Activities

This game is a good five-minute game to encourage people to mingle.It requires several packets of jelly beans (depending on the size of your group). Hand each person 10 jelly beans, making sure they have a variety of colors. When everyone has 10 beans, the game starts.People need to trade their beans with each other, with the goal of having 10 beans of the one color.

Have everyone stand in a circle.The leader then says his/her name and then throws a tennis ball to the person to their left, continuing in one direction each person says their name and passes the ball until it gets back to the leader. The leader then calls out someone’s name and then throws the ball to them. That player then calls another name and throws, and so on.

Split into groups of 5-12 people. Hand out a roll of toilet paper to someone in the group and ask them to tear off as many sheets as they normally use, then pass (or throw) the roll to another member of the group to do the same. Do not explain the purpose at this point - it just adds to the mystery! Continue until everyone in the group has ripped off some paper.

This is a simple, low-cost version of hockey. It will cost around $20 for supplies.

Preparation:A list of questionsTic Tac Toe boardA large Area (inside or outside)Youth will be split up into two groups- x's and o's.The leader will number each member of the team, according to how many participants are on each team.The leader will read one of many prepared questions (a fun twist is to have it jeopardy style) and call out a number.

Ask for three volunteers to stand at the front of the group and prepare to do an improvisational skit.Ask a couple of members of the group to offer different things or items that must be included in the skit.For example, ask one student for "an item found in a bathroom", ask another for a person found on a cruise ship, and another for a place or setting.

Everyone sits in a circle. Place a toaster in the middle of the circle.Put a piece of bread in the toaster and pop it down. Once the toast goes down, move around the circle and players have to quickly say one thing about themselves. When the toast pops up, the person talking has to eat the toast with a topping you (the facilitator) decides on.

Have your group form a line.Provide a written message or sentence to the first person in the line. This person then whispers the message to the next person in the line and so on, until the last player is reached. This person then announces the message to the whole group.

Get everyone to sit down on the floor forming a circle.One player (we suggest a leader) starts in the middle and says "The sun shines on people who (choose an attribute that more than one player, including the player saying it, in the room has, e.g. have black hair; are wearing red; have a sibling, etc.)".

This is a great short game to help your group mix it up a bit.Have everyone to sit in a circle, tell everyone to take off their left shoe, and throw it in a pile in the middle. Then everyone randomly grabs a shoe from the pile and put it on. Once everyone has a show on, they then must find the person who is wearing their shoe and stand next to them.

Select 3 youths to be out of earshot.Explain to the rest of the youth that when the first youth player(a) comes back in the room that he/she player(a) will be judging who can moo the loudest. Everyone is then told to moo as loud as possible 3 times.After the third time, the player (a) will select who Moooooed the loudest. The person player (a) selects can be given a reward (candy) by a player (a).

Firstly, select someone to be a Chef. Group everyone else into groups of two. Each pair should choose a vegetable, but ensure that no two pairs choose the same vegetable.Then have everyone sit (on chairs) in a circle. People are not allowed to sit next to their pair. The Chef should stand at the center of the circle.The Chef then calls out the name of a vegetable.