Table of Contents

Alphabetical list of every idea in this book 9 GAMES & SPORTS EVENTS All-Church Olympics 13 Bat and Putt Night 13 Bicycle Pedalmonium Day 14 Bowling Awards 14 Summer Blizzard Blast 15 Card Table Game Night 15 Couch Potato Race 16 Guinness Games 16 Croquet Party 17 Goofy Golf 18 Fun Fair 18 Mini-Masters Tournament 18 Dye Fights 19 He-Man Olympics 19 Hurricane Party 19 Instant Replay 20 Late Great Skate 20 Milk Carton Boat Race 21 Nerf Festival 21 Nonviolent Softball League 21 Oddball Olympics 21 Olympic Marathon 22 Out-of-Egypt Olympics 22 Sega Olympics 24 Spoons Tournament 24 Strobe Mania Night 24 Tin Horn Rodeo 25 Tin Man Triathlon 25 Transgenerational Basketball 26 Trike Olympics 26 Turtle Tournament 26 War of the Worlds 27 Plunge Party 27 Wheelbarrow Olympics 28 Which Class Rules?…29 Winter Olympics 30 Snow Pentathlon 31 Wreck in the Street 31 Seafood Special 31 Barnyard Olympics 32 American Gladiators Competition 33 Commando Church 34 Frisbee Frolic 35 Mud Bowl 36 Shopping Mall Tag 37 World's Largest Pillow Fight 38 Feather Gladiators 38 SCAVENGER HUNTS A to Z Scavenger Hunt 43 Aging Scavenger Hunt 43 Action Scavenger Hunt 43 Back-to-School Scavenger Hunt 44 Auto-Graph Scavenger Hunt 44 Blackbeard's Treasure Scavenger Hunt 44 Bible Scavenger Hunt 44 Bible Scavenger Hunt with a Splash 49 Comparison Scavenger Hunt 49 Cereal Scavenger Hunt 49 Fungus Hunt 50 Magazine Scavenger Hunt 50 Galaxy Scavenger Hunt 50 Grotesque Scavenger Hunt 50 Hunt for Red October 52 Know Your Church Scavenger Hunt 52 Church Service Scavenger Hunt 52 Manhunt 55 Indoor Scavenger Hunt 55 Challenge Hunt 57 Pizza Scavenger Hunt 57 Pictionary Scavenger Hunt 57 Polaroid Bible Clue Scavenger Hunt 58 Polaroid People Pictures 58 Polaroid Scavenger Hunt 58 Polaroid Pandemonium 61 Video Hit Squad 62 Scavenger Hunt Switch 63 Rainbow Scavenger Hunt 63 Tip: Scavenger Hunt Teams 63 Organic Scavenger Hunt 65 Zoo-Fari 65 Shopping Mall Derby 65 Shopscotch 67 Sound Scavenger Hunt 67 Superhero Scavenger Hunt 67 Service Scavenger Hunt 67 Telephone Scavenger Hunt 68 Touch-Tone Scavenger Hunt 68 Cobbler Gobbler 68 Fast Food Frenzy 68 Snack Search 68 TREASURE HUNTS Memorization Treasure Hunt 73 House-to-House Puzzle Hunt 73 Money Hunt and Auction 74 Concentration Clues 74 Indoor Treasure Hunt 74 Movie Treasure Hunts 75 Vehicular Sardines 76 Safecracking Safari 77 Scripture Clues 78 Submarine Races 78 Tip: Treasure Hunt Basics 78 White Treasure Elephant Hunt Auction 79 Foto-Map 80 OTHER HUNTS Murder Madness 83 Bigger and Better Hunt 84 Blue Gnu 87 Bounty Hunt 87 Grocery Store Car Rally 87 Picture Perfect 87 Columbo Sleuth Night 88 Progressive Pandemonium Party .88 Missing Persons Party 89 Where's Waldo?…90 Crash-the-Party Party 92 Picture Search 92 Weenie Hunt and Roast 92 THEME EVENTS Anti-Prom Night 97 Alphabet Fellowships 99 Back-to-School Night 99 Backward Night 100 Balloon Rodeo 100 Boob Tube Bash 101 Blow Dryer Blowout 101 Blowout 102 Blue Jean Banquet 103 Come as You Were Party 103 Cruise 104 Good Old Days Night 105 Crazy Rock Concert 105 Foot Party 105 Frog Day 105 Garbage In-Garbage Out Party .106 Golden Era 106 Great and Glorious Goofy Golf Getaway 106 Hallelujah Hoedown 107 International Night 107 Hogwash Contests 107 I Don't Think We're in Kansas Anymore, Toto 108 IncREDible Red 109 Indy 500 109 Is It Spring Yet?…109 Lifesavers Candy Tournament 148 Live and in Color 109 Make It a Date 111 Music Video Night 111 Newspaper Night 111 A Night in the Tropics 112 Noise Night 112 On the Ritz 112 Once in a Blue Moon Party 114 Out of School for the Summer Party 114 Peanuts Picnic 114 Personal Potato Awards 115 Picture Party 115 Pirate Night 116 Record-Breaking Event 116 Super Bowl Bash 118 Rain Dance 120 Skitzophrenia 120 Stuffed Animal Night 120 Tourist Trap 121 Water Day 121 Boxer Ball 122 Dove Awards Party 122 Progressive Sprinkler Party 122 Prison Party 122 FOOD EVENTS Awful Waffl e Party 127 Build Your Own Tacos Night 127 Bus Banquet 127 Cake Bake Night 127 Do Your Own Donut 128 Fast Food Follies 128 Bon Appetit!…128 Fast Food Progressive Dinner 128 Junk Food Potluck 129 World's Greatest French Fry 129 Flake-Off Bake-Off 129 Funny Money Box Social 129 Get Along, Little Doggie 130 Heritage Dinner 130 International Progressive Dinner 130 Jell-O Jamboree 130 Ice Cream Social on the Roll 132 Giant Sundae Night Fellowship 132 Volcano Sundae Night 134 Lucky Lunches 134 M.A.E. Day 134 Marshmallow Tournament 134 Mystery Dinner 135 New-Fashioned Box Social 135 Personalized Pizza Party 135 Pizza Parade 135 Progressive Dessert Party 135 Progressive Picnic 136 Progressive Pool Dinner 136 Backward Progressive Dinner 136 Heartburn on the Run 136 Aggressive Dinner 136 Wheels and Progressive Meals 136 Reservations Only 137 Sack Lunch Sharing 137 Search-and-Scrounge Smorgasbord 137 Social Graces 137 Snowmobile Supper 138 Soup-Slop-Soda-Slurp 138 Spaghetti Slobfest 138 Spamarama 138

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For over thirty years, Youth Specialties has worked alongside Christian youth workers of just about every denomination and youth-serving organization. We're here to help you, whether you're brand new to youth ministry or a veteran, whether you're a volunteer or a career youth pastor. Each year we serve more than 100,000 youth workers worldwide through our training seminars and conventions, resources, and on the Internet. Por mas de treinta anos Especialidades Juveniles a trabajado con lideres de jovenes cristianos de todas las denominaciones. Estan alli para ayudarle, sin importar si es un joven ministro o un veterano, un voluntario o un pastor de carrera. Cada ano apoyan a mas de cien mil lideres alrededor del mundo a traves de seminarios de entrenamiento, convenciones, recursos y la Internet.