missions games and activities for kids

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Mission GaMes & activities

Introduction

The purpose o Missions Games and Activities is to provide a resource helping involvechildren in missions education. Involvement in missions begins with living onesaith, daily. This resource will assist leaders to bridge games and activities into helpingchildren discover the needs o people around the world and in responding to those needs.This resource will also encourage children in a commitment to Christ as well as theirgrowth as Christians.



Bible and Missions-related Activities

What does the Bible say about missions? What activities can children participate in to helpthem learn more about being on mission? The ollowing activities can be used in yourmissions education groups. Use these as options to go alongside existing lesson plans rom RAsand other mission groups. You may also use these as stand-alone activities in Sunday School andother childrens programs.



A Missions MosAic

Supplies Needed: Poster board, cardboard or construction paper Fabric scraps Glue Pencils

Scissors

Create a scene in a mission story (volunteers helping build a church, children in aninternational country, missionaries climbing a mountain, and so orth).

1. Cut abric into small pieces and place dierent colors in separate boxes.2. Cover poster board, cardboard, or construction paper with light blue abric (or sky).3. Make a simple sketch or picture on board or cloth covering.4. Apply cloth pieces with white glue.5. Use damp cloth to clean glue.

Children may put a Bible verse on the mosaic using cloth scraps to orm the letters. Be creative!

sMileor BiBle GAMes scrApBook

Supplies Needed: Old issues o newspapers and magazines (especially Sunday School and missions books) Two heavy cardboard pieces, 9 x 12 Plain white paper sheets, 8 x 11 (1520 per scrapbook) String (or yarn)

Hole punch

1. Punch holes in cover and sheets.2. Glue pictures or clippings on each sheet.

For Smile Scrapbook, use cartoons, jokes, amusing pictures, and comic strips. Onseveral pages, add Bible verses that tell about Gods love.

For Bible Games Scrapbook, use Bible games and puzzles. Be sure to include answerson back o pages or answer sheet.

3. Make covers.4. Tie together with string.

Give scrapbook to someone who is sick or lonely.



HunGerTic-TAc-Toe(At least two players)

Supplies Needed:

Ruler Index cards Construction paper (two

colors)

Scissors Bible or questions rom

study

Pen1. Make a tic-tac-toe board using the cardboard and ruler.2. Lead children to draw and cut out construction paper sh on one color o the construction

paper and bread loaves on the other color.3. Lead children to write the ollowing hunger verses on index cards: 1 John 3:17; Luke 12:15

20; 2 Corinthians 9:8; Galatians 5:14; Proverbs 30:8 (Feed me with the ood that is my por-tion. NAS); 2 Corinthians 8:1315; John 6:115; James 2:1516. Or you can write questionsabout the study on cards.

4. Turn the hunger cards upside down.

Two players or teams take turns drawing a hunger card. The rst player must look up the Bibleverse and discuss its meaning or answer a question, then play a sh. Another player draws acard, discusses its meaning or answers a question, then plays a loa. The rst player to get threesh or loaves in a straight line (vertical, horizontal, or diagonal) is the winner.

prAyerTenT

Supplies Needed:

Markers

Construction paper Glue Scissors

Inormation to place on

tent (Bible verses, oldissues o newspapers ormagazines)

1. Lead children to choose construction paper to make tent.2. Show them tent and guide them to discover how to make it; or, lead them to divide paper

into 3 sections to determine the old lines. You will need our equal sections, one or thetwo sides o the tent, and two overlapping bottom section to glue together later.

3. Beore they glue tents, lead them to decide or whom or what they want to pray. They shouldthen illustrate this on the outside o the tent. (Magazine pictures, verses o Scripture, mis-

sions oering inormation, missionaries names, and so orth could be used or this.)4. Glue tent together.

Children can make these or themselves and others: church sta, dining room tables, shut-ins,and so orth.



scripTure cAlendAr

Supplies Needed:

Bibles Shoe box Two 16 dowel rods Glue

Tape Scissors Pencils Typing paper

1. Cut a rectangular slot o 8 x 3(about 1 rom the top) or a viewing area on the bottom othe box.

2. Make two holes on each side o the box (1 rom the top and 1 rom the bottom), makingeach hole 1 rom the ront where the viewing area appears. Place dowel sticks through theholes in the box.

3. Guide children to take ten sheets o paper and glue them together at the ends to orm a longroll o paper. Lead children to mark a line across paper 1 rom the top o the paper. Mark aline 3 down. Then mark a line 1 down until the paper strip is nished.

4. Lead children to write a date or every day o the month in the 3 space on the paper.5. Guide children to pick their avorite book o the Bible (preerably rom the Todays English

Version). A psalm would be good. Lead them to print verses in the spaces on the paper.6. Attach completed paper strip with tape to the bottom o the dowel rod on the box.7. Turn rod to roll the strip onto the rod. Tape the beginning o the strip to the top o the rod so

that the paper rolls onto the rod the same way.8. As you turn the ends o the rod, the printed portion will appear in the viewing slot.

To add additional days or months, paste an additional paper strip to the last paper strip.

GloBe World HunGer BAnk

Supplies Needed: Large round balloons Paper towels or newspapers Flour and water paste Tempera paints Brushes 1-pint plastic containers

(butter, cottage cheese) Globe Construction paper Pens or markers Pictures o people rom

around the world (rom

Missions Mosaic, Lad,

Crusader, The Commission,

On Mission or othermagazines)

Glue Knie

1. Infate the balloon to desired size.2. Cover the balloon with several layers o strips o paper towels (or newspapers) dipped in

paste. Cover the balloon completely except or a very small hole at the bottom.3. When the paste is dry, puncture balloon rom the hole in the bottom and remove. Cover the

base with paper dipped in paste. Allow to dry.4. On the paper-mach shell, sketch outlines o the continents using a globe as your guide. Paint

the oceans blue and the continents dierent colors. When the paint is dry, write or paint thenames o the oceans and continents on the globe.

5. As a base or the globe, cover a cottage cheese container with construction paper. Childrenmay wish to write a hunger verse on the construction paper.

6. Cut a slot in the top o the globe to complete the bank.



BiBleand Missions-related GaMes

FisHFor MissionAry

Supplies Needed: Fish bowl or similar bowl Stick 2 long String 1 long Magnet Paper sh shapes

Paper clips Pencils Scissors Bibles

Trace a sh pattern on a piece o paper. Cut it out your sh.

Have children help cut ve paper sh and print one o the ollowing on each sh:

Lydia and Paul (Acts 16)

Philip and the eunuch (Acts 8)

Dorcas and the poor (Acts 9)

Peter and Andrew (John 1:40, 41)

Peter and Cornelius (Acts 10)

1. Tie the end o the string to the pole. Tie a magnet to the other end o the string.2. Fasten a paper clip to each sh.3. Lead children to catch a sh. The magnet will stick to the paper clip.4. Have children read the name o the person who was a missionary.5. Tell how the person was a missionary. I the child doesnt know, lead him to look up Scripture

reerences to nd out. Then put sh back in bowl.



BiBle VerseTic-TAc-Toe

Supplies Needed: Masking tape 3 x 5 cards Felt pen

1. On small squares o paper, mark 5 Xs and 5 Os.2. Make a tic-tac-toe design on the foor with masking tape.3. Prepare 8 or 10 cards with part o a Bible verse or other question on each.4. Divide children into two groups: Xs and Os.5. Child takes the top card rom the stack, completes the verse, and places his X or O on the

tic-tac-toe design. Place the card on the bottom o the stack. Continue the game as a regulartic-tac-toe.

For younger children, have each take a card until he gets a verse he can nish (or help himnish one so he can play). For older children, i they or their team cant answer question, theymust oreit play. The team to make the rst row o Xs or Os wins.

You can use the ollowing Bible verses: God . . . loved us, and (sent his Son) (1 John 4:10). Thou shalt love thy neighbor (as thysel) (Mark 12:13). Freely ye have received, reely (give) (Matthew 10:8). I God so loved us, we ought also to (love one another) (1 John 4:11). For God so loved the world, that he (gave his only . . .Son) (John 3:16). Children, obey (your parents) (Ephesians 6:1). Thou shalt do that which is (right and good) (Deuteronomy 6:18). A riend loveth (at all times) (Proverbs 17:17). Love one (another) (1 John 4:7). Jesus went about (doing good) (Acts 10:38). Be ye kind one (to another) (Ephesians 4:32). By love serve one (another) (Galatians 5:13). Let us do good unto (all men) (Galatians 6:10).



GaMesfroM various Groups

Children love to play games all around the world. The ollowing games are rom dierent coun-tries. These games can help children in mission programs understand the culture o other chil-dren by learning how to play and participate in these games.

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(At least three players)

Supplies Needed: Circular playing area Bones (use sticks, shoes, etc.)

The name o this game rom the Philippines is pronounced POO-sah AT A-soh and meansCat and Dog.

1. Mark a large circle on the ground or foor. Place objects to be used as bones in the center o

the circle. Use as many bones as there are players.2. Choose one player to be the Dog. He must sit inside the circle guarding the bones. He may

tag other players with his eet or hands but must remain seated.3. Remaining players are Cats. They must take the bones without being tagged. I they take

all the bones without being tagged, the same player remains as the Dog or the next game.I a Cat is tagged, he becomes the new Dog.

poMMAWonGA

Supplies Needed: 7 piece o dowel rod 1 o dowel rod 28 piece o sturdy cord File or wood rasp 10 plastic curtain rings (1 diameter)

Native Americans played this game using bones tied to a leather thong with a sharp rib bone atone end.

1. Taper the end o the 7 dowel rod with a le or wood rasp.2. File a groove rom the bigger end, 1/8 deep.3. On a short piece o dowel, le a groove around the center, 1/8 deep.4. Take the cord and tie one end tightly around the groove in the short piece o dowel. Place

the curtain rings on the cord and tie the other end tightly around the groove in the taperedstick.

5. The object o the game is to hold the tapered stick and swing the rings up into the air, seeinghow many you can catch with the stick. It takes practice and lots o room to get all ten!



FinGers ouT(This game is rom China.)

(Even number o players)

1. Pair o children acing each other.2. Have them countone, two, and three. On the count o three, have each put out his right

hand, either closed or with one or more ngers extended. At the same time, each will shout a

number.3. The player who shouts the number closest to the total o ngers extended by he and his op-ponent scores one point.

4. Five points earned ends the game.

Widdy(At least ve players)

Widdy is a word children rom England use or the player who is It in a game similar to Tag.

1. Choose a Widdy.2. Each boy will run rom the Widdy until he is tagged.3. When he is tagged, instruct him to hang on to the Widdys hand and chase the other

players.4. As the pair o two tags another player, have boys hang on to the tagged boys hand so that

the three o them are now chasing everyone else.5. Play until everyone is tagged. Make sure the boys keep holding hands!6. The last person who is caught is the Widdy in the next game.

cHinese GeT up(At least two players)

People rom all over the world play this game rom China. It is a physical eat that requiresteamwork.

Rules or partners:1. Have boys sit on the foor back to back.2. Instruct them to lock arms together on both sides.3. Have them push against each other and try to stand up (make sure they keep their arms

locked).4. Have them try to sit back down again.5. See how many times they can do this without slipping.

Note: It may help them to get on their knees beore coming up or going back down.

Widdy and Chinese Get Up used by permission rom Creative ActivitiesProgram, Volume 2. Playing. Copyright 1974, Regensteiner Publishing Enterprises,Chicago, Illinois.


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sTick rAceThis game is played by Consumni Indians.

Supplies Needed: Two race tracks (masking tape) Two 3 or 4sticks, 1 in diameter Two teams

1. Mark two racetracks with masking tape.2. Place sticks at the end o each track.3. Divide children into two teams. The rst player kicks the stick to the end o the track, keep-

ing it within boundary lines. I the stick goes outside o the boundary lines, the player muststart over. At the end, the player picks up the stick and carries it to the next player.

4. The rst team to nish the relay wins.

el GAToy el rATon

(Five or more players)

The name o this Puerto Rican game is pronounced EL GAH-toe EE EL rah-TONE and meansThe Cat and the Mouse.

1. The children name a player to be the Cat and another to be the Mouse. The rest orm acircle.

2. While the Mouse stays inside the circle, the Cat runs around the outside o the circle andtries to break through the childrens clasped hands to catch the Mouse.

3. I the Cat breaks in, the children can allow the Mouse to escape the circle by raising theirhands. They can keep the Cat inside in the same way.

4. When the Mouse is caught, a new Cat and Mouse are named. The game starts again.

inTernATionAl HopscoTcH

Supplies Needed: Masking tape or chalk to mark diagram One or more players

Hopscotch is a simple game played by children everywhere.

1. The rst player starts at the HOME position and jumps on two eet to square 7, and thenaround the circle on two eet, to 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.

2. The player hops on his right oot rom 1 to 7. Still on his right oot, he hops rom 7 aroundthe circle again to 1.

3. He repeats the process on his let oot.4. I his oot touches a line or i he misses a jump, his turn is over. See how many can complete

the process the rst time around.



iniTiAl squAres(At least 2 players)

Supplies Needed: Pencils Patterns

This game is a rainy day activity o children in Togo.

1. Using a pencil, the children draw lines inside the pattern that makes squares or rectangles.The lines cannot cross the other lines as they are drawn.

2. When a child makes a square he puts his initial in it, but only in squaresno rectangles.3. The child who has his initial in the most squares when the pattern is lled is the winner.

corre, lAdron, corre(At least our players)

Supplies Needed: Lines on play area (masking tape) Handkerchie

The name o this game rom Peru is pronounced koh-PREH, lah-DRON, koh-RREh and meansRun, Thie, Run. It is similar to the game Snatch the Bacon.

1. Divide the group into two equal teams. Each team gives a number to each o its players,starting with uno (OO-noh, One). Numbers rom 115 in Spanish are: uno, dos(DOHS), tres (TREHS), cuatro (KUATroh), cinco (SEENkoh), seis (SAYS), siete

(SYEHthe), ocho (OHcho), nueve (NUEHbeh), diez (DYES), once (OHNseh),doce (DOHseh), trece (TREHseh), catorce (kaTORshe), and quince (KEENseh).

2. Draw a line down the middle o the playing eld. Draw two base lines, each several eet romthe center line.

3. For the botin (BOHtin or booty), tie a knot in a handkerchie or bandana. Place onthe center line.

4. The team stands behind the base lines. The leader calls a number. The player rom each sidewho has that number runs to the center line. Each tries to steal the botin and run it backacross his base line. The player who picks up the botin is the ladron (lahDRON orthie) and must cross his base line beore the other player can touch him.

5. I the thie gets saely home, he goes to the end o the line. I he is caught, he goes to theother team. The team with the most players wins.



el GAllo reinAdoThe name o this Mexican game is pronounced

EHL GAHL-yoh rayNAHdoh and means King Rooster.

Supplies Needed: Tape to make circle on foor

1. Draw a large circle on the ground or foor. Use an even larger circle or more players.2. Each player puts his right hand behind his back and catches his let oot with it.3. Hopping on one oot, he tries to knock others out o the circle.

You can play this game or un, points, or elimination.

cHicken eATinG corn(This game is rom China.)

(At least two children)

Supplies Needed: Two dozen beans

1. A dozen beans are placed on the foor in ront o each child.2. He cups his hands with the rst two ngers placed against each other to represent the beak

o a chicken.3. He then picks up the beans with the beak and lets them drop into the cupped hands, repre-

senting the birds stomach. The rst to nish wins. This game could be played as relay gameusing ewer beans.

(From Royal Ambassador Campcrat).

oHAyo-konicHiWA!(This game is rom Japan.)

(At least 4 players)

1. One child is It. He walks around the circle and taps another child on the shoulder, sayingOhayo (pronounced like the state Ohio), which means Good Morning in Japanese.

2. Then It begins running around the circle. The one tapped runs around in the oppositedirection.3. When the runners meet, they shake hands, bow rom the waist three times, saying Konich-

iwa! (koh-nee-chee-way), which is Good Evening! They continue running to reach thevacant space.

4. The one who ails to get there rst becomes It and the game continues.



el Anillo en lA cuerdA (THe rinGonTHe sTrinG)(This game is rom Colombia, South America.)

(515 players)

Supplies Needed: Long piece o string

Ring, washer or nut

1. Children stand in a circle holding the string. They then place a ring on the string and tie theends together.

2. One child is chosen to be It. He stands in the middle o the circle.3. It closes his eyes and the children start moving the ring along the string, rom child to

child.4. Each player moves his hands constantly, as i passing the ring.5. It is told to open his eyes and try to guess where the string is.

I he is right, the child caught with the ring becomes It. I he is wrong, he must try again.

cHeyenne sTick GAMe

Supplies Needed: 5 sticks, decorated as described Two teams1. Cut our 6 long sticks. You may use 3/8 dowels or tree twigs. Draw a red or blue band o

color about to wide around the middle o two o the sticks.

2. Decorate a longer stick21/2 to 3with bright colors or Native American designs. You canalso tie a eather to one end.

3. Divide the children into two teams. Choose one child rom each team and give him a set othe short sticks (one plain and one decorated). Select another child rom either team to bethe leader, and give him the long stick. Lead him to turn his back to the other two children.The children with the short sticks must keep their backs to the wall.

4. The leader aces the group and leads them in clapping or counting our beats, three times(one, two, three, our; one, two, three, our; one, two, three, our).

5. The children with the short sticks hold them behind their backs and trade hands as oten asthey can during the clapping.

6. When the group nishes clapping or counting, the leader turns to ace the two, who bringtheir hands in ront o them, holding their sticks so the color bands are hidden.

7. The leader takes one guess as to the position o the two sticks with the color band. He guessesby pointing the long stick. (Pointing right means they are both in the persons right hands;pointing up means they are both in outside positions; pointing down means they are both inthe middle; pointing let means they are both in the persons let hands.)

8. A correct guess wins one point or that team, and the leader gets to lead another count. Awrong guess gives a child rom the opposing team a chance to be the leader and guess.

9. Set a time limit or play or a set number o points.



crafts/Gifts

The ollowing crat/git ideas will help leaders create excitement among their children as theyprepare any o these items to give to others as a way to say we appreciate you.

recipe Holder

Supplies Needed: 2 x 4 rectangle o 3/8 or plywood Triangle 4 high and 2 at base out o 3/8 or plywood Wooden spring clothespin Sandpaper White glue Paint (spray paint or with brushes)

1. Sand the plywood pieces smooth on all sides and edges. Keep the base edge o the trianglefat.

2. Glue the base o the triangle across the center o the rectangle. Allow glue to dry.

3. Glue the clothespin onto the angled edge o the triangle, near the top. Allow glue to dry.4. Clip a string in the clothespin by which to hold the recipe holder as you spray paint it or

paint it with a brush.

This recipe holder would make a nice git or someone in your church or neighborhood.

cAT BookMArker

Supplies Needed:

Black and two or more colors o elt Silver sequins Scissors Glue Pencils Design or pattern

1. Trace this pattern onto a piece o paper. Cut it out and use it to trace pattern onto elt. Oryou can make your own pattern.

2. Cut the cat and bows rom dierent colors o elt.3. Cut the mouth rom black elt.4. Glue the bows, mouth, and sequins to the cat.

This would make an excellent git or your Sunday school teacher, a sick or lonely riend.



Tie rAck

Supplies Needed: plywood or 1 x 12 pine 1/8 or 3/16 dowel rods, 2 long Paint thinner Varnish or paint

Glue Sandpaper Cloths

1. Out o the plywood or pine, cut a board about 5 x 8.2. Drill ve holes, 1/8 or 3/16 at an angle. Also drill a hole or hanging.3. Sand the boards smooth on all sides.4. Glue dowels in the holes.5. Clean o with paint thinner.6. Finish the board with varnish or paint. Tie rack may be personalized with decals.

BATikA scroll

Supplies Needed: Pieces o muslin or sturdy pieces o an old white bed sheet: 12 by 18 or each child Wax crayons Electric iron Padding to protect table Brown paper to protect padding Dowel rods: 1 longer than scroll

String or hanging Tape

1. Children decide on the design or a scroll (Bible verse: God is Love; saying: God lovesyou; or a scene).

2. Children draw their design on the cloth with crayons.3. Make sure to place padding on the table. Cover padding with brown paper.4. Lay crayoned side o cloth down on brown paper.5. Iron on reverse side o cloth. Heat will set the drawing.6. Tape dowel rod to top o scroll.7. Tie string to each end o the rod or hanging.



ojo de diosThe name o this Native American crat means Eye o God.

It makes a nice decoration or git.

Supplies Needed: 2 twigs or dowels Scissors

2 dierent colors o yarn

1. Place the two sticks side by side, with one end even i the lengths are dierent.2. Wrap yarn around the two sticks (2 to 4 turns) and twist sticks at right angles to make a cross.3. Wrap yarn our times around the crossed sticks in the opposite direction. Test them to be

sure they are right. Make sure the sticks are centered.4. Wind yarn around the intersection our times each way, making sure it stays tight.5. Begin making the rst eye. Wrap the yarn over the stick, under that same stick, and so on.6. Make 4 to 6 turns ollowing this pattern. Keep the yarn tight at all times, and place the

strands close together. Do not overlap strands.7. Ater 4 to 6 turns, cut the yarn, holding the end tight. Tie a piece o yarn o another color to

the end and repeat the same wrapping process.8. Continue alternating the colors until the eye is the desired size.9. At end tie knot to stick.

sTAined GlAss

Supplies Needed: Tissue paper (various colors) Waxed paper (about 9 x 12, two per child

Newspapers to protect working area Liquid starch Brushes Small container (to put starch in)

This can be used with greeting cards. (Cut out part o the card and insert stained glass so youcan see through it.) Also, you can use as window decorations.

1. Put one piece o waxed paper on newspaper.2. With brush, cover the waxed paper with liquid starch.3. Take tissue paper and tear it into small pieces.4. Place torn tissue paper on waxed paper (overlap pieces to cover, leave space around edge).5. Lay down the other piece o waxed paper and brush with starch.6. Cover tissue paper with side o waxed paper covered with starch.7. Rub evenly over the top o waxed paper (colors will bleed).8. Let dry 24 hours. Then it can be cut into a shape (lea, bell, heart, window, and so orth) or

let as is.



sTAined GlAss WindoW

Supplies Needed: Clear lightweight vinyl (available in variety stores; 1/4 yard makes 4 or 5 windows) Colored tissue paper or 3-color variegated tissue git wrap Scissors White glue

Black construction paper (9 x 12 sheet, 1 per child)

1. Trace and cut out pattern or window outline shape. Trace pattern onto piece o black con-struction paper olded in hal.

2. Cut and glue clear vinyl plastic onto back.3. Cut tissue paper into dierent small shapes.4. Make a stained glass design by gluing tissue pieces onto the back o clear vinyl. Overlap

pieces to cover window.5. Hang on window so sun can shine through.

AuTuMn leAVes nAMe plAque

Supplies Needed: Leaves Poster board (8 x 10 or larger) Felt-tip markers Glue

1. Lead children to use a elt-tip marker to write the letters o their name on dried leaves (onelea or each letter o name).

2. Glue the leaves on a piece o poster board to spell name.3. Children can hang plaque in a room at home, or on display at church. The church name can

also be used. The plaque may also be given as a git.



GaMes/toys

The ollowing games/toys can be used to help illustrate stories rom the Bible,RA World, mis-sionary stories, and more. The games/toys can also be used to illustrate biblical truths ound inScripture.

soAp sAilBoAT

Supplies Needed: Small bar o soap (soap will make foating boat) Pieces o paper String White glue Knie and spoon or carving Scissors Toothpicks

Long replace matches

1. Cut one end o soap into pointed shape.2. Using a knie or spoon, make a small indention or the hull.3. Add sails using white paper, string, and toothpicks. Use long replace match sticks or tall

sails. (Look at reerence book or Bible dictionary to see pictures o boats and ships used in therst century. Some o these are perhaps similar to the boats that carried the rst missionarieson their journeys.)

HAnd puppeTs

Supplies Needed:ScissorsGlueCrayons or markersPaperPencils

1. Lead children to draw hands on the paper with three middle ngers in a group. Leadchildren to cut out two and glue outside edges except the bottom opening together to ormpuppet.

2, Decorate and color to make characters, adding costumes.3. Slip hand inside to operate.



FlAT kiTe

Supplies Needed:

Kite string dowel rods 36 long Scissors Glue

Cord

Saw Knie Thin paper or cloth Markers or tempera paint

and brushes

1. Cut dowel rods into two lengths36 and 30. Notch sticks where they cross; apply glue.Bind them together with several windings o strong cord. Let glue dry.

2. Notch ends o each stick. Also make a little cut around the end o each stick. Run stringaround rame using notches and grooves to make sturdy.

3. Place kite rame on the foor or table on top o the thin paper or cloth and cut it to t therame, allowing a 1 margin all around.

4. Decorate kites by drawing or painting some type o picture or design on cloth or paper. (Youcan also write John 3:16 in Spanish on the kite: Porque de tal manera amo Dios al mundo,que ha dodo a su Hijo unigenito, para que toda aquel que en el cree, no se pierda, mas tenga

vida eterna.)5. Fold margin o paper over rame and glue very tightly over the string.6. Cut a piece o string about 40 long or the bridle string. Fasten it to the ends o the 30

dowel. Tie long fying string at the center o the bridle string.

cATAMArAn

Supplies Needed:

Quart or hal gallon card-board milk or juice carton

Scissors Popsicle stick

Rubber band Pencil or short stick Stapler

1. Staple the pouring spout o the carton closed. Cut up one side old and across the top diago-nally. Cut across the bottom diagonally. Open and old out. You will have two catamaranstyle hulls joined at the old in the middle.

2. At bottom o carton, insert a pencil or stick to keep the boat open. You can also make smallholes or pencil or stick.

3. At bottom o carton, about 1 rom the bottom o boat and rom bottom o carton on

the inside o each hull, make a tiny hole.4. Insert the end o a rubber band in each hole and tie a knot on each end inside the boat.5. Place a hal o a Popsicle stick in the rubber band. Wind it up. It is ready to sail.



scHMerlTz (sock rockeT)

(At least one player)

Supplies Needed: Long tube sock Dried beans or ball

1. Dried beans or ball are placed in the toe o the sock.2. A knot is tied in the sock. I using beans, turn sock inside out again and tie another knot to

keep beans rom coming out o sock.3. The sock is thrown up in the air and caught by the tail as it comes down. You can invent a

lot o un games with your sock rocket.

(Reprinted with permission rom The New Games Book, 1976, Dolphin Books, Doubleday and Company, Inc., Garden City, New York).



outdoor GaMes

Games create an environment in which children can have un and learn at the same time. Theollowing outdoor games can enhance any classroom teaching. Look or catch phrases in storiesrom class lessons and use these games to help reinorce learning.

cHAnGeTAG(Three or more players)

Supplies Needed: Stopwatch Digital watch or watch with second hand

1. Choose one child to be It. He must try to tag other players. Adult or another child maykeep time.

2. When a player is tagged, he becomes It.

3. Begin by playing squat tag. A person cannot be tagged i he is squatting.4. Ater two minutes have passed, call time.5. The one who is It chooses another kind o tag to play or the next two minutes.

Suggestions or other tag games are reeze tag, shadow tag, or rock tag.

skunkTAG(At least 3 players)

1. One player is chosen to be It.2. As long as a player is holding his nose with one hand and is holding one oot up in the air

with the other hand, he cannot be tagged. I he lets go with either hand, the person who isIt can tag him.

3. Players may not lean against anything or support.



FoxesAnd squirrel(Five or more players)

Supplies Needed: Three balls (two balls the same size and one smaller ball)

1. Players stand in a circle. Explain that the two balls the same size represent the oxes, one

small ball represents the squirrel. The object is or a ox or both oxes to catch thesquirrel. This is done by a person holding the ox ball tagging the person holding thesquirrel ball.

2. The game is begun by passing the oxes around the circle rom one person to another. Theperson passing it must say ox as they pass it. Fox balls can be passed in either direction,but not thrown across the circle. The person passing it must call out squirrel as he passes it.

3. The squirrel ball is added to the game. It can be passed or thrown across the circle. The per-son passing it must call out squirrel as he passes it.

4. When a squirrel is caught, that player is eliminated. The game can be played very ast.Players try to catch others o guard.

cATcH 10(Four or more players)

Supplies Needed: Ball or beanbag Yarn or handkerchie or cloths

1. Divide the group into two equal teams. One team will need to tie a piece o yarn, handker-chie or cloth around each o their arms. The teams are mixed together.

2. One team tries to pass a ball or beanbag between teammates without being intercepted by aplayer rom another team.

3. Each time a pass is completed, the player making the catch calls a number, starting withone. The next player calls, two, the next three, until ten catches are completed. I theball or beanbag is intercepted, the count must begin at one again and that team tries topass the ball or beanbag. The team to reach the highest number in a certain amount o timeis the winner. (Or the team that reaches ten rst is the winner.)



soccer skillTesTs

Supplies Needed: Chalk, string or tape or marking Soccer balls Six objects Tape measure

Have a soccer skills test or your children.

1. Soccer Kick or AccuracyUse two goal posts 18 apart (or the same distance marked on theground or on a wall) as your target. Place the soccer ball at a point marked on the ground inront o the goal and 36 away. Children must kick the ball across the goal line and betweenthe posts. Children have ve trials.

2. Soccer DribblePlace our posts or objects 20 apart. Start with the soccer ball on a line 20 inront o the rst object. On the signal, start, have child (or children) dribble the ball withhis eet to the right o the rst object, to the let o the second object, and so on. Tell each to

try not to touch posts or objects. Each child has two trials.

lAMe doG relAy(At least two players)

1. Mark starting and nish lines 15 apart.2. Form two teams. Each team stands in a column behind the starting line.3. On a signal, player #1 o each team drops orward so that his body is supported by his hands

and eet. Liting one oot o the foor, he races in lame-dog ashion toward the nish line. I

his lame oot touches the foor, he must return and start again.4. The rst #1 player to cross the line wins a point or his team. He must have all ours across

the line to score.5. On a second signal, #2 players run.6. The game continues until all have run. Then the team with the most points wins.

BAGTHroW

Supplies Needed:

Newspapers Large (3045 gallon) heavy-duty trash bags and ties

1. Lead children to wad newspapers and stu into trash bags. Tie bags securely.2. Let children take turns throwing the bag to see who can throw it the arthest. Or they can see

how long they can keep it in the air, or even try to jump over it. I possible, provide enoughbags and newspapers or every two children and let them play toss.



cHAin relAy(At least our players)

1. Divide the group into two teams.2. Have children stand in a line behind each other.3. Instruct each child to bend at the waist, placing his right arm between his legs, and grasping

the let hand o the child behind him.

4. Have each team race to a designated spot and back. The rst team to return without breakingthe chain wins.

snATcHTHe BAcon

Supplies Needed: Handkerchie At least our players Tape to draw circle inside

1. Members o two teams number o and line up acing each other.2. In the center is a circle 3 across.3. An adult drops a handkerchie in the middle o the circle and calls out a number.4. The child on each team who has that number runs to the circle and looks for an opportunity to

grab the handkerchief and run back to his teammates without being tagged by his opponent.5. I he succeeds, his team gets one point. I he is tagged, the other team gets a point.



indoor GaMes

Games create an environment in which children can have un and learn at the same time. Theollowing indoor games can enhance any classroom teaching. Look or catch phrases in storiesrom class lessons and use these games to help reinorce learning.

BAlloon VolleyBAll(At least 2 players)

Supplies Needed: Yarn Balloon Two chairs

1. String a piece o yarn between two chairs. Infate a large round balloon.2. Have children sit on the foor in teams and play volleyball with the balloon.

3. The balloon must go over the yarn. When it touches the foor, the opposite team gets apoint. When a team lets the balloon touch the foor, the balloon goes to the other team.Eleven points wins the game.

indoor olyMpics

Long JumpHave child place both eet on a line and jump rom a standing position.Measure the distance.

High JumpChild stands next to a wall. Measure his height. Lead child to jump straightup and mark how high his head goes. Measure distance between his height and where hishead stopped on jump.

Discuss ThrowHave child use a paper plate, throwing it through a large round hole in acardboard box placed 5 away.

Hop RaceHave child hop on one oot the length o the room. The winner is the rstone who nishes.

Javelin ThrowHave child make a paper airplane and throw or distance or accuracy(into a box, and so orth).

RelaysBackward, sideways, blindolded, hands and eet touching foor, and so orth.

Shot-putHave child throw cotton balls as ar as possible.

(Counselors Guide The Frontier Day Camping by Convention Press: Nashville, 1973)



doT-TAc-Toe

Supplies Needed: Paper or each pair Pencil or each child Two or three players per game

1. Players prepare or game by drawing six rows o dots, six dots in each row, to orm a square.(More dots may be used i a longer game is desired.)2. Players take turns drawing one line each, connecting any two adjacent dots.3. I a player draws a line that completes a square connecting our adjacent dots, he owns that

square and puts his initial in it, no matter who has drawn the other three sides.4. Player gets an extra turn each time he completes a square.5. When all squares are ormed, the player who owns the most squares wins.

BeAnBAGToss

Supplies Needed: Heavy cardboard with 3 holes 3 beanbags

1. Lean the cardboard against the wall so it will be sloping. Each hole counts 5 points.2. The children will take turns tossing the beanbag through the holes.3. Keep score.

cloTHespinTossSupplies Needed: 10 clothespins 1 bowl (plastic or metal) Masking tape

Children can play individually or in teams.

1. Place the bowl against a wall and step o about 10. Mark a line on the foor with maskingtape.

2. Give each child a turn. Have him stand behind the line and toss the clothespins into thebowl.

3. Keep count o how many times the child gets a clothespin into the bowl (out o 10 tries).That is his score.



FeeTBAll relAy(At least our players)

Supplies Needed: Chair or each player 1 tennis ball or each team

1. Place chairs side by side.2. Pass the tennis ball between eet down the relay line and back to declare the winner. Idropped, start where dropped. The person who dropped it must pick it up with his eet andpass it on.

3. Two or more teams must play at once.

knoTTyinG relAy

Supplies Needed:

Ropes At least two teams

1. Divide the children into teams.2. Demonstrate simple knots children can tie.3. Place a rope or each team on a chair or the ground about 10 rom the rst o each teams

line.4. Leader tells team a knot to tie.5. Leader yells go.6. The rst player o each team runs to the rope and ties the correct knot. He brings it back to

the next player.

7. As the second player o each team runs to the chair with the rope, he unties the rst knot.8. He sits in the chair on the ground and ties the same knot.9. The player then returns to the team and action is repeated with other players. The rst team

to nish is the winner.

ooH-AHH GAMe(At least three players)

1. Everyone stands in a circle holding hands.

2. One person starts by giving a quick squeeze to the hand o the person on his right. This getspassed along to the next person and beore you know it, the squeeze is going around the circle.

3. Now speed up the action and add sound. Squeeze and say ooh, and watch it go around.4. Next add ahh, but send it in the opposite direction. Someone will have to pass both o them.5. Now, when someone gives an ooh, instead o passing it on, pass it back to him. When both

ooh and ahh are traveling in the same direction, play tag, one trying to catch the other.6. Next, try other sounds or gestures: handshakes, winks, and other riendly signs and sounds.

Keep passing it on.

(From The New Games Book, New Games Foundation, Fluegelman, Dolphin Books, Double & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1976.)



FindTHe leAder(At least 3 players)

1. A child is selected as the nder. He leaves the room.2. The leader is chosen. The leader is to make any gesture he chooses while the others in the

room ollow. Players try to make it hard to choose the leader by quickly ollowing and notalways looking at him.

3. The nder comes back into the room and tries to choose the leader. I he does not, hekeeps trying. I he does choose the leader, he chooses the next nder.

pAper sHApe puzzles

Supplies Needed: 3 or larger squares or 2 x 3 rectangles o paper or each player Scissors

1. Each player is given a square or a rectangular piece o paper. For younger players, use all thesame shape. For older players, use squares and rectangles.2. Each cuts his paper apart with two straight cuts o a pair o scissors.3. He then mixes his cut-up pieces and passes them to the player on his right.4. Each player then tries to arrange the pieces to orm the original square or rectangle.5. The player who rst completes his puzzle scores 10 points.6. Ater a player has scored, the pieces are again shufed and passed on to the player on his

right.7. Play continues or a predetermined number o passes.

MypeTAnd i

1. Arrange children in a circle.2. Select one to begin the game in the middle o the circle.3. The child in the middle chooses a pet. He will imitate with gestures the kind o animal his

pet is. While imitating his pet, he says My pet and I, were not shy.4. The children in the circle guess the kind o animal his pet is.5. The one who correctly guesses the pet exchanges places with the one in the middle and se-

lects another pet.6. Try to see that each child has a turn in the middle. Encourage creativity and imagination.



iM GoinG on A Trip

1. The rst child says, Im going on a trip and I am going to take a ____________ with me. (Henames something.)

2. The second child says, Im going on a trip and Im going to take ___________ (the itemnamed by the rst child) and a __________ (another item).

3. Each child in turn names all things previously named and adds one o his own.

eArTH, Air, WATer(At least three players)

Supplies Needed: Handkerchie

1. The players orm a circle around one person who stands in the center o the circle and holdsa knotted handkerchie.

2. The player in the center throws the handkerchie to a player, and calls out earth, air, orwater.3. The player who watches the handkerchie must respond with the name o an animal that

lives in the environment called or (eartha kind o land animal; aira kind o bird; watera kind o sh or mammal). The player must respond beore the thrower counts to 10.

4. Any player who is unable to respond correctly within the count o 10 moves to the center othe circle and becomes the thrower.

sTrAW relAy

(At least our players)

Supplies Needed: 3 lengths o straw or each player 1 metal washer or each team

1. Divide group into two or more teams.2. Each team orms a straight line.3. The rst person on each team is given a washer.4. At the signal, team members pass the washer down the line by slipping it onto the straw in

the mouth o the next player without using their hands.

5. I the washer alls, it must be started again at the ront o the line.6. The rst team to get the ring down the line is the winner.



WHo AM i?

Supplies Needed: Placards rom paper and pictures Glue Scissors Magazines

String Markers

1. On paper, print the name o a person, place, or thing. You can also paste appropriate pictureson paper to make placards.

2. Attach to the top corners o each placard a string that is long enough to go over a childshead.

3. Choose rom the group a child to be It. It will stand in ront o the group. Not lettingIt see the word or picture on the placard, hang the placard on Its neck. Hang the placardso the side will be on Its back with the printing or picture visible to the other children.

4. The group will give It clues as to whom or what he is.

5. Ater 23 minutes, It makes a guess. Show It the placard to conrm whether or not heguessed correctly.

6. It will choose someone to take his place and thus the game will continue.

MAkeyour oWn sTory

Supplies Needed: Five labeled juice cans Five strips o paper per child

Pencils

1. Print on cans with large elt-tip marker the words WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, HOW. Youmay want to cut colored construction paper to t cans or print words on paper strips andglue to cans.

2. Players will think o a missionary story heard in a meeting or somewhere else, or read inRAWorldor another book about missions.

3. Give ve strips o paper and pencil to each player. Ask each player to write on each strip aname, a place, a time, what happened, and how it happened in the story.

4. Players will place paper strips into appropriate cans.5. Call on one player at a time to take a strip rom each can. He will use the ve words he drew

and make up a story.

The results o this activity can be hilarious. You may want to award a gag git to the best story-teller.



WreATH BAll

Supplies Needed: Wreath with bell attached to inside circle string Small ball (such as a tennis ball or Ping-Pong ball) Masking tape String

1. Suspend wreath with string rom ceiling or doorway.2. Mark the throwing line with masking tape about 6 rom the wreath.3. This game can be played individually or in teams. Let children take turns throwing the ball

through the wreath. Give each child two tries each turn.4. For scoring, award one point i ball goes through wreath. Award two points i ball goes

through the wreath and rings the bell.

Tic-TAc-ToeToss GAMe

(Two or our players)

Supplies Needed: 9 tuna or cat ood cans Board or piece o plywood 9 hal-inch fat-headed wood screws Screwdriver 20 washers or drapery weights 4 colors o paint

1. Paint the washers (ve o each color).

2. With screws and screwdriver, mount the cans (three in each o three rows).3. Two or our players may play. Each player is given ve washers o the same color.4. Players toss washers, one per turn, rom a distance o 610.5. The player who gets washers in three cans in a row rst wins. More than one players wash-

ers can land in the can and still be counted. I no player gets three in a row, the one with thegreatest number in the cans wins. This can be given as a git.



TABleTop Hockey

Supplies Needed: Pennies Rectangular table Paper Pencils or each player

Scotch tape

1. Tape a piece o paper at each end o a rectangular table.2. Divide children into two teams and station teams around the ends o the table, one team at

each end.3. Children use pencils to push (similar to shufeboard) pennies toward their goal at the other

end o the table.4. Getting a penny onto the paper is the goal.5. Keep score or teams. Children may want to have goalies as in hockey.

Findyour prey(At least our players)

Supplies Needed: 1 animal card or each player

1. Write a dierent animals name on each card. Make sure that one animal is the hunter andthe next animal is its prey.

2. Give each player a card.3. Read the list o animals to the players. The list should be circular; elephant is looking or

lion, lion looking or wol, wol looking or dog, dog looking or cat, cat looking or mouse,and mouse looking or elephant.

4. Without a sound, players act out the animal on their cards. Players must nd their prey.(Younger groups may use sounds.)

5. When a player thinks hes ound his prey, he taps the prey on the head. Prey mustshow his card. I correct, the two players join hands. Prey must continue to look or theanimal he is hunting.

6. The game ends with the circle o players holding hands ater each animal has ound hisprey.

7. For large groups, cards may be duplicated. For an extra challenge, decoy cards can be added,allowing those players to act like anything to ool others.



WHATs Gone?

Supplies Needed: 20 numbered cards or objects

1. Arrange a set o fash cards numbered 1 to 20 in miscellaneous order on the foor in ront othe room.

2. Ask children to stand and ace the rear o the room.3. Remove one o the cards and say, Look!4. The children turn to the ront and look at the cards.5. The rst child to call out the missing number scores a point.6. The player with the most points wins.7. For older children, substitute 10 to 15 objects or the cards such as lea, acorn, paper clip,

stapler, rubber band, stone, and so orth. Follow the same directions above.

sponGeToss

Supplies Needed: Four containers o dierent sizes (a wastebasket, a bucket, a laundry basket, a dish pan) Three sponges

1. Place containers in a line with the smallest container arthest away and then placed progres-sively larger.

2. Give largest container the number value o 15, then 30, 45, and 60.3. Children stand 2 away and take turns throwing the three sponges into the containers.4. Children can choose teams or compete individually. Adult keeps score.

FolloWTHe leAderWiTHA WAnd

Supplies Needed: Cardboard cores rom paper towels or other wands or each player Recording o march or other music1. The leader makes up motions and the players ollow him. The leader holds one end o the

wand in each hand. As he keeps time with the music, he lits the wand over his head thendown. Then he swings it to the right, then to the let. He steps over the wand with his right

oot, then let oot. He then steps back over the wand.2. Another child becomes the leader. Children may make up their own routines.



ToucHAndTell

Supplies Needed: About 15 small objects Pencils Paper

1. Ask children to stand in a circle acing in, with their hands behind them and their eyes shut.2. Pass some small objects, such as clothespin, paperclip, lea, or stone, one at a time, to one othe children. Pass only 10 the rst time.

3. Each child eels each one and passes it on to the player on his right, who does the same.4. Take each object as it comes to the last child and hide it.5. Ask each player to write down as many o the items as he can remember.6. The child with the longest list is the winner.

Those who peek must leave the circle and could help pass objects.

BATTHe BAlloon

Supplies Needed: Balloon

1. Divide into two teams. Lead children to sit on the foor, teams acing each other with soles oeet touching.

2. An adult tosses the balloon into the center o the line.3. Each team member may use only the hand to bat the balloon over the head o opponents.

Score one point by making the balloon land behind the opposing team. The team oreits a

point i a player loses contact with an opponents eet or uses both hands.4. The rst team to get 10 points wins.



sAndWicH(Two players)

Supplies Needed: Markers 10 x 10 poster board Ruler

40 pennies

1. With a marker and ruler, divide the poster board into 1 squares. Two can play. Each playerneeds about 20 pennies. One will play heads, the other tails.

2. To begin, each player puts two pennies in the middle o the board. Players add a penny eachturn.

3. The purpose is to sandwich the opponent with two coins on either side o his coin. Playersget one point or each sandwich. I two sandwiches are made with one play, players get twopoints. Diagonal sandwiches do not count. The player with the highest number o pointswins.

TreAsure HunT

Supplies Needed: Sheet o paper or each child Pencil or each child

1. Give each child a pencil and a sheet o paper with a letter o the alphabet printed on the top.2. Lead children to look around the room or objects that begin with the letter on their paper.3. Children will write the objects on their papers. They may draw pictures o objects they can-

not spell.

4. The child with the most objects on his list is the winner.

This game may also be played in teams. To develop teamwork, each could look or the sameletter.



GaMesfor larGe Groups

oVer-under relAy(At least our players on each team)

Supplies Needed:

Two balls Erasers, beanbags, or other small objects

1. Have children line up in two lines. Each team has a ball, an eraser, a beanbag, or somethingelse to be passed.

2. The rst child in line passes the object over his head to the child behind him. The object ispassed under the next childs legs, and over and under along the entire line.

3. The rst child goes to the end o the line. The relay continues until a team returns all playersto their original positions.

Heel-To-HeelTAG(At least six players)

1. In this game, no one is It. Every player must have a pair o heels to back up to his heels.2. Players pair o heel-to-heel, spacing themselves at least 3 apart across the

playing area.3. The leader calls or blows a whistle or everyone to change heels. At the signal, everyone in

the group must change, and back his heels up to a dierent set o heels rom those he justlet. (This game is best played or only a ew minutes to be most eective).

cHicken FiGHT

Supplies Needed: Handkerchies or pieces o cloth or each player

1. Start the game with at least two players.2. Each player puts a handkerchie or piece o cloth in his belt behind him. His right arm is

olded across his chest, and he hops around on his right oot. The other oot may not touchthe ground.

3. With his ree hand, the player reaches or the handkerchie o another.4. When a persons handkerchie is gone, he is eliminated.5. The winner is the one whose handkerchie is let ater all others are gone.

This can be used as a team game. The team with at least one handkerchie remaining would bethe winner.



BAlloon BAskeTBAll

Supplies Needed: 3 to 4 large round balloons Chairs

1. Infate several balloons. I one balloon bursts, continue the game with another one.

2. Line up chairs acing each other so that when children are seated across rom each othertheir knees nearly touch. Have a player or adult stand at both ends to serve as goals or eachteam by making a circle with their arms.

3. Assign each team a goal.4. Players cant stand but must pass the balloon to their goal, as well as through it, or points.

You could give 10 points per goal and ask each person who is a goalie to keep score ortheir team. The balloon can also be passed behind his head or any way that he can to makepoints. I the balloon is knocked out o bounds, an adult can put it back in play by placing itin the center.

sTATueoF liBerTyGAMe

To play, one child is It. He stands in the middle o the circle and closes his eyes. The otherchildren march quietly around him until he says, Statue o Liberty. Immediately all childrenreeze. It makes unny aces and tries to get one o the children to laugh and lose his pose.That person is It and the game starts again.

soleMn sTATues

(Two or more players)

1. One child is the judge, all others are statues.2. On the signal, Solemn Statues, all children strike a pose in whatever position they like.

They may not move or change acial expressions.3. It is the job o the judge to make the statues move or laugh. He may not touch them.4. The child who holds his pose the longest becomes the next judge.



circle dodGe BAll(At least our players)

Supplies Needed: Volleyball

1. Form a circle with two to our children in the center.

2. The children in the middle orm a line holding the waist o the child in ront.3. Children in the circle throw a volleyball trying to hit the last child in line. The children inthe middle maneuver trying to protect the last child in line.

4. I he is hit, he joins the circle, each child moves back one place in line, and the child throw-ing the ball becomes rst in line.

knoTs(About 12 players)

1. Instruct children to stand in a circle, shoulder-to-shoulder, and place their hands in thecenter. Everyone grabs a couple o hands. I you ever want to get out o this, make sure thatno one holds both hands with the same person or holds the hand o a person right next tothem or crosses their own arms. It might take a bit o switching around to get the knot tiedright.

2. Try to unravel the knot without letting go o hands. Can pivot on handholds withoutactually breaking your grip.

3. When at last the knot is unraveled, you will nd yourselves in one large circle, oroccasionally, two interconnected circles.

4. Sometimes knots cannot be untangled. Then break hands so you can get on to the nextgame.

(From The New Games Book, New Games Foundation, Fluegelman, Dolphin Books, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY 1976)



Miscellaneous activities

pinATA

Supplies Needed: 1 round balloon

Papier-macha Cord or rope Tempera paint and brushes Candy Bat or pole

1. Instruct children to blow up a round balloon to the size wanted to make pinata.2. Have them cover the balloon with two or three layers o papier-macha. Let dry completely

(overnight or longer). Make sure they leave an opening o 1-2 where the balloon is tied.3. Children may decorate the pinata using tempera paints. They might want to use patterns or

decorate them like cartoon characters.

4. Children break the balloon with a pin and ll the pinata with candy.5. The lled pinata can be hung with a piece o cord or rope rom the ceiling or a tree, i you

are outside.6. Now blindold one child and give him a stick or bat. Let him touch the pinata with the stick,

then when he brings the stick down to his shoulder, start the pinata swinging.7. Each child gets one try to break the pinata until someone succeeds. Be sure everyone gets

candy.

cHrisTMAsTree ornAMenT

Supplies Needed: Yarn Sequins Drapery rings Glue Scissors

1. Tie a piece o yarn approximately 72 in length on a drapery ring leaving two equal lengths.2. Tie hal hitch knots all the way around the ring. To tie the knots ollow these instructions:

Make a loop on the ront side o the ring making sure the let side o the loopcrosses the right side. Take the ree end rom behind the ring, pass it through theloop and pull tight. Knot two ends together when the ring is covered.

3. When the wreath is nished, glue sequins on the yarn or trim. This can be given as a git.


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MuFFin pAn Bounce

Supplies Needed: Mun pan Paint or markers and paper Ping-Pong balls (3) Masking tape

1. Assign point values to the cups in the pans. Print the numbers in the cups or on paper andput in the bottom o the cups. Place the mun pan on a table. Mark the throwing line withmasking tape about 5 rom the pan.

2. Let each player try to toss three Ping-Pong balls, one at a time, into the pan.3. To determine each players score, add the number o the cups where the balls landed.

The game may be played by individuals or teams.

(Unless otherwise stated, all items rom Missions Games and Activities or Children Grades 16, North American Mission Board, SBC)

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