australian-megaslide-of-death
This is Slip-n-Slide on a Sand Dune!I live in a remote town in northwest Australia, where it is very flat, except for the sand dunes at the beach. This led me to an idea for an awesome waterslide - a nice long piece of black plastic, some cheap bulk detergent and lots of water! This was most successful when...
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four-corners
This game can be played in any size room. Choose an assistant, preferably a leader, to come up front. The assistant will turn his or her back from the group or put on a blindfold. Then explain that the entire group must choose to stand in one of the four corners of the room which are numbered from 1...
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fear-factor-more
Outdoor or Indoor. More Fear Factor! Have good prizes to motivate the contestants - they'll need it! (We used gift cards from popular restaurants, hang-out spots, and movie theaters.)Set up approx. 10 stations of the contest in increasing stages of scariness or grossness.Suggestions:Free Fall: Contestant stands on a raised platform and falls backward into arms of catchers. (eeeaasssy)The proof...
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toilet-paper-bride
Bring 3 willing girls up front. Once there, split the rest of your group into teams. Give each team four rolls of toilet paper. The object of this game is to dress up these volunteers in a full wedding gown including veil, train, bouquet, etc., all using toilet paper. Then have them model their new wedding gowns around up...
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TheSource4YM.com Jonathan's Resource Ezine Weekly Resources, Ideas and Articles from The Source for Youth Ministry Tuesday, July 20, 2004 In This Issue SPECIAL ISSUE: This week, our EZINE was written by Danette Matty,...
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winking-game-the
Great Small Group game.Form a circle of chairs. Girls sit on chairs; guys stand behind girls’ chairs. One guy stands behind a vacant chair.Rules: Guys stand with hands behind their backs. Girls sit upright on the chairs.The guy with the empty chair has to wink at a girl to invite her to his chair. She must try to move...
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super-soaker-saliva-challenge
The object of the game is to be the first team to fill a small pitcher/cup up with water (too big of a container makes the game drag too long). Water must be squirted into a volunteer's mouth using super soakers and squirt guns, then spit into the pitcher. Have the squirters stand about 12 feet away from spitter...
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