mixers
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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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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Sitting Volleyball
Idea by @stucoa2. I’ve also seen it played with 4 teams at once in something like a 4 square layout. View original post on our @YouthMinistryIdeas Instagram account
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Life sized GUESS WHO
Guess Who! Use the students in your group as the characters in the game! This video uses sets of twins, but you could find a creative way to make this happen. . Fun Ninja has a great page on adapting this for youth groups!
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Bounce Ball Battleship
Bounce Ball Battleship – bounce your ball in to the other team’s cups to sink their ships. You could even make a huge version of this and play in your whole youth room with buckets / trash cans and tennis balls or something. Girls against boys #yousankmybattleship! #uthmin #stumin #cheepbutfun A video posted by huedog […]
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Group Games APP
Group Games app. Definitely worth $2 to have 120 “go to” games nicely organized in your pocket. Filter by group size, time length, etc. a great resource for sure. Hope you’ve all been having a great Lent season so far. Again, if you want to share an idea, make sure to direct message me because […]
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Chee-TOES
Chee-TOES – You can do it as an upfront game with a few students seeing who can move the most Cheetos out of one area in to another, or as large group relay where teams pass Cheetos down the line. When we played (see video below), we played with 4 teams, and each team had […]
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TAPE FACE – Scotch Tape Portraits
TAPE FACE – Scotch Tape Portraits – this could be a great ice breaker, mixer, over nighter 3am entertainment, etc. so many options. #scotchtapeportrait #stumin #youthmin #tapeface View original post on our @YouthMinistryIdeas Instagram account
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