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Games for Youth
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Game
Title: The Pyramid of Uncertainty
Best
Environment: Indoors, with a high ceiling and preferably
some beams
Equipment
Needed: Balloon, rope, custard, water, high jump mats, gym
mats, pillows, cushions
Setup Time: 30-45 mins
Game
Instructions:
Set up a pyramid shaped pile, using the high jump mat and gym mats at
the bottom, and cushions and pillows on top. Then fill a balloon with
custard and water, and suspend it from the roof using rope (if the room
has beams, you can thread the rope through one and control it from the
ground) above the pyramid. Two people, opposing each other,
have
to race to the balloon from either side of the pyramid, and burst it as
fast as they can. The one who bursts it wins.
Number
of people involved: 2 per game
Game
Time: 15 mins
Game
Title: I Hate Mornings
Best
Environment: Indoors, possibly before service
Equipment
Needed: Cheap makeup set, cereal, two bowls and spoons,
milk, tarpaulin, two chairs
Setup
Time: Approx. 10 minutes
Game
Instructions:
Invite two pairs of young people to participate at a time. One person
from each pair sits on a chair with the other person standing behind
them. The person on the chair must have their arms behind their back
with their palms facing outwards. Then, their partner puts their arms
through the gap made by the person on the chair. The person behind the
chair must now help the other eat breakfast – a bowl of
cereal
– and put on their daily makeup. Once both teams are
finished,
the winner is determined by popularity with the crowd.
Number
of people involved: 4 per game
Game
Time: 5 mins
Game
Title: Gauntlet
Best
Environment: Indoors
Equipment
Needed: Petitions or room dividers, obstacles, pillows and
pool noodles.
Setup
Time: 30 mins
Game
instructions:
Obstacle course set up with leaders holding pillows etc, to stop the
way through. Can be run as a relay race or a single event.
Number
of people involved: 2+
Game
Time: 20 mins
Game
Title: Poos and Wees
(just trust us...)
Best
Environment: Anywhere
Equipment
needed: Fun size snickers bars, apple juice, bowls,
protective clothing and protective covering for floor, desk.
Setup
time: 10 mins
Game Instructions: Pour apple juice inside a bowl (Wees) and place the
Snickers bars in the apple juice (poos). Then challenge the youth,
using there mouths only, to attempt to get the mars bars out of the
juice. This can be run as a single person event or a relay style race
Number
of people involved: 2- 10
Game
Time: 5 minutes
Game
Title: Candid Camera
Best
Environment: Outdoors
Equipment
needed: Enough cars to transport your youth group, one
disposable camera per team and a list of photo opportunities
Setup
Time: 1 hour to coordinate cars and cameras and a
checklist of photo opportunities
Game
Instructions:
Organize the youth into teams of 5 including one leader/driver. Each
team is given a list of places to go and things to do in different
areas of the city. Then, with their camera they must record proof of
them performing the required task (For example, behind a fast food
store counter, busking, someone next to a sign with their name on it).
Each photo is allocated points, and the more difficult tasks are given
higher points. At the end of the night, each team gives their camera to
their leader. The leaders develop their photos, and the team with the
highest points wins. The winner is revealed next week, once the photos
have been brought back and compared.
Number
of people involved: Whole youth group, 5 per team
Game
Time: Approx. 3 hours
Game
Title: Chocolate Masterpiece
Best
environment: Indoors
Equipment
needed: Block of chocolate, large sheets of paper and
sticky-tape
Setup
time: 10 minutes
Game
instructions:
Tape the paper to a wall or a whiteboard. Select 3 young people to
participate and one to stand out the front. Each person gets a chunk of
chocolate and is to chew the chocolate until it is soft and gooey, then
draw a portrait of the person at the front. After 3 minutes, the crowd
gets to judge which picture is the best.
Number
of people involved: 4 people
Time:
5 minutes
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