Materials
Obtain a cheap dinner plate. Bring a tube of quick-setting glue: a hammer; a tray; a newspaper
Activity
1. Gather in a circle and pass around the plate. Ask each person to explain why the plate is beautiful or unique. Have the youth imagine the history of the plate. What kinds of suppers were served on it? What might …
Materials
An overhead projector; a large-piece jigsaw with very few pieces. (The picture on this puzzle does not matter.) The size should be similar to the top of the overhead projector.
Arrange the pieces of the large-piece jigsaw at random on top of the overhead projector.
Activity
Ask for a volunteer to come up and assemble the puzzle.
Application
The …
Materials
Picnic basket, thermos filled with grape juice, red-checkered picnic tablecloth, A wooden cross lying in the bottom of the basket, Load of French bread sticking out of basket. Cut some corporate Logos from newspapers and magazines and glue them to sheets of paper. Some possibilities are the McDonald’s Logo, Nike, Coke, Pokemon character, Disney, IBM, etc. Try to choose …
Materials
None.
Preparation
Form youth/children into teams of equal number.
Activity
Each group must construct a continuous line of objects they have in their possession. The group that builds the longest line in the specified time is the winner. They may only use objects in their personal possession. (Do not inform them, but this includes pens, belts, shoelaces, shoes, socks, …
Materials
Obtain a children’s puzzle of 10-20 large pieces. Alternatively, get a poster of a church or group of people and cut it into pieces for a puzzle. You can also draw pictures on a large piece of paper, then cut them up. If you are using a precut puzzle of a set number of pieces you may need to …
Materials
Gather all kinds of tickets and ticket stubs to share with the children. (i.e. plane tickets, bus ticket, movie tickets, amusement park ride tickets, zoo tickets, etc.)
Activity
Point out that just about everything requires a ticket to get in. We pay some price (large or small) and in exchange are given a ticket. It can be expensive for …
Materials
Blindfold
Activity
There are many variations of tag. The key ingredient of a game of tag is the ability to touch someone. Even if you are blindfolded, you can feel a person. Blindfold one person. The blindfolded person must then roam about the room trying to touch someone else. Others in the room scatter and try to avoid being …
Materials
Chocolate bar, dice, and various items for children to wear.
Activity
Place a chocolate bar in the center of the table. The candy should stay in its wrapper and, to make the game last longer, you could wrap the candy in layers of gift-wrapping paper as well. Each person sitting around the table takes a turn at rolling the …
Materials
Bring in a variety of items that may be unfamiliar to children. These items should have a special purpose and be useless apart from that purpose. Examples might be:
* the little wrench that is used to tighten a drill bit in a power drill – useless without the drill
* a jumper from a computer board – useless …
Materials
A toy bow and arrow set, a toy gun with darts that use suction to stick, or a darts set and target. You can get nerf targets and even velcro targets with velcro coated balls from Toys R Us or another toy store.
Activity
Demonstrate your skill at throwing the dart/ shooting the arrow without aiming at anything. Brag …