Mixers
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.Â
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 Mixer
We are trying out this mixer that I got from The Source. It’s yet another variation of paper, rock, scissors – but get this, you actually play paper, rock scissors.Â
Actually, if we were Hindu, it’d be a great illustration of the caste system.
The goal of this game is to work your way up by beating [...]
Sock Wars – A Big Hit
Our club last night included a mixer called sock wars. It’s a cross between pre-k story time at the library and WWW Smackdown, and the kids loved it.
Here are the rules.
Everyone has to start with at least 1 sock on. One of our leaders brought in his dirty laundry that kids without socks could dig [...]
Successfully Leading Games & Mixers
Jonathan McKee gives the 7 Deadly Sins of Game Leading over at the Source for Youth Ministry. They are extremely helpful reminders of how important the little things are when you’re trying to be excellent.
I prefer to be a little more positive, sort of like Paula Abdul. I’ve translated these into an optimist’s language.
Come up [...]
Tonight’s Mixer With Money
Tonight’s mixer comes from The Source. Here’s the money I made, feel free to use it.  $1000   $234Â
$1000 Bill Exchange
For this game you need to make your own money on your computer (be sure it’s clearly phony or it might be a federal offense). Give each person 10 of the bills. They are to try to [...]
Mixers & Games
Check out the Source for Youth Ministry’s page of mixers & games.