![]() ![]() In the top of the boxes are cut several holes. Picture a couple dozen wardrobe boxes connected on the ground into an open loop or an S-curve. The last leg of an epic relay race and the culminating event of a week’s worth of competition of summer camp, everything rode on contestants’ performance in this, um, unsavory challenge. And when we added the strobe light in it became stop-motion goose feather carnage. Then we turned the lights out because getting hit with a mace you never see coming is AWESOME. It would be more accurate if your replaced “giggle” with “concussion.” We started by packing our pillows into the ends of the pillowcase to make what amounted to a slightly padded mace. I mean, what could be wrong with unsupervised adolescents searching for a bunch of dubiously disguised weirdos in a terrorism hub? Strobe Light Pillow Fight Then think of two vans full of students piling out in short-term parking, grabbing a list of the leaders, and fanning out across the airport to search. Now imagine a dozen youth leaders disguised as businessmen, hippies, musicians, janitors, hoboes, valley girls and all sorts of other characters. Let’s get in the Way Back Machine and remember a time when you could stroll around airports and all you needed to do was pass through a metal detector – no ticket, no explanation, just no bombs. NO NO, not the huge guy come over!” The lesser-known name for this game is “Pop Goes The Shoulder.” Airport Espionage So we can mercilessly clothesline him!” Of course since every coin has two sides there’s always “Red Rover, Red Rover, have. Red RoverĪn age-old classic: “Red Rover, Red Rover, have that tiny kid come over. (Get it?) My youth group produced more SportsCenter-worthy collisions in this game than Kam Chancellor has generated in his career. The goal might be an actual goal, a garbage can, a chair, or a tree. This game has one objective: put the ball in the goal. Two teams, two goals, one ball and any playing surface, although grass or snow are ideal. Instead, why not use volleyballs? Who cares that they fit more in the projectile/ordinance category? It sure looks like those high school boys are having fun! I hope the girls chatting in the corner have good reflexes because the occasional bloody nose and black eye are part of the game. Dodgeball – With VolleyballsĬhurches and Christian camps are notoriously low budget organizations, so replacing the nice, soft, safe dodge balls is simply out of the question. Everyone gets a good chuckle at the expense of the guy who looks like he peed on himself. of a large glass of ice water poured down the funnel. The trick is that one contestant is not a contestant but a victim. They tuck the funnel into the front of their pants and the goal is to balance the quarter on their forehead and tip it into the funnel as many times as possible in 30 seconds. They each are given a funnel and a quarter. Several contestants are selected and asked to stand in front of the group. The Funnel Trickĭoesn’t everyone love a good public shaming? This simple game is more of a gag on one unsuspecting sucker. Or maybe they’re suggestions for some of you brave souls. Here are the top youth group games I participated in that might get a youth pastor fired today. ![]() I don’t think I’m all that old, but when I look back at some of the games we played (or that I ran) all I can see are lawsuits and all I can hear are enraged parents. ![]() Back in my day we got away with crazy stuff. I grew up steeped in youth ministry culture then did youth ministry for about five years in my early and mid twenties. ![]()
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