Want to take advantage of season for your youth group's game time?
Here are a few games to play with your youth over the next few weeks before Halloween has comes and goes:
1.) Bobbing for Baby Ruths
A twist on the old classic that has long been labeled as "good clean fun" - a.k.a. "boring". Go to the store, buy a pack of Baby Ruths (or Snickers if you can't find them) and throw them in a toilet (or a large bucket), and see which kids have the gumption to go bobbing. For a little extra flair pour in a can of Mt. Dew.
2.) Halloween Word Scramble
I do a couple of these each year, and my kids really get into them. Print off a couple dozen of these (make sure the kids have room to write down their answers) or put them up on a power point, and had out pens or pencils. Give a candy bar to whichever kid gets them all right first or gets the most done in the alotted time.
1.) OECRTOB __________________________________________
2.) IHWTC __________________________________________
3.) SHTGO __________________________________________
4.) LOGIBN __________________________________________
5.) OETSMUC ___________________________________________
6.) YCRNCADNO __________________________________________
7.) CALTCKAB __________________________________________
8.) NPKUIPM __________________________________________
9.) MOSTRCOBIK __________________________________________
10.) CITRREOKATTR __________________________________________
11.) DTOHNEUUASHE_________________________________________
12.) OBZIEM __________________________________________
13.) TRCANKNJAELO __________________________________________
14.) LEPAMCAAELRP _________________________________________
15.) BSWRISPEDE __________________________________________
16.) EIASVRPM __________________________________________
17.) EOKTNESL __________________________________________
18.) LFONMULOO __________________________________________
19.) RACSWCERO __________________________________________
20.) OLFRWEWE __________________________________________
BONUS WORD:
IVCYTA _________________________________________
ANSWERS: OCTOBER, WITCH, GHOST, GOBLIN, COSTUME, CANDYCORN, BLACKCAT, PUMPKIN, BROOMSTICK, TRICKORTREAT, HAUNTEDHOUSE, ZOMBIE, JACKOLANTERN, CARAMELAPPLE, SPIDERWEBS, VAMPIRES, SKELETON, FULLMOON, SCARECROW, WEREWOLF, BONUS WORD: CAVITY
3.) Choose Your Own Adventure Scary Books
Junior Highers will still think this is cool. Go down to your local library and pick out a "Goosebumps: Reader Beware You Choose the Scare" book. Read aloud to the group untill its time to make a page turning decision and then have the kids vote on what they want to happen in the story. Make one or two choices in the story and then hold off on telling them what happens next as a cliff hanger till the next week.
4.) Halloweenies
Another classic game with a twist, this one is like "I have never" only you are focusing on how lame the kids Trick or Treating pasts are. Open up a big bag of candy corn, and give a piece to everyone that answers yes to each question, give the person with the most at the end a prize (maybe the rest of the bag).
□ Ever had your pumpkin smashed
□ Had to take your little sibling trick or treating
□ Your parents made you wear your winter coat over your costume
□ You own Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin
□ Bought a super hero costume that looked more like pajamas than the super hero itself
□ Ever dressed as a food item
□ Had your mom make your costume
□ Your house gives out non-name brand candy
□ You have been TP/egged on Halloween
□ You have ever bobbed for apples
□ Your parents still won’t let you carve a pumpkin with a real knife
□ You have to stay home on “door duty” instead of go out with your friends
□ Have worn an older siblings costume from previous year
□ You and a sibling dressed up as the same thing the same year
□ You and a friend/sibling have dressed up together as some kind of theme (i.e. – Jack and Jill, Wizard of Oz troop, Thing 1&2 from Cat in the Hat, etc. )
□ You have dressed as a clown
□ Instead of walking around your neighborhood your parents drive you to all their friends and relatives houses.
□ You have dressed as a Disney character
□ Instead of using fake blood or costume makeup you used ketchup or a red magic marker
□ Made up your costume the day of Halloween
□ Gone trick or treating as yourself
□ Your parents made you put on those flashing reflectors or tape so you wouldn’t get ran over
□ Took a roll of toilet paper and made a “mummy” costume
□ Your parents check your candy for razor blades
□ Found out you lost part of your candy stash on the way home because of hole in bag
□ Parents enforced a rule about how much of your candy you could have each day
Alright, thats all I got for now. Hope these games are useful to you all and provide some fun for your kids.
