It’s not quite the bottle flip, but it’ll do for a fun time. This game has a simple setup and makes a good competition between two teams. It involves large groups, and anyone can win. SETUP Divide the group into teams of equal size. Since teammates are holding hands, we split guys/girls and used adult youth workers to balance the numbers. For larger groups, divide into more lines, as long as the first person in line can see the coin toss. Teammates link hands. The first person in line can see the youth leader flipping a coin. The last in
Read more →In my absence last week, the teens played the oldie-but-goodie game “Heads Up Seven Up.” It was new to them, and any game that gets teens talking in between rounds and after the game is a good one. SETUP Choose 7 volunteers (or fewer for smaller groups) to stand up front while the audience members shut their eyes and stick up a thumb. PLAY The up-front volunteers each touch someone’s thumb and return to the front (quietly!) When their thumb is touched, the person puts his or her thumb down so no one else touches it. GUESS Someone says, “Heads
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I recently found the board game OUTBURST: Bible Edition at a thrift store and tried it with my teens during our game time. It was a fun (and loud, in a good way) addition to our growing arsenal of games, and because it is Bible-themed, it is safe from questionable categories. PREMISE Two teams (side vs. side, men vs. ladies…) compete for one minute to shout out related items from a 10-item list. One person checks off the items the he hears, earning team points for each. BONUS A 10-sided die is rolled. If the team answered that number, another die
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