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Fish Pass-through relay?
Gross Balloon Volleyball

Fun options: You could have the people in the chair blindfolded. Alternate people in chairs with people on the floor. Payback time.

Don't freak out, you don't need to kill them, you just try and catch them in your mouth. (Although nothing makes jr. highers laugh harder than someone eating a goldfish!)
Added by Justin Beadles

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 the rest of the groups the bubble gum, and tell them to chew as quickly as possible. Have them chew it only until it is soft, and then give it to the volunteers in their group, and start chewing the next piece. As the group is chewing, the volunteers need to be working on their sculpture. Set a time limit, say 10 minutes, and give them creative ideas of what to make- such as pizza, turtle, etc., but it has to be something difficult. When the gum chewers are through, have them step back and watch. Have someone judge the sculptures. We gave a prize (a Christian CD) to each of our winning volunteers, since they were so brave!

Note: Instead of regular stick gum- such as Wrigly's, I would suggest using larger gum drops- such as Bazooka. {It's much easier to work with!} Keep it cheap, because you'll want to buy enough!
Submitted by Rebecca Sapp aka Zgrrl

12 raw eggs
11 cups of oatmeal
10 squirts of syrup
9 cups of popcorn
8 squirts of green ketchup
7 cups of applesauce
6 bags of cornmeal
5 packages of swiss miss
4 frozen mixed vegetables
3 cans of whipped cream
2 cups of canola oil
1 betty crocker cake mix

Also remember after the crickets land they start running. So give 2 students the job of stomping on them to mark the spot.
added by Jobie Presley

The Eco Challenge 

Put as much of particular substance in your mouth as possible (past substances include: Jelly, Raw Eggs, Spam, Guacamole, French Onion Dip, etc.) Have each person start by rolling through kiddy pool/toddler tub filled with flour and water (mix other disgusting liquids as you like). Then roll into another tub filled with kitty litter, bird seed, or both. Have a whole series of tubs or "piles" for them to roll through. They must keep substance in mouth till whole team is finished and then spit it out in a bucket, the team that has the most substance left and/or is messiest wins.

Fish Pass-through relay? 

Run a long piece of rope (like clothesline) through a dead fish. Make sure the end of the rope is pretty secure. Line up your volunteers shoulder to shoulder. Two teams facing each other. Volunteers must have t-shirts on. No spaghetti straps or long sleeves. The players must pass the fish through their shirt in one sleeve out the other. First one to make it through all shirts wins. Having girls in this one makes the game. They're always squeamish. You need a good number of people for this one. 10 - 12 on a team works best.
Added by J. Bucolo

Gross Balloon Volleyball 

All you need is a Volleyball court or something very close to that, water balloons, and lots of gross liquids and sauces. What you do is you add things to all of the water balloons like ketchup, mustard, Tabasco, syrup, chocolate syrup, salad dressing, anything you want. Just make it really gross!!! The grosser the better. (fill a little of the gross stuff first- then water).

The object is to throw the balloon back and forth over the net. (If you don’t have a net, you can do this like an egg toss). The higher you throw it the more likely it is to break when the person tries to catch it.

The game is really fun!! Just make sure that you tell people to wear bad clothes before you play the game just in case they get something really gross on them!!

Original idea by Matt Johnson

Gummy Worms/Chocolate Pudding

Get three or four volunteers. Each student has a pan with chocolate pudding and 15 gummy worms mixed in. They have to go face first into the chocolate pudding and pick up the gummy worms with their teeth, pull them out and drop them on a plate. First one to get all 15 or the person who gets the most in a designated amount of time is the winner. Kids love it. It's messy but not disgustingly gross.
Added by Susie

Happy Shake 

Nothing like starting youth group off with a sick up front game that makes people howl with laughter.  File this one under the "fun with a blender" category.

Go down to your local McDonalds and pick up three or four happy meals.  Pre-pick three or four willing contestants and bring them up front.  (Make sure you follow "Jonathan's Seven Sins of Game Leading" tips here- especially #2- being prepared and #7- making sure the entire crowd can see clearly)

Blend the happy meals together (burger, fries and drink) in front of them. Then, fill up equal CLEAR cups for each person. The rest is a race to see who could drink their "happy shake" the fastest. Be careful: you might want one or two big trash cans near the front for participants who don't like the shakes.

M&M Scarf: 

Six students on each team (2 teams) must divide out colors of a pound bag of M&M's and eat them in order of color. Example: First person opens the bag and sorts out all the red colors then passes the bag to the next person while scarfing (eating) his color! The team with all the M& M's eaten first is the winner.
This doesn't sound like a gross game . . . with one exception- I've never done this game without anyone throwing up!

Milk Chug:

Three students compete trying to down a half gallon of milk. Then they must compete in a bat/broom spin. Bat or broom is place on forehead. Spin person 10 times, then have him/her run around a cone that has been placed several feet away from him/her and then return to starting point. (If it is not obvious to you from the reading of this description, this game is almost guaranteed to make someone throw up)

Mud-O-War

I know, I know . . . it's so simple that you might ask, "Why is it even on the list?" TO REMIND YOU!!! The ever popular Mud-O-War is simply tug of war in the mud, through a jello kiddy pool . . . you name it!
Added by Naomi

Oil Ball 

Get a plastic tarp, about 20' x 25', and lay it down. Pour and smear about 5 to 6 bottles of baby oil all over the tarp. Make the outline of an oval track with about 6 cans of shaving cream. Now the goal is to "wheelbarrow" (this is when one kid stands while holding another kids feet in the air) with the kid on the ground pushing a tennis ball with his/her head around the track twice. The first one done wins! This game does have a cost, but everyone who plays is covered when done and you'll see some great wipe-outs!
Added by Paul Butler

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 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 with a black marker pen.) Fill the pumpkin with cold, cooked spaghetti hiding wrapped candy in amongst the 'brains'. There should be one candy for each kid playing. Play some spooky music as the pumpkin head is passed around. When the music stops, the kid holding the head feels through its 'brains to find some candy.

Pass The Spam

Divide students into teams (however many you want) and form a line. Give each team a can of Spam. Have the first person in each line open the can and place the Spam under his chin, holding it against their chest. When you say "Go" they pass it to the next persons chin. (No hands...except to pick it up off the floor!). A simple relay, but have fun adding creative twists...like "last person eats it!"
added by Purple Chris

Seafood Catch 

(The following game is from Naomi in Australia- where apparently this is legal! Use your discretion!) Find someone with a pool who doesn't mind the following going on. (Or, again, you can use a baby pool, a baptistry, etc.) Buy many small minnows, put in pool. People get in and attempt to catch minnows (extra points for eating them after it is done) give more points for those who catch the big fish (get a larger fish of some sort) or a greased watermelon. If you use lobster or crabs keep the bands on the pinchers please!
Added by Naomi

Snoot Shoot

This is the age old disgusting game where contestants shoot Cheerios, M&M's, etc. from their noses into a bucket, for distance etc. Fun to watch- keep it short.

NEED: circle of chairs of no less than 15 people 2-4 people standing in the middle 3-4 long socks with tennis balls in the end. HOW Those sitting in the circle toss the sockballs to each other (usually very hard throws) and try to keep those in the middle from catching them.(more fun if you can bounce it off someone in the middle) If they catch it then the thrower goes in and the runner sits down.(even if it falls to the ground and is picked up) The people in the middle can also tag any thrower who is holding the sockball and they have to switch.(this keeps the pace up). This is our favorite game, good for those nights when high activity level is the best option.
Added by Collin Buckley

Spam Scarf

That's it, pretty easy to understand. Get several volunteers up front who claim to be hungry. Give them each a can of Spam (yuck!) and give a prize to the first person to finish the whole thing.

Sticky Licky

Get a piece of plexiglass (about 2 square feet or so). spread a peanut butter square on both sides. Get two volunteers (preferably of opposite sex) who each have to lick the peanut butter off of their side. The first one with a clean side of glass wins. Make sure the audience has a clear view
Added by Eric Wormann

Stinky Coke Swig

Get several volunteers (8-10) to compete up front. Then, once they have their unopened coke in hand say that you forgot they need to take off their sock and put it over the now open can. (you will usually lose a few kids here). then you say you forgot again- and they need to pass the coke to the person next to them and drink their can instead of yours...( you're now down to 3-4 kids tops!) so whoever drinks it the fastest wins the prize.
Added by Jenn Kernya

Toothbrush Buffet 

This is a great skit for the crowd to watch your staff (if they are willing) performing up front. The first staff person grabs a tube of toothpaste and a glass (clear is best- for good visuals) full of water with a toothbrush in it, bristles down. This staff person puts toothpaste on the brush, brushes their teeth, drinks, gargles and spits into a cup. The next person takes the glass, tube and brush and does the same thing . . . and so on down the line. For a good clincher have the last person drink all the spit. Added by Naomi

Toothpaste Drop

You get tubes of toothpaste, little dixie cups, chairs and blindfolds. Form teams of two (again, this is a great up-front game with the crowd watching) One person stands on the chairs while the other one lays on the ground (or a table if you want the audience to see better) with their heads near the back legs of the chair. The person on the chair puts on a blindfold and the one on the ground puts the dixie cup in his or her mouth. Have the people in the chair start squeezing the toothpaste tube at their own chest level, dropping toothpaste into the dixie cup of the other person. It's a simple contest of who can get the most toothpaste into the cups. It's pretty messy . . . and the paper towel doesn't really do much help so there's still tons of mess (use drop cloths)! But everyone smells minty fresh!
Added by Naomi

Tug-O-Fish

Just like tug-o-war, but a one on one competition with fish. Get a bunch of small (at least 6 to 8 inches) fish from the local store and pair off. At 'go' everyone starts tugging.  The first person to let go, whose hands slip off, or if the fish break....has the smallest half in the hand is out. You do this until there are only 2 people left. Then you break out the largest fish you could find.
Added by Tony Douglas

Ultimate Octopus 

This game is just like Ultimate Frisbee . . . but . . . you guessed it- played with an octopus. 

Purchase an octopus at your local grocery store or fish market.  Divide into two teams and play ULTIMATE FRISBEE, with the octopus. If you haven't played  ULTIMATE FRISBEE, check it out on my outdoor page.

Divide into two teams, each trying to get to the opposite end zone. One team kicks (throws actually) off and the other team receives. When a player catches the octopus they can take only 3 steps then they must throw it. Team work their way down the field, passing to each other until a team scores. If the team hits the ground it's the other teams ball (octopus actually). If a defensive player knocks the octopus to the ground possession switches as well. Defensive players must give any person already holding an octopus at least 3 feet clearance.