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Shovel Standoff: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: A great way to incorporate a bunch of stuff you may have lying around already! Not only that but its a bunch of fun for your students to sling anything using a shov
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Big Mountain Mayhem: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: This is part of a series of games based off the Mario Party Minigames. These are great ways to allow students to play a game they play on a gaming system in real li
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Love Me Hate Me: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: We know you have wanted to think of a creative way to use the candy hearts that come out around Valentines Day… well look no further. This game is a perfect blend o
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Peanut Pit Discovery: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: Every wonder what you could do with a whole bunch of packing peanuts? Well we did too so we decided to create a huge encasement filled to the brim with hundreds of
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Saran Wrap Relay: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: A creative way to use a simple house hold object! Make sure you wrap them a couple times around so they can’t break out as easy.Supplies You’ll Need: 1. Saran Wrap.
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Inverted Zorb Soccer: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: Bubble Soccer is one of those new fads that rock! Who doesn’t like running full speed at someone else, colliding and not getting hurt. This game is so fun!!Supplies
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Catch Phrase Live: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: Everyone loves this fun party game but have you ever played it in a large group! Take this twist on a great game and play it in your youth group.Supplies You’ll Nee
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Balloon Stomp: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: A classic game that is sure to bring a little competition to your group. An easy game to explain and execute. Have fun and protect those ankles!Supplies You’ll Need
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Unicorn Ring Toss: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: A great game that is sure to bring some good fun to your youth group. See who has the best hand-eye-head coordination with this awesome game!Supplies You’ll Need: 1
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Water Balloon Volleyball: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: Have you ever had a super warm summer day, and decided to search for some great outdoor youth group games? Are you looking for an enjoyable game to play at summer c
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VHS Toss: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: Two teams will face off as each member of their team must touch the VHS tape as it is passed from the back of the room to the front. It gets super intense and fun!S
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5 Kinds of Social Media Posts that Engage Teenagers
Picture this with me. You’re about to post something new on your ministry’s social media channels. Are you picturing it? Great. You frame your image beautifully. You add a sweet fi
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Hungry Hippos: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: Who didn’t like this game when they were a kid! This is just taking a beloved memory for many of our students or at the very least a nostalgic item from our past an
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Water Wars: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: Try this game originally seen on Jimmy Fallon. A fun way to put a spin on the regular game of war. It makes a regular game of war look like a walk in the park.Suppl
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Toilet Paper Take-Out: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: Here’s a fun game and a easy way to give away some awesome stuff! Just string up some toilet paper and attach prizes to the end of it! If you break the toilet paper
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Balloon Antlers: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: This is a great game that will get many student involved and will leave you with some really fun memories! We first saw this on “Youth Ministry Ideas” Instagram. Yo
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6 Hacks For Partnering With Parents Free
6 HACKS FOR PARTNERING WITH PARENTS THE VIDEO DOWNLOAD THE NOTES Featured Resources: 1. Small Group Leader Profile Card 2. Parent + SGL Breakfast 3. Dads + Daughters Date Night THE
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Confetti Cleanup: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: Who likes confetti? Who hates picking it up? If you answered yes to one or both questions then this game is for you. A game for you to use a confetti cannon as well
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Tube Toss: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: This is just a fun game that will test your ability for accuracy and quickness! By throwing a fake snow ball you will attempt to knock out inflatable balls from the
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Battle Ship: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: A great large group game that will take about 5-15 minutes. A battle between two teams (could be more if you have larger numbers) to fill the board with hits on the
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Number Scrambler: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: A battle between two teams (could be more if you have larger numbers) to swap the seats the fastest! This will take about 5-15 minutes to play! Supplies You’ll Need
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Christmas Song Challenge: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: This is an incredible game that Rhett & Link played on their show Good Mythical Morning. You can take a look at the video above for an idea of how the game is p
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Copy Cat: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: This is a great large group game with a lot of activity. It takes about 5-15 minutes to play. This is a great time for a battle between two teams (could be more if
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Twister Hoopla: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: A great game that is twister with a different twist. Instead of playing on the floor you play vertical, using other people as the board.Supplies You’ll Need: 1. Twi
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Ice Cream Whistle: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: This is a super simple game! There’s a whistle in the middle of a ball of ice cream, and you have to be the first person to eat through the ice cream and blow the w
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Smoothie Chef: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: A great way to get a bunch of students involved. A great game that involves many students, and the rest are more than entertained just to watch. Who doesn’t want a
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Head Shots: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: This is a great chance to combine a bow and arrow, helmet, and anything you have ever wanted to shoot. A game to test the bravery of your students as they look dang
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Rake Em’ Up: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: Fall is an awesome time of the year! So we thought, why not make a game out of it that will prep them to go help their parents rake their lawn at home! Supplies You
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Make Your Games More Fun Free
MAKING YOUR GAMES MORE FUN THE VIDEO DOWNLOAD THE NOTES THE EXPERIMENT INSTRUCTIONS: Use this page to evaluate your games this week. Take notes on what you observed. DOWNLOAD THE E
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Recruiting Volunteers Free
DEVELOPING A BETTER RECRUITING STRATEGY THE VIDEO DOWNLOAD THE NOTES THE EXPERIMENT STEP 1: Use this experiment to brainstorm what your volunteer recruitment strategy might look li
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Air Zooka Stack Off: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: This is an adaptation to AIR ZOOKA DUEL, but allows for more students to get involved and ups the strategy a little bit. Try and keep as many cups stacked on the ta
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Blob Races: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: 2 teams are tied together and race around the room, facing obstacles along the way. Supplies You’ll Need: Pool noodles. Giving these to a bunch of students creates
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Human Foosball: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: Everyone loves the standard foosball, but when you make it life size, it only makes everything better! This requires team work and strategy, but it’s super fun as w
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Color Dash: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: Each team must attempt to collect their colors of ball pit balls before the other team collects all of their colors.Supplies You’ll Need: 1. 6-8 Garbage Cans. 2. 10
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THE CAMPFERENCE | Building a Better Teaching Strategy
Don’t feel like reading? Then listen to this post instead! Or subscribe to my podcast for more audio versions of my blog posts! This weekend, I had the chance to hang out at The Mi
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Good Times Carnival: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: This is a “Pinterest” classic DIY game. Basically you make as many small carnival games as you can and have each game serve as a mini competition. You could do boys
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Air Zooka Duel: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: A duel with just the wind! Each student will try and beat their opponent using only one of the four major elements… namely air. After all, who wouldn’t want to be a
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Bucket Suprise: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: Ever looking for the perfect way to cap off an awesome event? Look no further; this is it! This is apart of our GLOW night. We put on a special night for all our mi
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Ultimate Relay: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: This is apart of our GLOW night. We put on a special night for all our middle school students that was full of glow in the dark everything. We replaced all the flor
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Pie Trivia: Youth Group Games
Quick Overview: This is apart of our GLOW night. We put on a special night for all our middle school students that was full of glow in the dark everything. We replaced all the flor