Supplies: LOTS of newspaper and LOTS of tape.Wanna see how well your group does building something together? Try this fun exercise.Divide students into teams of 4-6. Give each team enough newspaper and tape to build a newspaper shelter of some kind. It must be big enough to get three team members inside. Set a time limit...

Supplies: Duct tape or masking tape and lots of balloons.Divide the group into 2 or more teams with 3-4 people on each team.Give each team a roll of masking tape and 30 balloons. On "Go!" have members of each team roll the masking tape (sticky side out) around one of their teammates below the neckline. Next, have...

Supplies: Junk/supplies, duct tape, and paint.All you need is a bunch of junk! Get a special trash bag and label "We want your junk!" Have your staff and parents collect a bunch of their old junk (empty cans, landscape piping and tubing, broken appliances, boxes, empty toilet paper tubes, etc.).When you are going to play, divide...

Supplies: Materials for the starting line, river boundaries, and finish line.The goal of this exercise is to help teach your students or leaders to work together by having them work as a team to cross a "river." First, using your youth room, gym, or other space, you need a place to start from (a wall, lines...

This is a fun activity where teams work together as a body collecting simple but large objects, and putting them in a basket or container. This is fun to do as several teams competing against each other for time.Depending on # of players...for each team formed you will need:One t-shirt (or sweat shirt)size 2x-3xone pair sweat pants size...

Supplies: BlindfoldsDo you want to develop some trust within your group? Try this one!Create an obstacle course (a playground works GREAT) and get your students or leaders to go through it working in pairs. One person is blindfolded and the other (helper) is not. The helper can only lead their blindfolded partner through the obstacle...

Supplies: Pumpkins and toothpicks for every team.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...