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On the Nose - Game (Minute to Win It)
Here's another game straight from the show Minute to Win It called "On the Nose". Items needed: Instructions: 1) Prior to the game start, contestant must be standing in front of the table with hands at side. 2) Once game begins, contestant may begin dipping nose into Vaseline. 3) Contestant must transfer one cotton ball at a time via the nose from the start bowl to the end bowl. a) If a player transports more than one cotton ball at a time, any cotton balls deposited into the bowl on that attempt will not count towards the player's total. 4) If the cotton ball falls on the table or floor, the contestant must get a new cottom ball from the start bowl. 5) Contestants must deposit the cotton ball into the end bowl directly from the nose without coming into contact with any other body part or object. 6) If the player touches the cotton ball with their hands they will be disqualified. 7) To complete the game, contestants must transport five cotton balls from the start bowl to the end bowl as described above, with all five cotton balls in the bowl concurrently within the 60-second time limit. With any game idea, feel free to change it to fit the needs of your particular group!
Egg Roll Game from Minute to Win It
We don’t have cable and so this is the first time I’ve heard of this show – Minute to Win It. Basically, the contestants participate by playing simple (or so it would seem) games/challenges. The more challenges you complete the harder they get and the more money you can get. Anyways… the best part is, most of the challenges on the show would be perfect for youth nights. Most of them are simple and don’t require any special materials. Here’s one called “Egg Roll”: Instructions straight from the Minute to Win It website: 1. Prior to game start, contestant holds the pizza box in a standing position behind the center egg. 2. Once game begins, contestant may start fanning an egg with the pizza box. Contestant may only use pizza box to move the egg. 3. Contestant and pizza box may not touch an egg at any time or the game is over. 4. An egg is considered to be in the end zone as long as its shell is touching the colored zone. 5. Contestant may not open the pizza box. 6. If an egg breaks the game is over. 7. To complete the game, contestant must get all three eggs concurrently in the designated end zone within the 60-second time limit and all three eggs must come to a complete stop concurrently without exiting the designated end zone. 8. Contestant must stop fanning within the 60-second time limit. I will be posting more youth night appropriate games on here from MTWI… but if you want to see what else they have on their site, check it out by clicking HERE.REQUIRED ITEMS
Toilet Paper Dodgeball
Here is a smaller scale dodgeball game you can use during your games portion on youth nights. It’s basically the same as real dodgeball, but you use toilet paper rolls instead of actual balls. We usually wrapped the toilet paper roll with tape so as not to create too much of a mess. We found this to be a great idea especially if you are playing in the sanctuary or in a room where there are windows or valuable equipment, such as computers, tv, projectors that cannot be moved, etc. Also, it doesn’t hurt as much to get hit in the head with a toilet paper roll For rules on how to play dodgeball, click HERE.
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Dodgeball Night
Last week we had a very successful Dodgeball Night for our youth. It was a fun night of bonding and just letting loose and getting to know one another. Everyone dressed up in their craziest dodgeball outfits – some of the small groups encouraged different themes (neon colors, guys in pink shirts, sunglasses, tie dye… etc). We rented out the gym of a local school and was fortunate enough to get to come by in the morning during school hours and hand out left over chocolates from our previous M&M Fundraiser to the students, with stickers on them inviting them to come to the dodgeball tournament that night. It was great getting some of the youth from our group to actually hand the chocolates out and invite their classmates themselves. During the event, we had one of our youth leaders assigned as our DJ (lots of dancing going on) – this just added to the fun ambiance of the night). We also had two of our leaders assigned as our referees (as you might suspect, a lot of cheating goes on At the end of the night, before the “finals”, we had a short word from one of the youth pastors. Definitely a fun night! Note: The week before the event, it would be good to go over proper attire for both guys and girls. Also, make sure you have your set of rules established for the game ahead of time and that this is announced to both your leaders and your youth before the game. If you need instructions on how to play dodgeball, click HERE.
) and one of the Pastors as an emcee to announce which team was playing against who, etc. Since there were a lot on our group, we split them off into teams (at least one person from each grade were in each group) and asked them to come up with a group name. Each group played until we had a winner. We had some breaks in between games – we did silly things like the chicken dance… this is good to get some of those who aren’t playing involved. For those who didn’t want to get involved, one of our leaders made signs and bought pom poms from the dollar store and they were our cheerleaders for the night.
"What If" Game
Here’s another game from Lindsey (Richmond Alliance Church). It can be played with a group of 5-25 people – if you have a larger group, you can split them up into sever groups. - Everyone gets a piece of paper and a pen. - Think of a topic, this can be generic or something or someone in particular (for example – the olympics, penguins, a recent youth activity, a particular youth or leader… etc) - Everyone writes down a a question starting with the words “What if” on the piece of paper. This can be any silly question you would like (for example – What if Johnny dyed his hair pink? What if penguins could talk?, What if it rained throughout the entire olympics?, etc). - Once everyone is done writing their question down, the piece of paper gets passed to either side and you can pick how many down (1 to the right, two to the left, five to the right… etc). Once the question is passed down, each person tries their best to answer the question (there is no right or wrong answer). - When everyone is done writing their answer down, each person will take a turn asking the question written on their paper. After a question is read, the person second to them (skip a person) (and you can decide whether it’s to their left or right) reads out their answer on their sheet of paper. And the same order is used as everyone asks and answers the questions that are on their sheet of paper. You will be surprised at how some of the questions and answers fit together and can be quite hilarious. As there are no right answers – it’s all in the name of fun.
Breaking Up - He's Just Not That Into God
I am sure that the topic of dating has come up in your youth group, and if it hasn’t yet, it most definitely will. Within this topic there are always questions about christians dating non-christians. If you have a youth who is considering this or is in an “unequally yoked” relationship, I would recommend this book – Breaking Up – He’s Just Not Into God. The author, Stina Wilson, shares her life experience, biblical lessons and years of working with teens in Young Life. To be honest, I can relate to Stina’s story and reading this book has made me revisit those times and I compeltely agree with the insights she shared. As a leader, if you haven’t experienced this struggle, I would also recommend reading this book. The struggle isn’t just over after the “break up”, it’s a cross that we have to pick up daily, especially if we have made mistakes in this area before. You can watch this video interview with Stina Wilson, to learn more:
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