play-doh-snowman
This works great for groups of 30-40 teens. Great for youth Christmas parties. Divide group into teams of 3-5 people. Give them each a couple of cans of Play-Doh (or divide cans up between teams). Have each team come up with their best "snowman."Have a couple of judges prepared to judge the finished products. You can have one winner...
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kissing-in-the-dark
Divide the kids into five teams. Put five targets on a wall with point values such as that on a dart board and line up each of the teams so they are about ten feet away from one of the targets. Assign a volunteer to each team to help things run smoothly and not get out of hand.Explain that...
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getting-to-know-you
MAIN POINT: Great for getting a new group of students to know each other's names.(You need a wide blanket or canvas to play this game.) Divide the kids into two teams. Put two chairs (one for each team) about 2 meters apart facing each other. Assign two people to hold the blanket up between the two chairs, so the...
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yelling-match
MAIN POINT: Listening through the "loud" messages all around you.Group is divided into two equal teams. Each team sits in a single row facing the opponent team across a room. Each team picks out a piece of paper with a message on it. The messages should be common phrases or Bible verses relevant to your topic with about 5-10...
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lifesavers-toothpicks-sticks-and-tires
A simple game with any number of evenly divided teams. Everyone gets a toothpick and places it in their mouth. Get the teams in some sort of single file line, row or circle. Start the front or beginning person with a lifesaver on their toothpick. They must pass the lifesaver from their toothpick to their neighbor's toothpick without any...
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musical-food
This is an Audience or Small Group game. Put pieces of dried fruit, jerky, tomato, potato, red onion, etc. in several separate closed lunch bags. Mix them up, throw them out into crowd, start music. When music stops whoever has a bag takes a bite. You may need referees to declare who had it when the music stopped.Idea from...
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pass-the-brains
Here's a Halloween variation of the 'Pass the Parcel' game we typically play at kid's parties in Australia.Scoop out a pumpkin as you would in order to make a jack-o-lantern. Carve out a face, but don't make the holes too big otherwise, the 'brains' will fall out too quickly. (Alternatively, you could just draw a face on the pumpkin...
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