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Three girls put a diaper (towel) around three guys, then sit them on their lap and feed them a baby bottle of soda (half full), then make them burp. The first guy to burps wins.
Baby Bottle Burp Extra
We did the Baby Bottle Burp, only first, guys had to feed girls a jar of baby food with the girls wearing bibs _ I use plastic grocery bags & slit the handles at the middle, makes two. Then the girls had to tie the bib around the guy and feed them the bottle of soda and make them burp.Added by Kim Kopsaftis
Baby relay
The object of this game is for mommy and baby to accomplish some tasks. This game can be for smaller groups, or in front of a large group. The first team to accomplish these tasks is the winner. First break up into teams of two (mommy and baby). Whoever is the baby must wear a bib and their knees are to be tied together for the duration of the game. Mommy wears an apron for the duration of the game.
2nd task: Mommy gives baby a 4oz baby bottle filled with water. Baby is to finish bottle before going to next task. 3rd task: Mommies go the other end of the room and have babies run to them as fast as they can, which will not be easy since their knees have been tied together. When the baby arrives at mommy, together they must assemble a kids puzzle with about 10 pieces to it. First team to do all these tasks are the winners! (Instead of a puzzle you can use blocks. Whoever stacks them into a tower fastest wins.) Objects needed: Baby Food Disposable Bibs 4 o/z baby bottles, (Make sure nipple has a large enough hole in it so water flows smoothly and they don't have to struggle to get water out.) Apron (They can just use their own jackets or someone else's jacket) Kids Puzzles (I found a lot of them at thrift stores for real cheap) Some rope (something to bind the babies knees together, so they can baby walk.
You can use as many contestants as desired but its best with an audience
cheering them on. The contestants place a knee high over their head (similar to
a bank robber) and given a banana. It is a race to see who can eat the banana
first, through the nylon. Have a camera ready because you're going to want
pictures of this one.
Added by Trish Barnhart
Banana Stuff:
Bring three guys to the front to see who can eat the most bananas in five minutes while blindfolded. As soon as one banana is peeled and eaten, the contestant will be handed another. Blindfold all three. Instruct the crowd to cheer for their favorites Then have associates silently remove two of the blindfolds and let the guys rejoin the crowd. Start the "contest" and keep the one guy stuffing down bananas as long as possible. When his blindfold is removed and he realizes he was the only one it is quite funny.
Barbasol Beauty Parlor:
Have several guy volunteers come up and have them each select a beautician from the audience. Give the beautician beauty supplies: shaving cream, and other items if you wish (sprinkles, chocolate syrup, etc.). Have the beautician put the shaving cream in the guys hair and try to beautify him as much as possible. Have the crowd applause as to the best job to determine the winner.
Beautiful Boys:
Pick six girls and put them in pairs. Then have each pair pick a boy. Now from your local dollar store get cheap makeup, hair clips ,earrings, necklaces, or any thing like that. Put it all out on a tray or table. give the girls two minutes to makeup the guy, then have the group vote on the best looker. You have some great pictures for blackmail later.Added by Janet Martin Belly Lick and Stick:
Similar to Lick and Stick. Get three, four or five guys (the less hairy the better) and have each guy assemble a team of five or six others to build a Christmas wreath on the guy's stomach using licked red and green lifesavers, and red gum for the bow (stickers should put the candy in their mouth for a while to get them real sticky!). Give all of the teams about five minutes to build their circular wreath. When the time is up, have all of the teams sit down and then vote on the best one. Feel free to use other candy, too
(ie: Gummy Worms, Jolly Ranchers . . . just make sure that you run a test beforehand to make sure that it sticks well) Remember, the more slobber... the better. Bellybutton Basketball: Get two volunteers from the audience or you can use teams if you prefer. Using a fish net (one used in a home aquarium) bend the handle so that it fits securely in the front of your pants with net straight out in front attach a rubber ball with a rubber band attached to it at the base of the
net (remember those old ball and paddle games, those work best, just remove string and ball and use with fish net). Contestant must swing ball and ring net without using their hands. Lots of fun to watch. Two points each basket! Person or team with most points wins!
Added by Melanie Velaski Bobbing for Bananas: This game works best in a church with a baptistry that you've filled with milk and the bananas are sunk at the bottom 4 feet down! (I was young when I did this- so don't email me if you're offended by this!) You can use a bathtub or one of those bigger baby pools too- but a 4 foot baptistry is best! (Use powdered milk to save $$$$)We had a camera at the entrance to the baptistry, interviewing each "bobber" as they disappeared into the 50 gallon tank for what seemed like minutes before emerging with a banana in their mouth. Great fun- I did it in 1988, and they're still talking about it!
Blend '0' Rama is a great up front game that
is very entertaining to watch. Find four students who have strong stomachs!
You know the type- the students that claim they'll do anything. Place four blenders on a table on stage or up front. Have 20 different edible items placed in 4 different lunch bags. Number the lunch bags 1-4. Interview each student- ask them their school, their birthday and their favorite food. Keep note of who is the oldest in the group. Then tell the oldest that they get to go first, then the next oldest, and so on until the youngest. Have them each pick the bag that they will blend. You put what ever is in the bag into the blender, you do this until all the bags have been picked. Make sure that one of the items is a liquid so that it will blend well. Once everything is blended, pour into a cup and have them all drink it down. Who ever finishes their cup first wins. Great blending materials: Baby food milk spam bananas Gold fish chocolate syrup ketchup mustard M&M's a can of Soda frozen veggies Be creative! added by Jackie Bubble Gum Blow Relay
You get three people to come up front and sit in chairs at a table. Then you put in front of them three pie pans that are full of whip cream. At the bottom of each pie plate is a piece of bubble gum. The race is to see who can eat all the whip cream, find the gum and be the first person to blow a bubble. The first person done is the winner. Rules are though they can't use their hands. They can stand or sit doing this. Kids love getting messy!Added by Stephanie
Two people sitting very close (knee to knee) in chairs facing each other compete to drink a full container of Ginger Ale. They have a candle (which they can never let go of) in their left hand resting on their left knee, and a lighter and a Ginger Ale in front of them. They may only drink the Ginger Ale when the candle is lit. They may blow out the other person's candle but they cannot touch any of the other person's supplies. The winner is the person who can finish their Ginger Ale first when their candle is lit.
Candy String Race:
Have two contestants face each. Have a long piece of string with a candy of some sort tied to the exact middle. Put each end in a contestants mouth. Say go and the contestants will eat their way toward the center of the string to get the candy. Person who gets the candy in their mouth the first is the winner.
Cheetos face:
Arrange several groups of two in the front of your room or on stage. One partner gets whipped cream spread (or sprayed) all over his or her face. The other partner stands back about 5 feet and throws Cheetos on the whipped creamed partner's face (they stick!) in a given amount of time. Whoever ends up with the most Cheetos on his or her face wins.Added by Julie Ohara
Get a several partners to come up front. Have one partner lay down on the plastic and the other around the edge of the plastic. Have the "dropper" stand over their head of their partner with a small cup of chocolate syrup. The "dropper," standing straight up (no bending to get a better aim), dunks marshmallows into the chocolate syrup and with his or her arm straight out, drops it into the mouth of the person on the floor. Points are awarded by the number of marshmallows eaten. Added by Michael Boyd X-location of Chubby Bunnies:
R.I.PA great game that served youth ministry well over the years now lays to rest along with other great games that have proved to be dangerous or have just got us sued, such as The Electric Chair, Water Balloon Launchers, Paint Pellot Guns, and most other fun things!
Chubby Chihuahuas:
Like the age old, much debated, Chubby Bunnies, Chubby Chihuahuas uses "atomic fireballs" (those red hot dime-store candies). RED GOOK GOES EVERYWHERE!!!!! Circle Dodge:
Have two volunteers face each other with one hand at their side. Tape a piece of paper cut into a circle (about 4-6 inches in diameter) on their back. Say go, and each person will try to grab the other person's circle without getting theirs grabbed.Rules:
Clothespins On Face: Get four students up front with many clothespins. They have one minute to put clothespins all over their face. The one with the most clothespins at the end of the designated time is the winner.
If you have a small group, just divide into equal sized teams. If you have a large group, bring up several teams of people. This is a two part game. For part I, each group paints one member of the group in cool whip. You can judge who looks best if you want. Part II is when the team rinses the cool whip off with the water gun. The first team finished or best rinsed team wins. Use tarps- this game tends to get messy, and it is a good idea to offer a decent prize to the winning team. Diving for dollars
Take a tub, or a large plastic tote, and fill it with ice. Then add water until you have a tub full of ice and water (a baptistry would always work!- then students must dive!). Then stuff ten ones, two fives and one ten dollar bill in the water beneath the ice. The contestants names are drawn from a hat. This is a great way to get visitor names and addresses. Draw out two or three names. Each contestant gets 30 seconds to dunk their head (no hands)in the ice and water and fish out with their teeth any cash they can find. They get ONE try each, and they get to keep whatever they can catch. This game is a great up front game. I have also used Jello for a second week teaser.Added by Jeff Smith
Hold up a dollar and offer it to anyone who can perform a simple task. Bring the sucker . . . I mean, "volunteer" up front and tell them that the dollar is theirs if they can simply jump over it the way you designate. Lay the dollar on the ground. Have the person stand with their toes to the dollar. They must bend over and grab their toes. Now, tell them that they can't let go of their toes and they must jump over the dollar. No matter how they bend, contort, etc. they won't be able to do it. (I did have a kid one year do it by jumping backwards over it- but that was one in a thousand).
Donut On A String
This game is played with four people. Two kids sit in chairs. The other two stand behind them with small poles about three feet long with string dangling at the end. On the end of the string is a chocolate covered donut. The donut is to be held out in front of the kids sitting in the chairs. The first one to eat the donut wins. The trick is that as they take a bite the donut will swing away from their face and come crashing back into it leaving a chocolate mark. Great game, tons of fun.Added by Cheez Denard
Egg Swing
Much like Flour Swing, instead of flour, use an egg. Imagine the possibilities! It is even worse, I assure you!Added by Jennifer Spaeth
Prepare: Pour half the flour down one leg of nylons and the other half down a leg in the other pair of nylons. Mark an area on the floor for the match. Play: Select two volunteers. Each volunteer places the waist portion of they nylons over their head. They now have two nylon legs hanging from their head, one full of flour. The players face off in the marked area for specific time period. This is a fast paced game and one minute is almost too long. Players then swing their heads to make the flour come into contact with their opponent. The winner is the player with the least amount of flour on their clothes. (It doesn't matter whether the flour is from their own nylon or their opponent's.) Or you can count points for each time a blow is struck to the torso. I take no responsibility for the results of this game!!! :)
Frozen to a T
Prep: Get as many t shirts as you want to do, I do around 6. Soak them in water and thing wring them out to a good damp, if you get it to wet they can't play the game. Fold them up nicely & place on wax paper inside your freezer.Game: Have a 2 teams of 4 students volunteer to do the next game and pull the t_shirts out of the freezer. The object: When you say go they have to open the shirt and one of the students has to put it on. The team that does this the fastest wins! Added by Sterling Lynn
Funnel Penny Gag:
Take a funnel and shove the small end down the front of your pants so the wide end is facing up. Put your head back, place a penny on your forehead and close your eyes. Tilt your head forward, dropping the penny off of your forehead and into the funnel. Challenge the kids that no one in the audience can do that three times in a row. Pick the kid that is the most eager to prove you wrong. Set it up for the kid and emphasize how much you must close your eyes for at least three seconds before dropping the penny in. On the kid's third try, pour a huge glass of ice water down the funnel (make sure that the funnel has a big enough opening to allow good water flow!)
The game is simple, you get a handful (3 or 4) brave volunteers who race to eat their bowl of green oatmeal the fastest. This is best if recorded on camera and projected on the big screen. Award a first, second and third place so all contests keep eating throughout. When they finish have one of your staff ask, “Hey ‘Jonathan,’ where do you get green oatmeal?” You answer, “That’s a good question, and show them. Play a pre-recorded video of you and another staff member in your office, home, wherever, with a large (very large) pan or bowl of oatmeal. Drop green food coloring in it and then dialogue about how to stir it. “Do you have a big spoon?” “No. Do you?” “No.” “Then what are we going to use?” “HEY! I got an idea!” Each person in the video takes off his shoes and socks. This is a great opportunity to show close-ups of your feet when the socks come off. (pre-dirty your feet with some grease (PAM) between each toe). Then stick your feet in the oatmeal and start sloshing around in it to mix it up. As the camera tilts up to your faces, both can say, “That’s how you make green oatmeal!” (Note: for obvious health reasons, don’t use that oatmeal as the oatmeal they eat!) The look on their faces and reaction from the audience is priceless. (Thanks to Rux down in Southern CA for the idea!)
Added by Jennifer Fink
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. Hawaiian Punch: We had three teams of two people. Each team is given a bag of fruit, a clear drinking cup that has a line drawn across it to indicate a minimum amount of juice to be squeezed into the cup, and a chair.
The object of the game is to squeeze enough juice from the fruit into the cup to reach the line and for one team member to drink it. The gross out factor is that the only way that fruit can be squeezed is either in the armpit, the back of the knee or with the feet. On team member sits in the chair and does the squeezing (with the help of the drinker) while the other team member catches the juice. Once predetermined level is reached, the drinker has to run up front and drink it. We always give out prizes, but they are usually just something dumb like a can of bean dip or an old soccer trophy.
Cut the fruit in half before the teams get it b/c it juices easier. Grapefruits are good b/c they have tons of juice, so are tomatoes because they are gross and have a ton of juice. Plastic cups are safest to use. We used tape on the cup to indicate the level of juice. Be sure and keep the level low enough and use tons of fruit b/c each piece yields very little juice.
Hose-head:
Have 2 people come up front. Get a pair of womens thigh high panty hose.( the kind that dont have a crotch) Put a tennis ball in the end of each one all the way at the toe end. Have the contestants put the panty hose over thier head and face (w/ ball dangeling in front. They bend over and start swinging their panty hose and ball getting them all tangled up at the count of three they each begin to pull in opposite direction.... The first one to pull it off their opponents head is the winner.( Kids w/ braces work especially well)Our kids love this game it is a riot.....Use small size panty hoses... They can run around or whatever trying to keep it on their head. Added by Chuck Linton
You will role the two dice twice. After the first role you say, "Number 5's nose" and you roll again and say, "number 2's armpit" whatever combination of person and body part is called must then be connected with a 3X5 card in between the two body parts. Each team keeps going until they cannot connect the two parts or one of the earlier cards drops to the floor. The last team to successfully connect two body parts wins the game. Added by Scott Sagle
Added by Ian Longtin
Set the contest up as just a typical ice cream eating contest, hands behind their backs, etc. The look on the person who eats the frozen mayo is priceless. Added by Randy
Ice Cream Stuff: Get an even number of students and have them pair up in twos. Have the kids decide who wants to sit and who wants to stand. Place a blindfold on the student standing and give the one who sits a trash can bag to cover his/her clothes. Hand the blindfolded student a big helping of ice cream in an plastic bowl with a spoon. When you say "go," the blindfolded student must feed the sitting student. If any ice cream spills, they must eat it off the floor. Whoever eats it all first wins.added by Sara Sinnard IV Bag Suck:
Get three large zip lock bags filled with Kool Aid and surgical tubing coming out of the top. Have three people suck until the Kool Aid is gone. First one done wins.
Joust:
Equipment:
Need a room, blindfold and two rings preferably large ones like men's class ring or women's w/large set. Need one person to be King and one helper. King is in the room alone sitting on a chair, have him take one shoe off and put one of the rings on the second toe. Have him put the other ring on regular ring finger. Helper blindfolds first person and leads them into the room and up to the King, King says you are in the presence of King Bo-Bo, in order to show your respects you must kiss his ring and he hold out the ring on his hand, after the person kisses it, lift your foot up in front of their face (not touching) and then have the help remove the blindfold, it appears as they have just kissed the kings foot! Do not give the punch away, have them stay in the room, it will be revealed to them soon enough. The last person is pretty much up in the air how you want to tell them, if you do.Added by Tracy Sheppard
Lemonade: Get 4 "volunteers" up front and have them sit down on stools, facing the rest of the kids. On a low table in front of each of the "volunteers," have the ingredients for lemonade: a 1/4 of a lemon each, a teaspoon of sugar, and a glass of water. Announce to the kids it is going to be a race to make lemonade. When you say "go" they must first eat the lemon, then the sugar, drink the water, then they have to jump up (twist, spin.... use your creativity) and sit down to mix up the ingredients. The first to do this is declared the winner. Get at least two volunteers to come up front.
They are now titled "the Lemonade Machine." Have them each bring up a friend
from the crowd to be their partner. Each "Lemonade Machine" sits in a chair
with his or her head leaning backwards and with their mouth open. At "go" their
friend proceeds to squeeze one lemon, 1 spoon of sugar and 1 cup of water into
"Lemonade Machine's" mouth. The "Lemonade Machine" stands up and jumps up and
down three times and spits the contents of his or her mouth into a glass (make
it a clear one for good visual). Repeat until the glass is full.Added by Michael Boyd Lick and Stick:
Fun game to watch. Bring up several contestants. Have them choose a partner each. When you say go, the partner must put an entire pack of lifesavers in their mouth. Then they must one at a time stick them to their partner's face. Any that fall off during the game must be put back on. First couple to get all of the lifesavers sticking on their partner's face is the winner.
Set up two chairs far enough apart that a third chair 'could' be inserted. Instead of a middle chair, though, put a soft, plush pillow between the two chairs on the floor. Then cover the two chairs with a blanket that completely covers the chairs and the floor so the pillow can't be seen. (Make sure the blanket doesn't sink in the center!) Then have your 'King' and 'Queen' seat themselves on the 'throne'. It's best if your King and Queen are leaders or adults who are already there before the youth get there, so you can get them all fit for the part. However you want to make the King and Queen look is up to you! It's fun to make them look really goofy, yet completely serious. Appoint yourself the royal assistant and have the kids approach the King and Queen as they arrive and introduce that youth to the King and Queen. Making sure you tell the youth not to do certain things in front of the King and Queen cause it's rude! Really ham it up. Once the introductions have been made have the King say something that will signify to the 'royal assistant' that the 'lucky' youth may have the honor of joining the King and Queen on the throne. When the youth goes to take their seat, the King and Queen stand, causing the youth to fall on their tush! Fortunately if you remembered the pillow, the youth won't be hurt at all. Once the youth has fallen, they have the honor of becoming a part of the 'royal court' and watch the rest arrive and take their spills. Added by Cherine Miller MessyPlexi
Prep: Buy or get a 4'x8'sheet of plexi glass donated. Oreos, Cheese in a can, Crackers
Call up 2 teams of 2. Tell the students that they need to draw someone using the
oreos, cheese in a can, and crackers. When they finish hold up the plexi glass to show the audience and let them vote by applause. Then tell them the game is just starting. The team that can eat their creation the fastest wins. It's great to see tounges, lips, hair, ears and whatever press up against the glass and the audience will roar with laughter. Of course you will need to pressure wash the glass each time you use it. Added by Sterling Lynn
Mind Reader:
This is a fun game where you and another staff person or student leader
pretend that one of you has the ability to read minds. Important:
pre-arrange with "It" (your assistant) a person that they will pick
first. As everybody arrives, tell them that "It"is a mind reader.
Send "It" out of the room and point to the person that you have
pre-arranged. Have "It" come back in the room and ask him or her
which person you just selected while "It" was out of the room.
"It," of course, will know and the kids won't be that impressed.
But "It" looks two spaces clockwise from the person you just pointed
to and remembers that person. When "It" leaves the room again,
shuffle everyone around (for their confusion) and then pick that
person (that WAS two spaces clockwise from the previous person).
"It" will come and pick this person to everyone's amazement.
Continue playing this for a few rounds, quitting while they still
want more.Added by Michael Knight
Added by Benny
Ping Pong Ball Party Blower:
Give several guys a party blower and a ping pong ball each. Have the guys get down on all fours and race their ping pong ball to a given destination and back. The only way they can move the ball is by bopping it with the party blower.
Pushover:
Have two people come up and face each other about 2-3 feet apart. Their feet should be even (side by side, not in front of one another) and their hands are raised, touching each others palms (like they are playing "Patty-cake"). The object is to make the other person fall, forward or backward by pushing or releasing pressure to your hands.Rules:
Prepare three or four costumes and grab the same number of volunteers.
I used an old military uniform, one of those old polyester Taco Bell
uniforms (it was my friends, NOT MINE! ), and a 70's outfit. Each
ridiculous looking costume consisted of a pair of pants, a top, a pair
of glasses, and a hat. I set the costume in front of each participant,
handed them each a balloon, explained to them each the object of the
game, and yelled go. Each of them had to blow up the balloon and
start bopping (is that a word?) it into the air. The object was for
them to get completely into the costume and back out of the costume
while keeping the balloon in the air. The result is three people
running and hopping all over the room, trying to get dressed while
chasing a balloon. Great fun- give it a try! Quick Draw:
Have two challengers face each other with their hands behind their back. On "1, 2, 3, go!", they are to whip there hands out in front of them with a random amount of fingers sticking out for the other person to see. The first of the two persons to yell out the total number of fingers out there (from all four hands) is the winner.
This game is played the same as "Chubby Bunny", but with a twist. The best marshmallows to use are the bunny shaped "Peeps" you can get Easter. Whatever kind a marshmallows you use, put some ketchup on each one they eat. It's really disgusting, but the kids love it...at least those that don't have to participate do. Added by Keith Collier
This game is only as good as the person leading it. Grab a few pairs of kids. Have an XXL t-shirt for every pair. Have them both get into the t-shirt and do specific tasks that you ask them to do. You can do this in a drama-like format. You can read a story and have them act it out. (e.g. Once upon a time the Stuck Sisters got up from a good night's sleep. They immediately decided to do their morning exercises. They started with toe
touchers. Then push ups . . . now they need to brush their teeth with their one tooth brush . . . ) Fun to watch!
Snoot Shoot
Bring 3 or 4 people up front. Give them each a certain number of Jelly Bellys, they’re smaller than normal jelly beans- Good and Plenty’s or Skittles work as well. Place a bucket a good 5 feet away from each contestant. You can guess the rest- they shoot the Jelly Bellys or other candy out their NOSE into the bucket. A riot to watch- and not much fun to count the candy in the bucket. Soda Slam:
This game is a cinch. Bring up a few contestants, give them each a soda and tell them the first one to empty the can wins. Option: have them belch when they're done to complete the contest. Another Option: Have each contestant turn their can upside down before opening. Take a pen and poke a hole in the bottom sidewall of the can. Have them place their mouth around the hole, tilt the can upright and open the top at the same time. All the soda will flow into their mouth in less than 10 seconds- very hard to keep from spitting it out (See the Rob Reiner film, "The Sure Thing" for a demonstration)
Spam Carving:
" I need two artistic volunteers!" Give each a can of spam and have them make a creative carving. Have the group applause to judge which one is the winner.
Spell my Feet:
Take five people and have them take off their shoes and socks. Take a marker and write a large letter on the bottom of each of their feet so if they sit facing you and hold their feet in the air, you can read the letters. On the first person put an A and a N (one letter on each foot), on the next an E and a T, then
GR, OM, and SP. You will call out different words for them to spell and they have to cross legs, stretch, and situate themselves in a position so that the bottom of their feet spell the word you called. You can do this with two teams of five if you want and see who spells the word first.
master
The name says it all. Go to your local store and get some of the cheep
Alka-Seltzer (enough for at least 4 tries per student) because they think that
they can get better as the game goes on. Get 4 or 5 brave volunteers. Place one Alka-Seltzer tablet under their tongue (they can’t taste it that way) Then you give each one about 4 or 5 oz of SPRITE or clear soda pop. When they put it in their mouth, the fun begins. The one who can hold their mouth closed the longest is the winner. Don’t stand in front of them unless you want to get spew on you. Added by Allen Ballard
Stud walk
Take 3 guys out of the room. One at a time tell them to walk in with music playing with their studliest strut while the crowd is clapping and cheering. Each one is to sit down between two girls on a make shift couch (consisting of two chairs and a blanket) There is no chair in the middle where he is going to sit. As soon as he sits down have the girls stand up and he will fall right through the chairs. Have a pillow so he doesn't get hurt. The crowd goes crazy!!Added by Dave Marshall
Super Soaker vs. the Sphere
Get one of those little toddler games that looks like a ball with shapes cut into the side of it.
Have one student sit opposite another. One gets the ball the other gets a super soaker. Object is for the one with the ball to get all of the shapes into the ball before time us up. If they can't do it within time, the other youth gets to blast them with the super soaker. But oh, it gets better. Then tell them to switch. After all, it's only fair! We have a couple adults with much bigger super soakers to help convince the youth that "it's only fair!" Added by Sterling Lynn Surgical Glove Blow Up:
If you haven't seen Howie Mandell do it . . . you're missing out. Get some surgical gloves- rubber- the kind that blow up. Have several contestants come up and pull the gloves over their own heads, all the way down to just above their mouth. Have them blow with their noses, inflating the gloves on their head. After 90 seconds see who's glove is blown the biggest.
Swinging Marshmallow:
Pair up the kids (player A and player B) and give each pair a four foot long piece of string and two marshmallows. At a signal the pairs tie one marshmallow on each end of the string. Player A in each pair holds one marshmallow in her mouth while standing facing the front of the room. Player B stands to the side of player A at an arm's length, looking toward player A.Moving only her head, player A begins to swing the string back and forth like a pendulum while player B attempts to catch the swinging marshmallow in his mouth. Both players may move only their head, no bending over. The winner is the first pair in which player B catches the marshmallow.
As each group stuffs balloons in their team member's shirt, he will begin to look like the Stay Puff Marshmellow Man. At a given point (when you see that their shirts are almost maxed out), count down from 10, stop the stuffing and have the "stuffers" go sit down. Have the audience vote by applauding who looks the most stuffed. If the game ended there, I would think it's lame. Here's where the fun begins. Now inform each fat boy that it's time to pop the balloons. Offer a prize to the person that can pop all their balloons first, (there's a catch!) without taking them out and without using their hands. They have to throw themselves on the floor, body slamming their torso on the ground to pop all the balloons. This is hilarious to watch and the audience will love it. To Tell the Truth:
Like the old 70's TV game show. Pre-arrange four contestants for this
game. Have them share a funny/interesting story that happened to them
when they were young that they can say in one sentence. (e.g. My
name is Billy and when I was 5, I was walking with my mom and a big
guy ran by and grabbed my mom's purse!) If that is the story that
sounds the best have all 4 contestants use their real name and say the
same story. (e.g. My name is Teresa and when I was 5, I was walking
with my mom and a big guy ran by and grabbed my mom's purse!) All
contestants will tell the audience the exact same thing as if it is
their story- but only one of them is telling the truth. Open up the
audience to question individual contestants (like an Oprah show) and
three of the contestants will have to lie through their teeth. Then
have the audience vote who this really happened to. Then have the
real person step forward. Great fun!
Toilet Bowl Rollercoaster: Get four volunteers or pick four people and have a sponsor take them back to a secluded room. have that sponsor tell them that they will go up in front of the crowd, one at a time. Each one will sit in a chair. The object is for them to act out a given scenario WITHOUT leaving the chair:
2. Pretend they are riding a bull 3. Pretend they are being tortured 4. Pretend they are getting their shoulders rubbed and they like it a lot Meanwhile - the leader is in the other room telling the audience that the four people coming out are going to act out what they do when they are on the toilet. It's a hoot! People are crying everywhere from laughing so hard!! Let them go for about a minute or so and then tell them what they were really doing! Added by Dennis Humphrey
Twinkie stuff:
Two people, one at a time or simultaneously, eat as many twinkies as possible in two minutes or less.
Twister:
Buy the board game twister and play three guys, then three girls. See which sex can stay on for the most turns.
Water gun/Shaving Cream squirt:
Have several contestants come up and select a friend from the crowd to be their partner. Put a dollup of Shaving Cream on each of the original contestants and give their partner a squirt gun (it always helps to have it full of water!). Spread the gunner from cream nose at least 10 feet. First one to clean their partner's nose is the winner.
Weight gain:
Three people weigh themselves, then drink as much as possible in 5 minutes. The winner is the person who gained the most weight.
Start with the girls sitting. Assign a boy to each girl(make sure the boy has hair!) have the boys "shave" the girl's face with shaving cream and a spoon in under 1 minute. After the time is up, let the girls wash off. Next the boys sit down. The girls get 5 minutes to do as much with the boys hair as they want, besides cutting it. The boys are to stay in braids, curls, whatever for the rest of the night, or until the youth pastor lets them take them out.. Added by Jon Vandivere
Who wants to be a Bible Millionare:
This game is a clone of the hit T.V. show "Who wants to be a Millionare."
Here's how it works:The game is nearly identical to the TV version, with a few minor exceptions. All contestants know one or two weeks in advance what portion of the Bible the questions will come from. (We generally give two weeks' notice and often cover an entire book, such as one of the Gospels.) The Grand Prize is $50 and the prize ladder for correctly answered questions is as follows.
Question #2 = $2 Question #3 = $3 Question #4 = $4 Question #5 = $5 (first milestone) Question #6 = 10 Question #7 = 12 Question #8 = 14 Question #9 = 16 (second milestone) Question #10= 20 Question #11= 25 Question #12= 30 Question #13= 35 Question #14= 40 Question #15= 50 Obviously the easier questions come at the beginning and gradually become much harder toward the end. Students know that one has a very limited chance of winning the Grand Prize without having carefully read the entire material at least once or twice. (Yet the questions should not be so hard that they are nearly impossible to answer...) Lifelines are the same except for one. Instead of the "Call a Friend" lifeline, we substituted a "Check the Bible" lifeline, where a student has thirty seconds to look for an answer in the Bible. "Fastest Finger" questions may be anything you want, but should be easy enough for anyone to answer. Sheets of paper and pens may be handed to each potential contestant and then the Fastest Finger question is read audibly. The first student to raise his/her sheet of paper (and who has the correct answers) gets to compete for the Grand Prize. Some students may not do Fastest Finger well. Another option may be to ask the question and have students fold their sheets and hand them in. Then the host draws one sheet at random. To involve more people, you may invite other students not answering questions to be "guest hosts" and read the questions to the contestants. We put all the questions on MS PowerPoint, dimmed the lights and showed the questions on a large screen. Added by Aaron Blanco |
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