Apple, Onion, Egg

This game is played up front with a few people while the crowd watches. Send 3-4 people out of the room. Bring them in blindfolded one at a time and sit them on a chair.

Put an apple in their hand and ask them to guess what it is. Give them a spoonful of applesauce. Give them an onion and ask them to guess what it is. Give them another bite of applesauce. Do the same with an egg. However, after they guess the egg, throw a wet washcloth in their face!

Option: To make up for grossing them out, award a fast-food gift certificate. You could write on the envelope, “For some onion rings or an Egg McMuffin”.

Alka-Seltzer On The Head Duel

This game is played up front with a few people while the crowd watches. You may also run this game as a 4-person tournament. 2 contestants, each armed with a squirt gun, will take five paces and turn to duel. On each of their foreheads, you will have attached an Alka-seltzer tablet with double stick tape (possibly use big rubber bands if tape doesn’t work). They draw and shoot the water at each other, the first one to dissolve the tablet on the other wins. Use swim goggles for each to protect their eyes. The tablet will fizz and foam all over the place.

Have towels close by for clean-up. A cheesy western song (think Clint Eastwood or Lone Ranger) and some “cowboys” or “cowgirls” add to this one.

Balloon Master

Any size group, all play or upfront.

Small Group/All Play: Divide the group into 2 or more teams with 3-4 people on each team.

Large Group/Up Front: Choose 2-4 five-person teams.

Give each team a roll of masking tape and 30 balloons. On “Go!” have members of each team roll the masking tape (sticky side out) around one of their teammates below the neckline. Next, have kids blow up their balloons as quickly as they can and stick as many as possible to the taped-up team member. You can either end game here awarding the Balloon Master to the one with the most balloons attached in the time allotted. Or you can set up an obstacle course and when the balloons have been attached, have the player go through and back to their team. Balloons that fall of during the race can’t be re-attached. The team whose player has the most balloons still attached is the Balloon Master.

Banana Stuff (aka Blind Banana Stuff)

This game is played up front with a few people while the crowd watches. Bring three guys to the front to see who can eat the most bananas in five minutes while blindfolded. As soon as one banana is peeled and eaten, the contestant will be handed another. Blindfold all three.

Instruct the crowd to cheer for their favorites Then have associates silently remove two of the blindfolds and let the guys rejoin the crowd. Start the “contest” and keep the one guy stuffing down bananas as long as possible. When his blindfold is removed and he realizes he was the only one, it’s funny.

Bobbing For Apples, Ping-Pongs, and Golf Balls

Pull up 3 guys and have a large fish tank (wider is better than deeper). Explain that it is time to play “Bobbing for Apples (name of your youth ministry) Style”! Instead of just apples put in ping-pong balls, small apples (like crab apples), and golf balls.

Explain that the ping pong balls are worth 1,000 points, the apples 2,000 points, and the golf balls 3,000 points. They will be blindfolded and have 30 seconds to 60 seconds each to get as many points a possible. (A great camp/convention promotion would be to put a $25 scholarship on the line). The visual on this one is hysterical. If your tank is big enough you may even try two at a time.

Other unusual things to “bob” for: oranges, pickles, eggs, etc.