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 […]
Sowing and Reaping
Sowing and Reaping “Please don’t blame God for the harvest when you yourself did the sowing.” (E. C. McKenzie from 1800 Quotable Quotes) As children’s ministers we have the opportunity to sow the word of God into the children. We also need to remind the children that they also are doing sowing into their own […]
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 […]
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 […]
Game Pudding Dunk
Game PUDDING DUNK Supplies: 4-8 chocolate pudding cups, 1 bag of miniature marshmallows. 4 – 8 small Styrofoam dessert plates. Set up a table and place as many plates out as you want contestants. Empty the contents of a pudding cup onto each plate. Count into each pudding, 10 miniature marshmallows them stir them into […]
Game Ping Pong Ball Races
Game PING PONG BALL RACES Using masking tape put a start line and a finish line on the floor. Choose 2 or 3 children who will line up at the starting line. They must recite the memory verse. After the teacher says “1,2,3,go!”, the children must get down on their hands and knees and blow […]