Basic Dodgeball Rules
- Divide the room into two halves with a center dividing line
- Place the dodgeballs on the center line and start the players on the back line of each side
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Alternating Between Music and Games in Main Street
In Main Street last summer (2011) we ended up playing games every week for about 15 minutes at beginning if the children’s ministry hour. It was fun. The students had a blast being silly and it brought some great playful energy to the large group time. And, it woke the sleepy students up and got them engaged!
Normally our routine in Main Street was to sing songs for the first 10 minutes and then on to offering, announcements, and birthday celebrations before we taught the large group the Bible story of the day. However, because of the game experiment over the summer we wanted to add that to the line up, but there was no room to put it in.
Then we had the idea…
Make It or Break It | Game
How to Play “Make It or Break It” Game:
This resource is a super fun video-driven game that encourages lots of crowd interaction. There are 25 short video clips of athletes (skateboarders, bikers, snowboarders…) attempting some pretty cool jumps, flips, and tricks. To play the game, simply play the clips – they’ll pause at the pinnacle of each trick so your students can guess: do they MAKE IT or BREAK IT?
We played this game @ msy a couple Wednesdays ago. They loved it! Sometimes with these 50/50 guessing games, the students can figure out the rhythm of the answers, but these 25 video are so random and unexpected that they just couldn’t figure it out.
One group even resorting to paper rock scissors between group members to determine what they would guess, and it was working for them for a while!
You can access the video resources @ Stuff You Can Use
The Dot Game
This is a classic game that we adapted for the stage and a crowd. It went great. The Main Street students especially liked beating me on the last round!
source Vimeo
Bite the Bag | Game
How to Play “Bite the Bag” Game:
You need a paper bag cut down to about 3-4 inches. The object of the game is to grab the paper bag with your mouth while bending down and balancing on one foot. Your hands or arms cannot touch the ground as well.
Some people play this game with several different cut sizes of paper bags, but we used two cut paper bags of the same height and we placed books underneath them to raise them up, and then we removed them to make the game more challenging.
We started with 5 books, then removed them one at a time as each participant succeeded in “biting the bag.” Each round, each contestant gets 3 shots at dipping down to get the bag. Each “dip” counts even if they come up empty-mouthed. Three chances and you’re out.
CLICK HERE for a great instructional video.
President or Wrestler and Chicken or Egg | Game
One Wednesday night at msy, we played two mellow quiz games. We pitted groups against groups.
One game was called President or Wrestler. There are ten “names” placed on the screen. The participants have to figure out if the “name” is a Presidential Nickname or the name of a Professional Wrestler. Each group had a sign that said President and another that said Wrestler.
The other game was called Chicken or Egg. We played this game similarly to the one above in groups (not like they describe in the original link). The participants had to determine if the answer to the questions on the screen were “chicken” or “egg” and they held up signs accordingly.
The group with the most points won!
