Materials: bubble gum and a towel or twoThis can be played as an up-front game or, with smaller groups, everyone can play.Divide your group into groups of 4 or 5. Ask for two very brave volunteers out of each group (don't tell them what they're volunteering for). Give them a plate or flat dish (we used cookie sheets). Give...
Fill large bowls with freezing ice water. Add small round hot dog slices. Call three teams of two up front.One player needs to sit in a chair with a bowl on the ground directly in front of them. The same player also needs to remove the shoe and sock from one of their feet. The second team member kneels...
Line up kids behind the diving board. Just like the basketball game "PIG" (or HORSE) the first person says what they are going to try to do. If they do it the next person has to do the same dive, flip, or whatever they did. If they also do it correctly then the next person has to do it...
Divide group into teams of six. Have them build a pyramid (three people on the bottom, two in the middle, one on top) and walk across a certain point (only needs to be 10 or 15 feet away), turn around and walk back, all while in the pyramid. The first team done wins!
Good game for a crowd or audience. Divide the crowd into three or four teams, each section with a captain. The game leader calls out certain characteristics...blue eyes, likes to snowboard, has a 4.0, has red hair, etc.The captain of each team must quickly try to bring someone with that characteristic up to the leader. First, one to do...
I Need a Shoelace with a twist; can be played with small or huge groups. The up-front person divides teams (in audiences of rallies or other large gatherings you can make each section of chairs a group).The upfront person then yells out a demand for a somewhat common item that people might have on them. The first team to...
This is where all the guys link up (get in a big pile and hug, grab each other, whatever necessary to try to stay linked together) and when you say "Go!", the girls try to pull them apart. Once a guy is pulled to where he isn't touching any other guys, he's out and needs to go sit down....