Take apart a flashlight into four separate pieces (base, bulb/lens, & 2 batteries). Choose 2 people to be the “grogs” and give them the pieces of the flashlight. Have them hide the flashlight pieces around the facility, but in plain sight. Turn off all the lights. The grogs will then try to tag people. The rest of the group will try to find the flashlight pieces while trying to avoid being tagged by the grogs. Once tagged the person is frozen until a teammate tags them to unfreeze them.
I usually set a time limit of 15 minutes and allow them to use cell phones as mini lights. If the team finds all the flashlight pieces in that time they win, if they do not, the “grogs” win.
Safety:
- Make sure you set “out of bounds” like bathrooms, balcony, janitor closets, baptistry, pastor’s office…. You know, the places you could get fired for having kids goofing off in! Putting up signs and locking these doors help a lot.
- Make sure the students do not get out of control and run into each other full speed in the dark hallways.
- Make sure you have enough chaperones to ensure no “making out” is going on.
Jonathan McKee
Jonathan McKee is the author of over twenty books including the brand new The Guy's Guide to FOUR BATTLES Every Young Man Must Face; The Teen’s Guide to Social Media & Mobile Devices; If I Had a Parenting Do Over; and the Amazon Best Seller - The Guy's Guide to God, Girls and the Phone in Your Pocket. He speaks to parents and leaders worldwide, all while providing free resources for youth workers on TheSource4YM.com. Jonathan, his wife Lori, and their three kids live in California.
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Heidi
March 19, 2015 at 12:00 amGreat game. If caught we made the youth go to a holding area where they had to wait for 1 minute.
aaron
December 9, 2015 at 12:00 amAmazing! MS students ask for it every year.