Let’s Make Squares Game
LETS MAKE SQUARES Game Supplies: Chalkboard and chalk or dry-erase board and markers Mark a set of large dots on THE board. Make four rows with five dots each. Have the teams take turns answering review questions. When a team answers correctly, a player may draw a line by connecting two dots. The goal of […]
Concentration Game
CONCENTRATION Game Supplies: Forty 4 x 8 pieces of construction paper or Bristol board, marker, tape Writing the numbers as large as possible, number 20 of the cards from 1 to 20. These are the cover up cards. Take the remaining 20 cards and divide them into two sets of 10. Pick a topic (ie […]
Zit Face Game
ZIT FACE game Choose 2 teams with 4 players each. Choose 2 teachers, 1 to represent each team. The teachers sit on chairs facing the audience and each teacher holds a bag of marshmallows on their lap. The first child from each team comes up to the front and takes some marshmallows from their bag. […]
Game Turbulence
Game TURBULENCE Arrange 8 – 12 chairs into 2 straight lines (equal number of chairs in each line) with an aisle down the middle. The chairs should all be facing forward in the same direction. Choose a child to sit in each chair and one child to stand in front of them and act as […]
Toilet Paper Wrap Up Game
TOILET PAPER WRAP UP game Using masking tape, put 2 X’s at the front of the room at least 8 feet apart from each other. Pick 2 boys and 2 girls to be partners. Have one child from each team stand on the X. Give the other child in each team a fresh roll of […]
Game The Limbo
Game THE LIMBO Have 2 volunteers hold a pole horizontally. Play upbeat praise music. Jewish style praise music works really well. The children line up single file and pass under the pole. Then the volunteers holding the pole lower the pole an inch or two. The children make another pass under the pole. The volunteers […]
Game Sumo Wrestlers
Game SUMO WRESTLERS Choose 2 teams of 2 people. One of the team members from each team puts on either overalls or very large men’s clothing. The other member has 20 seconds to stuff their partner with as many balloons as they can. On the last round you may pop each balloon and count as […]
Seeing God’s Signs
Seeing God’s Signs 1 Chronicles 12:32 From the tribe of Issachar, there were 200 leaders of the tribe with their relatives. All these men understood the signs of the times and knew the best course for Israel to take. (New Living Translation) Recently the kids outreach ministry which I am doing at the local church […]
Game Snow Ball Push
Game SNOW BALL PUSH Preparation: Using waste paper crumple the paper into hundreds of paper wads. You should have enough paper wads to fill a large garbage bag (the kind you rake leaves into). Using masking tape, put a line into the center of the floor and dump the bag of paper wads directly on […]
Game Smelly Business
Game SMELLY BUSINESS Take several disposable plates and place on each one a sample of various items from your fridge. Suggestions would be peanut butter, jam, onion slices, ground garlic, used coffee grounds, pickles etc. Now blindfold your friends and bring them into the room one by one to test their powers of smell as […]
Attitude
Attitude “Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” Lou Holtz I saw this saying on a wall plaque in a home I visited and I thought this is true. I am always telling my kids the importance of doing your best at […]
Feed the Lambs
Feed the Lambs “When you feel like criticizing the younger generation, just remember who raised them.” (E. C. McKenzie from 1800 Quotable Quotes) You know, if as children’s ministers we have the mindset that we are raising the next generation of believers and ministers, we would take our work much more seriously. I have been […]