Clown Car Mixer

Materials:
Cars

Directions:

Have teams compete to see who can fit the most students as possible into (not on) a single small car. Each team gets thirty seconds. Make it a battle between the sexes or between classes. Remove interior rearview mirror, if possible.

The Coca-Cola Relay

Materials:
1 can of pop per kid
1 baseball bat per team

Directions:
Divide into equal teams. Have 1 leader per team sit on the ground about 30-40 yards from the start. Place a pile of pop cans halfway between the leaders and kids - either one pile per team or one massive pile in the center. At the start, the first kid for each team spins 5-10 times around a baseball bat with his or her head on the bat and the bat on the ground. He or she then runs to the pile of cans, grabs one, then runs to leader for that team or any leader he or she chooses and empties the can on the leader's head (goggle's are a good idea). The kid then runs back to the line and the next person on the team repeats. First team done wins!

Note: Buying all of that pop can be expensive. Ask each kid to bring two cans to the club. That should be enough for everyone. Alternatively, could be done with eggs.

Yakety Sax

Artist: Boots Randolph
Song: Yakety Sax

This is the classic circus song that progressively gets faster and faster. It works great for the many games and mixers that we do at Young Life club that create intentional chaos. Enjoy!

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The Choice Game

Materials:
blindfold, whip cream, paper plates, candy bars

Directions:
Choose three kids for choosers and two persuaders. Blindfold the first contestant, then give a pie to one persuaders and a candy bar to the other. The chooser has 30 seconds to choose one. Each persuaders tries to talk the chooser into choosing them. For the last person, give both persuaders a pie.

Tennis Ball Relay Mixer

Materials:
tennis balls

Directions:
Divide into teams. Place a tennis ball between the knees of the first person. Have him or her run across the room and give it to the next person.

Take Off Something You Don't Need Game

Materials:
large blanket, crazy boxers

Directions:
Take three guys out of the room. Prep one of them prior to club and have him place crazy boxers over his underwear. Bring one at a time into room and place under a large blanket. Tell them it's a riddle ... "remove something you don't need." All figure it out, but the last one looks hilarious removing all his clothes (watch, socks, shirt, belt, pants, etc.). He stands to leave wrapped in the blanket, and the blanket is pulled off to reveal him in crazy boxers!

Sweet Tart Dissolving Game

Materials:
3 Sweet Tarts, 3 rubber bands, 3 garbage bags, 3 squirt guns

Directions:
Get three couples, put a Sweet Tart (or other similar candy) tab on one person's foreheads in each pair. Use a rubber band to secure the tab. Place goggles and a garbage bag on the same person. Hand a squirt gun to the other partner. On your command, tell them to squirt away. Whoever dissolves the Sweet Tart tab first wins.

Surprise Charades Game

Materials:
none

Directions:
Take people out of the room and tell them to act out riding a roller coaster, the smallest motorcycle, a fan at an exciting game and a bucking bronco. While they're out of club, tell kids that they will be acting out going to the bathroom.

Squirt Gun Duel Game

Materials:
2 squirt guns, 2 blindfolds

Directions:
Blindfold a guy and girl and have a squirt gun fight. Before you start, remove the girl's blindfold.

Spam Sculptures Mixer

Materials:
cans of Spam

Directions:
Each team gets a can of Spam. Have a sculpting contest.

Skateboard Race Game

Materials:
2 skateboard, 2 plungers

Directions:
Racers sit on skateboard and use plungers as oars. This can also be a relay race.

Shoe Contest Mixer

Materials:
none

Directions:
Have all the kids bring in their shoes and put them in a pile in the middle of the room. Toss in some old shoes as well. Turn out the lights and have a race to get their shoes back.

Shaving Cream and Cheese Balls Game

Materials:
shaving cream, cheese balls

Directions:
One girl, one guy in each group. Cover the guys' faces with shaving cream except eyes and mouth. Girls have 15 seconds to throw cheese balls at guys' faces. See which pair gets more cheese balls to stick.

Sell What's in the Bag Game

Materials:
toilet paper/underwear, paper bag

Directions:
Take three people out of the room and tell the crowd to ask questions to figure out what's in the bag. Crowd knows it's toilet paper/underwear. Kid comes in and is told to really sell what's in the bag without giving away what it is. Kid is told while out of the room that he's selling something like gum. Fire him up to go for the hard sell.

Scramble Mixer

Materials:
none

Directions:
Break into teams and have them arrange themselves by height, by birthdays, alphabetically by mother's maiden name, build a pyramid, sing a scale with each person singing a note.

Ride the Tub Game

Materials:
pipe, washtub, 2 chairs, broom, 4 hats

Directions:
Place a pipe between the handles on a washtub, then suspend it between two chairs. A contestant stands in the tub straddling the pipe. He is given a broom to steady himself. Four hats are perched on the backs of the chairs, and he races to knock them off, using the broom. Once the broom is lifted, he can't put it back down until he falls.

Q-Tip Shooting Mixer

Materials:
wide straws, blue Q-Tips, pink Q-Tips, target

Directions:
Give everyone a straw, give guys a blue Q-Tip, girls pink. Place a target up front and have them shoot.

Potato Race Mixer

Materials:
potatoes

Directions:
Divide into teams and have them all sit down in a line. Pass a potato, feet to feet (no hands allowed) down the line.

Pool Games Alternative Club

Materials:
pool, bathing cap, refrigerator boxes

Directions:

1. Get a Speedo latex bathing cap. Fill it with water. It will stretch out until it is big enough for a person to sit in it. Have them race across the pool.
2. Make boats from refrigerator boxes for a race. They will float long enough to get across the pool.

Polaroid Picture Mixer

Materials:
Polaroid/digital camera, tripod

Directions:
Mount a Polaroid/digital camera on a tripod. This can be a class competition. Explain to them they must try to fit as many people as possible into the view of the camera just like they were cramming into a phone booth. The winner is team with most in the picture.

Plexiglas Game

Materials:
Plexiglas, Ritz crackers, peanut butter

Directions:
Get a piece of Plexiglas, about 2 1/2' x 4'. It needs to be pretty thick (3/8" at least) so that there's no danger of it breaking. Then stick Ritz crackers on it in vertical lines with peanut butter. Have two kids hold the glass up so that the peanut butter side faces the crowd and have two or three kids stand behind it and try to eat the lines of crackers off in the fastest time. It's pretty funny to see their mouths, teeth, etc. from the other side of the glass as they attempt to eat the crackers (no hands, of course).

Pizza Races Skit

Materials:
money, medals

Directions:
At the beginning of club, call three pizza delivery services and order a pizza. Tell them it is a race to see who can deliver first. Divide the club into three sections -- one for each kind of pizza. When the delivery man arrives, have someone pay him and prep him. At the end of the next song, play the Olympic music. Have the club cheer. Put an Olympic medal on him and give the pizza to the section that was cheering for him.

Pipeline Mixer

Materials:
straws, cups, Coke

Directions:
Divide into teams of eight to 20. Give everyone a straw and have them kneel. Each team designates a sipper at the far end. At signal they must join the straws together, form a pipeline and sip coke from a cup.

Ping-Pong Ball Flick Mixer

Materials:
ping-pong ball, 2-liter bottle

Directions:
Put a ping-pong ball on top of a two-liter bottle. People walk past quickly with their arm straight out and try to flick the ball off without touching the bottle. It is very hard.

Pillow Jousting Game

Materials:
4 pillows

Directions:
Need four guy and four girl participants. Guys get on all fours, and a girl gets on each guy's back. Key Rule: The girls keep feet wrapped around the guy and cannot touch the ground. Call the feet rule close and the championship round will be better. Each girl gets a pillow and tries to knock the other off. Guys cannot help.

You may want to put helmets on the girls.

Pie Roulette Game

Materials:
whipped cream, paper plates, (honey, Spam)

Directions:
Six kids in circle pass a pie around. When the music stops, kid with pie has choice to pie person on right or self. If kid pies others, he's out. If he pies self, stays in. Winner gets a prize, like a $25 camp scholarship. If they all pie themselves add honey, or Spam, or whatever it takes.

Pick-Up Line Game

Materials:
2 folding chairs, large sheet

Directions:
Have five guys leave the room. Set up two folding chairs with a sheet draped over them. Set chairs apart so a third chair can fit in the middle. Then have the girls sit on sheet and pull it tight. Bring guys in one at a time, explaining to them before they see the girls that they are in competition with the other guys to give their best pick-up line. Sell it hard ... "Everything counts -- talk, walk, distance from the girls, etc." Then just as they get ready to sit down, girls release pressure on seat, and the guy falls down.

Pick Your Friend's Nose Game

Materials:
poster board

Directions:
Use a huge piece of poster board and draw three people on it. Cut out the space for their noses. Three people are chosen to stick their noses through the holes. The paper has to be big enough to hide their bodies. The rest of the kids try to "pick their friend's nose." (Guess who is who's nose.)

Photo/Video Scavenger Hunt Alternative Club

Materials:
Polaroid/digital cameras
List of things to capture

Directions:
Divide into teams. Give each team a Polaroid/digital camera and a list of possible photos for points (pictures at local landmarks, with someone over 60, in a McDonald's hat, kissing a KMart employee, on a fire truck, in a police car, etc.). Give a 30-minute time limit and send them out with adults as drivers.

People Bingo Mixer

Materials:
bingo cards/sheets

Directions:
Make a bingo card with statements about people in each space. Give a card to each person and have a race to see who can fill their card with people's names matching the descriptions (i.e. a Redskins fan, got a ticket, have been called to the principal's office, been kissed in the last week). Great icebreaker and way to get kids talking to other kids.

Penny Head Game

Materials:
4 pantyhose, duct tape, lots of pennies

Directions:
Get two volunteers from each class. Place pantyhose on one of the partner's heads covering his/her face. Next have the other partner wrap masking tape around the person's head -- sticky side out. Once this is done, have the tapers sit down and get the people with tape on their heads ready. Throw a couple rolls of pennies on the floor and give the group 30 seconds to get as many pennies as possible on their heads. Class with the most pennies wins.

Variation:
Pick up glow in the dark objects (glow sticks, glow necklaces, glow in the dark balls) instead of pennies and turn off the lights.

Pencil Passing Mixer

Materials:
pencil

Directions:
Pass a pencil down the line using just the upper lip and nose.

PB & J Game

Materials:
bread, peanut butter, jelly

Directions:
Three girls, barefoot, make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with their feet. Have ingredients already in bowls. Feed to three guys. First guy to eat entire sandwich wins.

Pass Along Mixer

Materials:
envelopes, orange, golf ball, banana, frisbee, balloon, bar of soap, doll, potato chip, Play Doh

Directions:
Divide into teams and pass various items down the line. Start next item after each is finished. Before passing next item, they must open an envelope to discover next method of passing. They may be passed in any order.

Items: orange, golf ball, banana, frisbee, balloon, bar of soap, doll, potato chip, Play Doh

Way to pass: nose to nose, forehead to forehead, back to back, ear to ear, between little fingers, two elbows to two elbows, two ankles to two ankles, palm to palm.