: arms in air & beating chest, saying “ooo, ooo, ahh, ahh, ahh!”"Ninja beats gun.Gun beats gorilla.Gorilla beats ninja.If there's a tie, you die!"Keep going until all are eliminated; fun to...
This is a “sponsor hunt” type game played at night on a retreat and takes 30 minutes to an hour (most often played outdoors, but can be played in a huge facility with lots of rooms- and lights dim). The objective is for students to “save the world” by finding all the “Renegade Rebels”. The catch is that they...
Just like Steal the Bacon with its many variations, but in the pool.Two teams can either be in the water or standing on the opposite sides of the pool (if you have a deep enough deep end that allows for safe diving in).The "Bacon" can be anything (ball, rag, raft, be creative here) and can be floating on the...
This game works well if you have a laminator, buy the laminating pages, or use clear mailing tape. Print or write a phrase or scripture out on a piece of paper. Then cut it into separate words. Laminate it or figure out some way to protect the paper from the elements it will be exposed to.Then put the words...