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Pumpkin Puzzle

January 13, 2004

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 pieces in place. The first team done, or...

Puzzle Mixer

January 13, 2004

As students arrive, give them each the piece to a kid’s jigsaw puzzle (minimum 10 pcs, maximum 25). If you have extras left over, place them back into the correct puzzle frames. Put all frames in the center of the room. Have students locate the correct puzzles to which their pieces belong. The first group to completely put a...

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Potato Head Maker

January 13, 2004

Break the group into teams of four. Give each team a potato, toothpicks, and cut up vegetable pieces. The object is for each team to make the funniest, most creative potato person possible. You can turn this into a competition between the teams and give out prizes.Be sure to put the potatoes on display for the rest of the...

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Garbage War

January 13, 2004

MAIN POINT: This might be a goofy opener for a talk on how to get "garbage" (sin, bad influences) out of our lives.Divide the room into four sections by putting tape on the floor. Have a ton of newspaper and toilet paper and other "dry garbage". The object is to get all of the stuff out of your section...

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Pumpkin Decorating

January 13, 2004

Divide into groups of 4 or 5 and give each group a pumpkin on which they need to draw a face with colored markers. Works great around October 31.Option: Award a prize for best artwork, look-a-likes, etc.Added by Young LifeSee Pumpkin Bowling (Click Here) and Pumpkin Puzzle (Click Here).

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Alphabet Pockets

January 13, 2004

MAIN POINT: Teamwork, cooperation, and creativity.Divide into teams of 4 or 5. Everyone on the team searches through their own pockets, wallets, purses, etc. The group tries to come up with one possession which begins with each letter of the alphabet. The winning team is the one to have objects representing the most letters.Also, see Alphabet Getting to Know...

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Cereal Box Puzzle

January 13, 2004

Cut off the front panel of several cereal boxes — one for each group you've formed. Then cut up each panel into puzzle shapes- one for each person in the group. Mix together all the pieces and give one to each person and have them compete to find their cereal.Idea from Young LifeAlso, see Cereal Box Pick Up (Click...