Watermelon Helmet Contest:That's right, have each team carve a helmet (or helmets) out of watermelons. You can go for the gladiator look or for the Darth Vador look. Team members must wear helmets throughout the event.Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest:(Need I explain?)Cantelope Bowling:Create an ally in the parking lot and set up 2 liter bottles at the end....

With this scavenger hunt sounds are the items to be found. Teams with tape recorders set out to record a list of items worth various points (examples: baby crying, toilet flushing, siren, a burp, a cat, dog, etc.)Variation: Hunt For A LaughGo on a scavenger hunt to record people laughing. There are several easy ways to do this, some...

This is a great event to market your group and try to increase group size. This works best if your group has already been meeting for a few weeks and has built a little bit of momentum. Advertise a Man Hunt, but don't tell anyone what it is. Have enough transportation available for twice the amount of students that...

Are you looking for a great time with your group? This is a hitÉso long as you abide by the rules!Find as many adults from your church as possible (20 or so) to go out to a certain mall (preferably a large one) a half an hour before the youth group is slated to arrive. Have the students...

Find a friend with a laser disc player or a Karaoke machine and rent some Karaoke Discs (screen the songs beforehand- a lot of the videos are pretty raunchy). If you don't have a professional Karaoke machine, you can hook up a laser disc player to a sound system and a 19" TV that the person that's singing can...

That's right, Jell-O wrestling. This event is always a winner and is even noted as one of the "slam dunk" top 10 outreach events that work in Jonathan's book "Getting Students to Show Up." Here's how you do it:1. Find a store near you that sells bulk foods and purchase large quantities of instant Jell-O, enough to make...

This is more of a ÒprizeÓ idea than an event idea. But this idea can be used as a prize for everything from Òmost visitors brought to youth groupÓ to Ògrad nightÓ to Òmissions fundraising winnerÓ event. Find someone who owns a Hummer (or other luxury or sports car) who is willing to share a ride in it...