This game is played in groups of 3, and you can have as many mummies as you would like. Each team will have shaving cream, goggles, a swimming cap, ear plugs, duct tape. Silly string can also be used, but this is optional. One person in each group will be the "mummy". The other two group members are responsible for creating the mummy.The mummy will...
Shaving Cream Mummy Burial
This game is played in groups of 3, and you can have as many mummies as you would like....
Toast
This is a game that is gross enough to keep people on the edge of their seats, but tame...
Filling the Potty
This game requires the following items: (x4) 36 or 48 pack economy rolls of toilet paper, a tub or...
Dirty Words
MAIN POINT: The words we use can have an impact on others, and we want to use language that builds...
Whopper Slopper
Preparation: Plastic tarps to cover the floor, garbage bags for students to wear, chairs, 3x5 cards, pens, and various...
Cheerios on a Noodle
Split your group and make everyone get with a partner. Give one person in each group an uncooked spaghetti...
Wild Card Musical Chairs
Preparation: For this game, you will need to come up with a list of different activities that the "wild...
Snowmen on the Sole
This game is for those of you who lead youth ministry in Florida, Mexico, and any other place that...
Drip Drip Drop
This game is played just like Duck Duck Goose, but slightly messier. Here’s what you do.Get everyone in a...
Banana Split Feet
Preparation: 3 flavors of ice cream, bananas, chocolate syrup, nuts, whip cream, and of course, some cherries. I just love...
Sardine Sliders
OK…this one is gross and messy! That should have gotten the Junior High pastors’ attention.First, get a LONG (rectangle)...
Ice Cream Meltdown
This UP FRONT GAME makes for a great summer game. It’s pretty simple; all you need is some ice...
Musical Candy – Feet or Face!
This game can be a lot of fun…or gross…or both! You get to decide…and your students are at your...
Donuts on a String
This is an upfront game that is a lot of fun for the competitors and the crowd that watches....
Crab Walk
This one is for you crazy…I mean brave…youth leaders out there!Put a large plastic tarp down on the ground...
Turkey Hunt
If you are looking for something to do with that extra frozen turkey that got left over from Thanksgiving,...
Pumpkin Decoration
If you want something fun to do that will involve your entire group, this game is perfect for you.Split...
Banana Foot Peel
This game works great as an upfront game. All you need is one banana per participant.Bring up about 4...
Bologna Toss
Pick 2 or 3 groups of 2 students each (4-6 kids total). Have them come up front and pair...
Popsicle Surprise
Take plastic Popsicle trays you can put in a freezer and fill them with your own type of Popsicle...
The Goldfish Gauntlet
This upfront game works best if you choose 2-3 girls, preferably middle school aged. Have them come up front...
Wrestling In Creamed Corn
Just how it sounds! Get a kiddie pool, fill it with can after can after can of creamed corn...and...
Pass the Worms
What you need:Unlike the photo above, you are going to need 3 pots of live fishing worms and one...
Deal or No Deal
Ask for several volunteers to come up to the front to participate in a game called DEAL OR NO...
Packed Lunch
Here is a great game that we did, and it is perfect for students going back to school. Before...
Bologna Artists
Remember cutting out "snowflakes" from folded paper in kindergarten? Well this challenge takes on that same idea only using...
Ice Cream from Heaven
Leaders get ice cream and get on top of the church and with students down at the bottom with...
Cricket Spit
Go to your local pet store and buy a bunch of live crickets before your event. Ask for volunteers...
Sundae Feed
MAIN POINT: In life, we have to work together to accomplish a goal.Preparation: Get enough ice cream for your group to...
Mystery Bag
Upfront and messy, this game can last as long as you want, with as many people playing as you...
Cheerio Face-Off
Items Needed: Cheerios (or generic substitute), soft butter or margarine, face cleanser, hand towels, card tableDirections:Choose one volunteer from...
Tim Tam Slurp
Another game from our friends in Australia. Lisa says, “I don’t know if you have Tim Tams in America....
Board Walk
MAIN POINT: It is difficult to walk steadily and be focused on the tasks at hand if we allow...
Clothespin Slime
Fill two kiddie pools with slime (mix flour, water, and green food coloring). Drop in a ton of clothespins....
Worms & Pennies
Contestants must place their hands in a bucket of live worms and find as many pennies (pre-placed) at the...
Fear Factor Cuisine
Fill a large bowl with your choice of sardines, pigs feet, or frog legs (purchased at most supermarkets). We...
Gross Domestic Product
MAIN POINT: There are many choices when it comes to living your life and what gods to follow, but...
Choice Combos
Introduce this gross game by saying you want 3 volunteers to test a new product: explain that Starbucks gives...
Yolk’s On You, The: Leader vs. Student
Outdoor or indoor, this Upfront game can be used as a motivator for bringing the most friends, raising a...
Ketchup Covered M & Ms
Place a bowl of M&Ms in front of three contestants and explain that all they have to do is...
Musical Chair Squat
Put enough chairs in a circle facing outward so that each person has one. On several chairs place a...
Bobbing For Marshmallows
Grab a few volunteers for this messy up-front game. This game begins just like the regular Bobbing for Apples....
Fish Bat (Tilapia Home Run Derby)
Choose 5 contestants to be batters. Make everyone else bunches up in a group about ten yards away from...
Human Sundae
Choose four contestants to come to the front. The 4 people decide who's bravest amongst them. They will make...
Whiteheads
This gross game is played up front with 2-4 teams of 3 people each while the crowd watches. You’ll...
Mustard Tanks
Each team needs 7 people. Six of the team members will form two lines of three, the two lines...
Bobbing For Toast
For three teams, you will need:a kiddie pool5-10 boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal3 swimming caps3 jars of creamy...
Jello Belly Flop
In the winter, have a belly flop contest in a baby pool full of Jello. Lay a tarp over...
Banana Split & Slide
Everyone remembers their very first slip and slide out in the yard on a hot summer day. Here is...
Egg Tic Tac Toe
Grab 9 staff or students prepared to get messy. Have the people get into a tic-tac-toe formation with plastic...
Slop-stacle Course
Let students know ahead of time that they are going to get disgusting and to bring a change of...
Ten Bags of Doom!
Outdoor or Indoor. Ten Bags of Doom doesn't take much set up time, just a lot of clean up....
Tootsie Roll Sculpture
Split your group into even teams. Give each a bag of tootsie rolls and a pair of latex gloves.Instruct...
Bobbing For Caramel Apples
Played like Bobbing for Apples, only you put caramel apples in the container instead. A sticky and fun mess!Added...
Hot Potato With a Twist
You need spoons or forks for everyone participating, something gross to eat (baby food, Vienna sausages in a can...
Porridge Pants
This game can either be played as an up-front game or as an all-play game. Either bring 4 people...
More Fear Factor
Outdoor or Indoor. More Fear Factor! Have good prizes to motivate the contestants - they'll need it! (We used...
Spelling Bee
This is designed to get you, the leader. You can use it as an excuse to let the kids...
Mess Mix
Get 30 cut-up pieces of paper. Have 10 blank and on the other 20 put different types of “Mess”...
Duck, Duck, Goose With a Twist
Outdoor or Indoor game. Play this childhood favorite just like Duck-Duck-Goose. Only, instead of just touching someone's head and...
Lifesavers On the Face
Choose 3 guy-girl teams. Each girl gets three rolls of lifesavers and 2 minutes to lick, stick, and arrange...
Milk The Latex Glove
2-4 students race to see who’s the best at milking rubber gloves. Dangle the gloves from the undersides of...
Oreos on Plexiglass
Put Oreos open-faced on separate sheets of plexiglass. Choose 2-4 kids (as many as you have pieces of plexiglass...
Caramel Apples On A String
This game is played up front with a few people while the crowd watches. Choose a student from each...
Grape Juice Contest
Put 3 pounds of grapes in each of two coolers with plastic underneath. Let two students crush the grapes...
Blind Feeders
Call up between 4 and 10 volunteers (depending on the size of your group) to make two-person teams. Have...
Radioactive Spew
This "Fear Factor" type game is played up front with a few people while the crowd watches. Set up...
Marbles In Jello
Put marbles in a roasting type pan (use a dark-colored Jello). Have paper towels handy and some plastic to...
Egg Roulette (Yoke’s on You!)
Get 2 dozen eggs.Round One: (4 raw, 8 hard-boiled). Two people alternate picking an egg and smashing it on...
Face Decorating
Have guys lie on their backs or sit on a chair with their head leaning back on a table...
Spaghetti Hair-do
This gross game is played up front with a few people while the crowd watches. Have 3 guys give...
Banana Surgery
MAIN POINT: Things when taken apart (relationships, reputations, etc.) aren't as easily put back together as it may seem.This...
Un-Banana
This gross game is played up front with two people while the crowd watches. Give each person a banana...
Cupid
Make a heart-shaped target and fasten it to a guy’s back (be sure to choose a "solid" couple who...
Head Paint
Bring three guys with really short hair up front. Have them dip their heads in tins filled with chocolate...
Boo!
Seven students, alternating guy, girl, etc., line up, side by side, with an informed female student at the end....
Jello Twister
Best done when it’s warm outside so people can hose down after.Get a square of cheap plastic and attach...
Pin The Tail
This gross game is played up front with a few people while the crowd watches. Announce that you're playing...
Alka-Seltzer On The Head Duel
You may play this game as a quick up-front game or even as a 4-person tournament. 2 contestants, each...
Pie Eating Contest
This game is played up front with 2-4 students (who won't mind getting messy) while the crowd watches. The...
Plead For Mercy
Bring 2 or 3 guy/girl teams up front (works great with dating couples). Have each guy kneel in front...
Jello Slurp and Spit
Have a huge bowl of Jello up front, 3 students, and 3 small jars. Each student gets a straw....
Blindfolded Banana Feed
Get several guy-girl teams to take turns feeding each other bananas while all are blindfolded. First, let boys feed...
Joust : Sick & Twisted
Just like Joust (Click Here), only played outside over a baby pool filled with gross ingredients (oatmeal, instant potatoes,...
Bobbing For Apples in Baked Beans
Great camp/retreat game! As disgusting as it sounds.The game is exactly what it sounds like. You get a huge...
Diving For The Prize!
Bring 3 volunteers up front. Have a table set up in front with 3 large bowls filled with whipped...
Messy Message
This game works well if you have a laminator, buy the laminating pages, or use clear mailing tape. Print...
Fear Factor Box
Build a plexiglass box and frame it out, then put legs on it (so it looks like a spider)...
Egg Bop
Have at least four teams of two and have the stronger team member wear knee-high pantyhose on their head...
One-Footed, Blindfolded, Peanut Butter…
MAIN POINT: This was specifically designed for a class on encouragement.You gotta try this game out!One volunteer hops around...
Musical Baby Food
Have your group sit in a circle. If you have a small group, you only need 1 can of...
Pass the Spam
Divide students into teams (however many you want) and form a line. Give each team a can of Spam....
Gummy Worms/Chocolate Pudding
3 or 4 students each have a pan with chocolate pudding or Reddi Whip and 15 gummy worms mixed...
Eat That Food
Have two students add one ingredient at a time to a cracker trying to outbid each other to eat...
Cold Toe Dogs
Fill large bowls with freezing ice water. Add small round hot dog slices. Call three teams of two up...
Ultimate Octopus
This game is just like Ultimate Frisbee, but . . . you guessed it - played with an octopus.Purchase...
Melon Fest
Watermelon Helmet ContestThat's right, have each team carve a helmet (or helmets) out of watermelons. You can go for...
Mud-O-War
This gross game is played up front or in the middle of your room with 5-10 people on each...
Marshmallow Splat Ball
Outdoor or Indoor. Have students wear grubby clothes that can be thrown away. Divide into 4 or more teams...
Cake Head
MAIN POINT: This can also be used as an illustration for a talk about faith and deeds. Without Christ...
Bubble Gum Sculpture
Materials: bubble gum and a towel or twoThis can be played as an up-front game or, with smaller groups,...
Condiment Twister
Exactly like Twister, only you spread a condiment over each of the color circles. Lay a big tarp down...
Pudding Fling
This gross game is played up front with a few people while the crowd watches. Make a "Bulls Eye"...
Stinky Coke Swig
This game is played up front with 8-10 people while the crowd watches. Give each a can of Coke...
Oil Ball
Get a big plastic tarp, about 20' x 25', and lay it down. Pour and smear about 5 to...
Pie Roulette
Six kids in a circle pass a pie around. When the music stops, the kid with the pie has...
Bobbing For Spam
Small groups - all can play.Large group - upfront game.Fill up a large bucket with water, drop in a...
Worm Fest
This gross game is played up front with a few people while the crowd watches. Have volunteers put one...
Caramel Apple Fest
Have a contest between several students, eating a hanging caramel apple blindfolded. The object is to see who could...
Tug-O-Fish
Just like tug-o-war, but a one-on-one competition with fish. Buy a bunch of dead fish (at least 6 to...
Spam Scarf
This gross game is played up front with a few people while the crowd watches. Get several volunteers up...
Volleyball, Gross Balloon
Gross Balloon VolleyballAll you need is a volleyball court or something similar, water balloons, and lots of gross liquids...
Fish Pass Through
Outdoor or Indoor - preferably a big group for teams of at least 10 each.Run a long piece of...
Christmas 12 Bags of Doom
This is a messy "thank you" or Christmas gift to your staff (or interns). Lay tarp down (a large...
Pickle Spitting Contest
Buy a large container of dill pickles. You can go with whole pickles, you can cut them . ....
Goldfish Snag
This game can be played as an upfront game for big groups, or an all-play for smaller groups.Throw about...
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...
Slime Twister
This is a MESSY twist (pun intended) on the classic board game Twister. Play this version using pea soup,...
Human Lawn Mower
Divide into two teams. Give each team two buckets. Have students run to the first bucket pre-filled with pancake...
Sock and Bop
For this outdoor, semi-messy game, you need old pantyhose and flour - similar to the game, "Open Gates." Have...
Chee-toes
Bring up three pairs of people. Have one person in each pair sit in a chair and take off...
Eat Slime Through Pantyhose
Prepare some oatmeal, warmed, not too hot. Buy two packages of pantyhose and cut them in half so you...
Grab Bag Scarf
This can be a relay, but I play it as an up-front game involving 6-8 people. Great game for...
Ice Cream Feed
Lay plastic on the floor for this gross up-front game and set up so everyone can see.Have pairs lie...
Happy Shake
File this in the "fun with a blender" category!Go to McDonald's and pick up 3 Happy Meals (the manager...
Green Oatmeal
Get 3 or 4 brave volunteers with strong stomachs who race to eat a bowl of green oatmeal the...
Bobbing For Bananas
This game works best in a church with a baptistry that you've filled with milk and the bananas are...
Egg Blow
This game is played up front with a few people while the crowd watches.Put the inside of an egg...
Ice Cream Mayo Surprise
Ahead of time buy cheap vanilla ice cream and a jar of cheap Mayonnaise. Put the mayo in a...
Hawaiian Punch
Choose 3 two-person teams. Each team is given a bag of fruit, a clear drinking cup that has a...
Blend-O-Rama
Up front and entertaining. Find four students who have strong stomachs--the type who claim they'll do anything!Place four blenders...
Messy Plexi
Prep: Buy or get a 4'x8' sheet of plexiglass donated.You will need: Oreos, Cheese in a can, CrackersCall up...
Lemonade Machine
Bring at least two volunteers up front. Announce them as, "The Lemonade Machine". Have them each bring up a...
Colored Cool Whip Rinse
For this game, you need one container of Cool Whip per team, different colors of food dye, and a...
Egg Swing
See Flour Swing (Click Here), only instead of flour, use an egg. Imagine the possibilities!Added by Jennifer SpaethAlso, see...
Alphabet Soup
Split your group into several teams. Give each team a platter and a few cans of alphabet soup, or...
Snoot Shoot
This game is played up front with 3 or 4 people while the crowd watches. Give them each a...
Chocolate Drop
Prepare beforehand by spreading out plastic on your stage area. Find a place where everyone can see someone laying...
Beautiful Boys
Pick six girls and put them in pairs. Then have each pair pick a boy. Ahead of time, buy...
Beauty Both Ways
Also called "What Goes Around Comes Around"Great for wacky game nights or lock-ins. This game requires shaving cream, a...
Annika’s Revenge
This game is played up front with a few people while the crowd watches. A few years back, golfer...
Baby Bottle Burp Extra
We did the Baby Bottle Burp (Click Here), only first, guys had to feed girls a jar of baby...
Bobbing For Worms
Outdoor or indoor (lay tarp if inside). Similar to Bobbing for Apples, only with gummy worms in a kiddie...
Balloon Nose Pop
Select three volunteers to compete against each other. Each student receives a large balloon. The first to blow up...
Cereal Mania
5 games that all involve cereal: Snoot ShootThe youth shoot Trix, Kix, or Cocoa Puffs out of their...
Banana Legs
You can use as many contestants as desired but it's best with an audience cheering them on. The contestants...
Pantyhose Jello Slurp
This gross game is played up front with 3-5 people while the crowd watches. Place a drop cloth or...
Cheeto Face
Arrange several pairs of students up front. One partner gets whipped cream spread (or sprayed) all over his or...
Build Your Own Snowman
Can be played up-front with audience watching or in teams with the whole group playing.For each contestant have a...
Shaving Cream Hair-do
This gross game is played up front with a few people while the crowd watches. Have several guys come...
Pie Pan Bubble Blow
Bring three people up front to sit in chairs at a table. Put three pie pans that are full...