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Raw Egg Walk
With a little finesse kids can walk on raw eggs. There are a lot of games that could come out of this idea. #youthministryideas photo by housingaforest.com
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Life Size Board Games
Create something your students will never forget. Taking time to build special things like this communicates to your students that they’re worth it. Whoever made that 4th one is my hero.
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Scissors Paper Rock and Cheeleaders
This one was sent in from @shireliveyouth from Australia. One game that we play is like a mega game of scissors paper rock! Everyone partners up and does scissors paper rock with the person next to them, then the loser of the game becomes the winners cheerleader and follows the winner to verse the winner […]
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Four Way Broom Hockey
This version has 4 teams and 4 goals (One in each corner). All teams start in their corner then run and pick a chair to stand on. If they move chairs or fall off they’re out. Gain 1 point for scoring. Lose 1 point for every time you’re scored on. Leaders referee in the corners. […]
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Balloon Goons
Give each team a roll of masking tape a bunch of deflated balloons. Whoever gets the most balloons on / or is the most creative wins.
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Lip Sync Battle – Free Motion Background
Lip Sync Battles are a TON of fun. Have several students (or groups of students) work on a song in advance, then go head to head! I’ve created a motion background that you can play in the background while they’re performing. (Actually, I didn’t really MAKE the video, I just put the words “Lip Sync Battle” […]
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Pool Noodle Marco Polo
A video posted by Youth Ministry Ideas (@youthministryideas) on May 21, 2015 at 1:06am PDT Use a pool noodle and blind fold to play Marco Polo on dry land. We’ve used these blindfolds and they work great. Instead of saying “Fish out of water” you can say “Wall Flower” and if someone is touching a wall, […]
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Flying Fish Volleyball
Use beach towels or blankets to toss a dead fish back and forth over a net. (Don’t tell PETA) Students will NEVER forget this. This is too good not to repost… “Jolly Volley” Flying Fish Blanket Volleyball! I love blanket volleyball already, but throw in a big old fish and kids will never forget it. Great […]
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Ping Pong Ball Races
Create a track and have kids race pushing ping pong balls through the track using pool noodles, or fly swatters, or brooms, etc. – You can do individual time trials with 1 ball, relay races, or one team at a time all trying to push 100 balls through the track! Lose points for balls that […]
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Photo Boards
Event Recap Picture Boards with extra copies of all the pictures in little baskets below! These are held to the wall large holes on the board that slip over some screws in the wall. This makes it easy to take the boards down when the room needs to be used for something else, or when […]
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