Games

Easy & Funny – Gotta Get Those Blindfolds

I tell ya…I get more fun game ideas from watching Ellen than from anything else – except the Source of course.
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Mix It Up Monday – Bobbing For Gum & Jello

Make a bunch of jello & sink gumballs in it.  The jello doesn’t have to be all that firm (or firm at all), but the more firm it is the more the gum balls will stay midway between the to & bottom of the container.  Have kids bob for the gum balls in the jello [...]

Where Has This Been

Every youth leader worth his salt has to occassionally fix something he broke before anyone finds out or needs to know how to connect a PVC pipe to a life-size rubber duck so it won’t fall apart when you set it on fire.
I think this website was designed specifically for my friend Scott Berry, but [...]

Mix It Up Monday – Inaugural Edition

Welcome to the first official Mix It Up Monday post.  It’s a blog carnival – wooo hoooo – where we all get a chance to share all kinds of great stuff.  If you’re not familiar with how that works, check out my post from last week with all the details.
You’re welcome to just come and [...]

More Than I Knew

I’ve visited Help for YL Leaders NOW on several occasions, but I don’t think I ever realized the value of what Sean has posted there. 
He has an entire category of club plans in Word format along with the posts that describe the Club.  This is an excellent resource.
I’ve been looking over a bunch of them [...]

Pass The Spam

This is one of the most simple mixers, but it went really great.  We took spam out of 2 cans and split the room in 2.  Each group formed a circle & got one of the spams (I have no idea what you call a block of spam. Probably a block of spam.)
This is just [...]

Tonight’s Game – Musical Hats

It’s a oldie but a goodie, especially if you get a bunch of crazy hats.  Wigs are great, too.
If you’re not familiar with this game, it’s just like musical chairs, except participants try to have a hat on their head when the music stops.  The walk in a single file circle and take the hat [...]