I love these creative puzzles. They are so much fun for youth and adults alike. They make wonderful icebreakers and fillers for youth meetings. Here is one example of hundreds of such puzzles which you can find on the site below.
Can you guess the answer?
Of course the answer is: Sermon ON the Mount.
Materials
A variety of scary Halloween masks
Activity
Put on the various masks and make threatening gestures.
Are you afraid of me?
What about this one?
Why are you afraid / not afraid?
Discussion
At Halloween, children often dress up in scary costumes for fun. Sometimes we hide behind a corner and try to scare a friend. We aren’t afraid …
Use this activity as an alternative to Halloween celebrations to redeem the occassion for God!
Dress Up / Costumes
1. Animals. Assigning animals prevents an abundance of lions or elephants and no giraffes. Each two participants should receive a name of an animal. You might also include simple directions on how to create a costume for each animal that is …
Materials
Candy in the following colors: Yellow, White, Black, Green, Red
Setup
1. Form two teams and assign each team one or two colors of candy. You can have as many teams as you have colors of candy.
2. On the floor at one end of the room, unroll a several foot long strip of paper towels.
3. Spread the …
Materials
1. A couple small round pumpkins about the size of a bowling ball
2. Use a knife or cutter for apple cores to cut finger holes in the pumpkins similar to those on a typical bowling ball (A Thumb, index finger and middle finger should fit in the holes.)
3. Empty plastic bottles filled with a little water and …
All the flowers of all the tomorrows
Materials
None
Activity
Ask youth to:
1) tell about their most embarrassing moment while participating in a sport
2) tell about the greatest triumph while participating in a sport.
Application
There are a lot of people who are vary proud of the things they have done. They spend their lives collecting accomplishments trying to get more than everyone else. But …
Last Week I threw out Worrying, it was getting old and in the way. It kept me from being me; I couldn’t do things God’s way.
I threw out those Inhibitions; they were just crowding me out. Made room for my New Growth, got rid of my old dreams and doubts.
I threw out a book on MY PAST (didn’t …
Growing up, we lived in the country and my family had quite a collection of animals. We had turkeys, geese, ducks, chickens, and rabbits. I was given the daily responsibility of feeding them and collecting the eggs which the birds unselfishly contributed to our family.
We had chickens which laid brown eggs, green eggs, blue eggs and white eggs. Turkey
Materials
1. You’ll need a flag sized piece of cloth.
2. Mark starting and finish lines in your room using the masking tape. You can also mark out an entire race course if you have the space. For an outdoor use cones or stake some brightly colored string or yarn to the ground to define the track. Ensure there is …