Activities

Arrange people into groups of two.You'll need two stockings (or knee highs), eggs, and 2 foam swimming noodles. Within each team of two, choose one person to be the horse and the other rider.The horse will need to put the stocking with the egg on their head so the egg is at the center of their forehead. The rider will then ride piggyback on the horse's back, using the noodle as a jousting stick.

Explain to the group about "The Green Glass Door".Only certain objects or things are allowed through the Green Glass Door. Start with a few examples - you can have a hammer but not nails. Books can go in the green glass door, but words can't. You can have a spoon but not a fork. Apples can go through but an Orange definitely cannot.

Each player starts by selecting an animal, and a noise/action associated with that animal.For example:Elephant: Hold nose and make a trunk with arms, and make elephant noise!Lion: Show claws and roar like a Lion!Snake: Join arms together, twist them like a snake and go Hiss...

Before your participants arrive, rip 3-4 inch pieces of colored tape (1 color per team... We usually play with two teams). Bend over about a half inch at one or both ends of the tape.When ready to play, line each student up shoulder to shoulder and have them close their eyes. Position two of the same colored tape on each player's back, around each shoulder blade, to signify which team they are on.

Pick out two people to be the "chasers" and two to be the "chasees". Have everyone else line up like a grid with 3 feet in between the person in front, behind to the left and right of them, like this diagram here:. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .Everyone should bring out their hands facing one direction to create"streets" in one direction like this diagram:--.-- --.-- --.-- --.----.

Instruct everyone to grab and chair and arrange themselves in a circle and sit in the seats.The leader will call out "Everyone who has.......... must shift ......... seats to the ............". The first space is for a trait (e.g. Blue shirt, the oldest sibling, age, birthday month, etc.)The second space is for the number of seatsThe third space is for either the right or left.

This is a very simple game and loads of fun!Everyone starts in a circle facing inwards. One player then "snorts" another by looking at them and making a snorting sound. If the participant "receiver" of the snort smiles, laughs or speaks before passing the sort on, they are out and must leave the circle. Snorting twice (called a "double snort") causes the direction of play to reverse.

Get everyone to stand up, then read through the following list. The last person standing is the winner!Sit down if you…have eaten chocolate today are wearing purple were born in Septemberhave blue eyesare the youngest childhave broken a bonehave gone for two weeks without a showercan speak more than two languagesThis game is similar to True or False and works great for large groups.

Each participant creates their own distinctive "sign" - a discrete action such as the peace sign, thumbs up or down, pat on the head, tap on the nose, etc. It should not be too obvious or attract a lot of attention.Everyone sits in a circle facing inwards and demonstrates their sign to the group.

Slit into groups of 3 or 4.Each group gets a balloon covered in shaving cream and a razor. Their job is to shave the balloon. The first group to complete the task is the winner.The trick is - when the balloon breaks, the shaving cream goes everywhere, so be prepared! A little nick on the razor's edge beforehand will help ensure the balloons will break.

On the back of some Post-it Notes (i.e. the sticky side), write some good get-to-know-you questions. Ensure that you write at least as many questions as there are people - you can double up with the questions if there's a lot of people in your team.Stick them all on a whiteboard or wall so people cannot see the question on the back.

We all know the Rock Paper Scissors game. But can you base a Youth Group night on it? The answer is No! But you can keep kids entertained for at least 20 minutes and it works really well as an icebreaker or time filler.The key to its appeal is to promote it as a "Rock Paper Scissors" tournament.