How to Play the Frogger Game: place the group in a circle sitting down choose 1 person to be the “guesser” send the “guesser” out of the room choose 1 person to be the “frogger” bring the “guesser” back into the room The frogger’s job is to take everyone in the circle out. The way […]
How to Play the “Hula Hoop Races” Game Grab two teams of 5 participants each. You’ll need 2 hula hoops. Give each team a hula hoop and ask the 5 participants on each team to hold hands and to not let go. The object of the game is to wind the hula hoop through the 5 […]
How to Play the “Bucket Tug of War” Game Items needed: 4 five-gallon buckets two 15-20′ ropes tied in the middle 4 participants Have participants stand on the five-gallon buckets that have been turned upside down and place one end of the rope in their hands. Have them tighten up on the rope so there […]
Carpetball is a fun game to have in your children’s (or youth) ministry area. Kids just love playing this game. I’ve been asked, quite a few times over the years, if there are any design plans for carptball tables. I came across one a while back and it’s what we used to build our table […]
I’m sorry, but the Chuck Norris jokes out there just crack me up and kids love ’em… especially preteen and middle school boys! So here is my ever-expanding list of Chuck Norris jokes Chuck Norris gets bit by a cobra. After 5 days of agonizing pain, the cobra dies. Chuck Norris doesn’t mow his lawn. […]
How to Play the M&M Hold Game Supplies needed: M&Ms enough straws for each participant two destination holders (plate, bowl, etc) The object is to race against a competitor trying to get a couple of M&M’s from one table to another while suctioning it to the end of a straw the whole way. No using […]
How to Play the “Cotton Ball Transfer” Game Supplies needed: 2 bowls per participant (size is discretionary) cotton balls (a couple of bags or so, depending on the size of the bowls) 1 spoon per participant Choose the number of participants to go head-to-head. Have each participant hold one bowl full of cotton balls and […]
How to Play the “Stocking Face Tug O War” Game I got this idea from funninja.org (they have many more games on the site). The only supply you need is a handful of stocking pantyhose. I bought thigh high sheer (so it would be as long as possible and nearly invisible) stockings. You can do two […]
How to Play the “Cookie Face” Game This game was made popular on Minute to Win It. You’ll need some cookies and some willing participants. We played this game in our children’s ministry and instead of just having a head-to-head battle against two people, we had all the students come up and try to do […]
How to Play the “Ping-Pong Tic-Tac-Toe” Game You’ll need a bunch of ping-pong balls. The more you have the better, but if you’ve only got three per player, then you’ll have to have some students fetching the ping-pong balls and returning them to the participant. You’ll also need 18 plastic cups. In our case we […]
How to Play the “Cereal Box Puzzle” Game The front of several cereal boxes (as many as you want participants to be competing at one time). If you want 2 contestants, then just 2 cereal box fronts. If you want several participants playing this game, then cut out as many as you can. Make sure […]
How to Play the “Leg Wrestling” Game No supplies or materials are needed, simply a little bit of open space for students to be flipped! Participants lay on the ground next to each other with their feet facing opposite directions. They match up their armpits and lock arms with one another. Either the participants or […]
How to play the “Chair Relay Race” Game Make two teams. In our case we had 2 teams of 10 each and we did boys versus girls. Line up the same amount of chairs for how many people are on each team (the two teams should be equal). Place the two lines of chairs an […]
How to play the “Sack Races” Game We found some burlap sacks for $3-4 each at our local hardware store, so you’ll need to pick up a few of these. And you’ll need some space, or a “lane” of sorts. At our Youth group we used people for the students to tag. At Followers (elementary […]
How to Play the “Lawn Twister” Game You’ll need: 4 different colors of spray paint Poster board Medium size bowl Scissors Pencil Bucket and paper Setup the Lawn Twister: The blog article has pictures of how to set this up Trace a circle off of a medium sized bowl (to the desired size of the […]
How to play the “Cookie Flip” game: Supplies cookies (chips ahoy seem to work the best) flat cookie cooking pan Instructions start with a cookie on the cooking pan participants must flip the cookie up in the air, then flip the cooking pan over, and catch the cookie the goal can be to flip and catch one […]
We have a tradition at Hayward Wesleyan Church…the week before the teenagers head back to school we put on what we call the… Back 2 School Bash The staple at this annual event is playing with mud. We have devised several muddy and gross games to enhance this unique, fun, one-of-a-kind event. And, for your […]
In 1848, the Stokes County School had a series of 46 rules for which there were lashes dished out as punishments for various offenses. You can check out the whole list here. For Youth group, we picked the best 20 rules and displayed them one at a time to the students. We showed the infraction, […]
We play a lot of games @ hwcYouth. One of our random favorites is the “Impossible Shot” game. There’s really no rhyme or reason to this game. You can make it up on the fly or plan elaborately ahead of time. But the gist of the game is this: have an object to throw (it […]
If you want to place a person (student or small group leader) on a hot seat where people can questions for 2:00 minutes, then this is a video you can use as a timer. It does not have an audio track, so you can place your own in the background, or download the video and […]