Balloon Hunt

One day as a child and her grandmother were taking flowers to the cemetery they passed a newly dug grave. “Grandma, look!” Nicole exclaimed. “One got out!” Jesus Got out!

Materials
Before the meeting, hide deflated red, green, black, white, and yellow balloons in the room or outside. With each balloon, place a long piece of string.

Divide the participants into groups of five; have the groups choose names such as “Egg Raiders.” Ask each team to line up. Have the members place their hands on the waist of the person in front of them. The last person in line will give verbal instructions to the team, trying to get them to hop in unison. The first person is the only one who can touch the balloons.

The object of the game is to hop around the room in a connected line and find the balloons. Each group must find one balloon of each color. The first person blows up the balloon, ties the string to it, and places the balloon between the teeth of the second person. This process continues until everyone has a balloon in his or her teeth or until time is called.

Play songs such as the “Bunny Hop” or “Peter Cottontail.” After five minutes, call time and award 100 points for each balloon; 500 points if thery have one of each color. Award prizes such as chocolate Easter bunnies and color-dyed, hard-boiled eggs. You also can make awards by blowing up balloons and using a marker to write titles such as “Most unique hopper” or “ ‘Hoppiest’ group member.”

Debrief
Use the colored balloons to share the message of Easter. Black represents sin, red represents the blood of Christ shed on the cross to wash away our sins, white represents the life cleansed by Christ’s sacrifice, green represents new life in Christ, and yellow represents heaven which is now accessible to us through the death of Christ on the cross.

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