Searching for messy food games 68 games found
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Place a chocolate block in the center of the table. The candy should stay in its wrapper and, to make the game last longer, you could wrap the chocolate block in layers of gift-wrapping paper as well....
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All On All
10 - 30 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Fantastic running messy food game but shouldn't create too much mess depending on how many marshmallows fall onto the ground and then get stepped on!
Split your group up into 2 teams. Make two hats...
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Whole Group
10 - 30 mins
Extreme Mess
Under $20
Divide everyone into teams. Select one player from each team to lay down with a cone in their mouth.
Allocate each team portions of ingredients. Similar to a relay, using just a spoon, the teams mu...
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Multiple Teams
5 - 10 mins
Extreme Mess
Under $20
Get 2-4 volunteers. Give each player a can of soft drink, and get them to line up along the starting area. Using only their head they need to push the can of soft drink along the ground, around a chai...
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Multi Player Duel
0 - 5 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Give the kids either in pairs or as individuals a plate and a tube of toothpaste. The bigger tubes work best. Tell them the challenge is to get all the toothpaste out of the tube as quick as possible....
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Multiple Teams
5 - 10 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Explain the game as a simple food eating competition game - you could do it with hotdogs or burgers or anything you can think of. Once you have selected volunteers and they are ready to start eating, ...
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Multi Player Duel
5 - 10 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Firstly blindfold the player and tell them that you have placed whole eggs around the hall.
Their aim is to get to the other end of the hall without stepping on what they think are eggs.
Instead...
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Single Player
5 - 10 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Simple relay structure for this game. 4 teams line up at one end. Place a bowl of peas (or whatever you are using) at the other end.
The first player from each team has to run to the other end and ...
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Multiple Teams
0 - 5 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Ask for two volunteers. These people will attempt to tip everyone else, in order to do this they must touch the person with an apple.
While holding the apple the tipper must keep one leg in the sam...
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Multiple Teams
5 - 10 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Get a number of volunteers up the front. It can often work better if you don't tell them what they are in for.
Have the jars of baby food hidden so the players can't see them. Have them stand in a ...
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Multi Player Duel
5 - 10 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
This is a similar concept to the Iron Chef on TV and can be run in two different ways:
Option A
Give the kids a bunch of ingredients (best to combine a few standard ingredients such as flour, pa...
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Multiple Teams
1 hour +
Extreme Mess
Over $20
This game is a classic messy food game! Basically set up your twister board (or you can use paper plates if you don't have one). On each colour put a different coloured food.
Red - tomato sauce
Bl...
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All On All
5 - 10 mins
Extreme Mess
Under $20
This game can either be played as an up-front game or as an all-play game. Either bring 4 people up front or break your group up into even teams of 4-6. Each team nominates one volunteer. Each volunte...
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Multi Player Duel
5 - 10 mins
Extreme Mess
Under $20
Two teams (1 or 2 youth to a team) head off in a race to eat away at a slice of cheese to create a certain shape.
For this game, we projected images of states (hence the name of the game) on the sc...
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Multi Player Duel
0 - 5 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Everyone sits in a circle. In the middle of the circle is a toaster.
Put a piece of bread in the toaster and pop it down. Once the toast is down, go round the circle and people have to quickly s...
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Whole Group
5 - 10 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Gather all kinds of really horrible foods - ones that are quick to open and eat. For instance, baby food, fresh produce, chips, crackers (small box), etc.
Everybody is behind a line, 10 ft. One mem...
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Multi Player Duel
10 - 30 mins
Extreme Mess
Over $20
I love this game mostly because of the name, but it is fun to watch and play.
One person wears clown pants, the other person throws candy into them from a distance of about two body lengths away. T...
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Multi Player Duel
0 - 5 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Fill each bowl (enough for all the players) with cream and place a cookie in each bowl. Set up the bowls on a table or outside on the ground. Now everyone has to eat everything out of the bowl without...
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All On All
10 - 30 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
I played this at a baby shower, but I am reasonably confident it can be adapted to be youth-orientated...
Basically it involves sniffing dirty nappies and guessing the 'mess' that has been deposite...
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Single Player
5 - 10 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
A bit messy but a real laugh.
Get enough eggs so there is one per player. Hard boil them all except one. About 15 minutes in boiling water will be plenty. Put all the eggs in a bowl, including the ...
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Whole Group
0 - 5 mins
Extreme Mess
Under $20
Extreme Cake Decorating
Team building gamesSmall group gamesMessy food gamesPrize gamesArtistic games
This game requires a fair bit of trouble and preparedness, but it's worth it if you have the time. I thought it would be nice to have a relatively easy food night that resulted in something that you w...
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Multiple Teams
1 hour +
Extreme Mess
Over $20
Each team must line up behind an empty bowl. At the other end there must be a bucket of water with one of each type of fruit in there (preferably one for each team member). In the middle, between the ...
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Multiple Teams
5 - 10 mins
Extreme Mess
Under $20
This game is best played in teams of three or less.
Each team will get a fruit item (banana, apples, oranges) that has been cut up and some random materials to put the fruit back together (needles,...
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Multiple Teams
5 - 10 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
No cost
This game is great when done infront of a crowd.
Select four people from the crowd to be your players. The best people to get, are squirmish girls (You'll see why in a moment). Get the players to t...
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Multi Player Duel
5 - 10 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Each team of four has a pair of boots.
For each round, they nominate a player to answer a question. The player is asked a question which is near impossible (and sometimes stupid ie. what have i wri...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
Extreme Mess
Over $20
This is done during Holy Week. Kids wear old clothes and bring a change of clothes. For the week before the congregation is asked to drop off prepared batches of jello in church kitchen. The student...
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Multiple Teams
30 - 60 mins
Extreme Mess
Over $20
Pick two teams, each team with 2 people. One person lays on the floor and the other person holds the ketchup bottle at SHOULDER LENGTH and must fill one cup with ketchup. After the 1st cup is filled, ...
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Multiple Teams
0 - 5 mins
Extreme Mess
Under $20
Lifesavers Relay
Action gamesCamp gamesPrize gamesLarge group gamesMessy food gamesSmall group gamesTeam building games
1) At youth group, break everyone into three teams. If you are at a camp and have a group system, divide them into those groups.
2) Put each team into a straight line and give each person a tooth p...
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Multiple Teams
5 - 10 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Marshmallow dodgeball is a variant of the dodgeball rules. It's best if the kids wear dark coloured clothing. When you throw a starch covered marshmallow it leaves a white powdered spot. (Meaning it's...
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Multiple Teams
0 - 5 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Tie the doughtnut to a string. Split the group into pairs - each pair being a "team". One people lies on the floor and one holds the string.
The string holder has to dip the doughnut in the bowl of...
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All On All
0 - 5 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Cook rice for about 40 minutes until it's really gluggy and sticky. Then let it cool.
Give teams a portion of the rice each. The competition is to use the rice to mould something. You can let them ...
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Multiple Teams
5 - 10 mins
Extreme Mess
Under $20
Whn the leader says "get ready", each player puts the tablet on their tongue. On "go", each player pours the water in their mouth (NOT swallowing any), and clamps their lips together. The object is to...
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All On All
0 - 5 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Take 5-6 volunteer. Ask them to say a tongue twister or something that can be difficult to say.
ie. "Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore"
They must say this five times in a row. They have tw...
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All On All
0 - 5 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Just like volleyball except you use water balloons! The objective is to not allow the balloons to hit the ground on your side of the court. If you fill the balloons with cold water it makes the game t...
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All On All
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
The idea of this game is to feed people, who are sitting on their hands, with a spoon stuck to the end of the a pole.
Divide the group into a few different teams. If you have enough equipment you c...
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Multi Player Duel
10 - 30 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
In this messy food game, contestants (two teams of two) face each other in three mini-games. The winner of each mini-game adds one ingredient to the blender. In the end, the ingredients are blended to...
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Multi Player Duel
10 - 30 mins
Extreme Mess
Under $20
The aim of this challenging messy food game is for a blindfolded person to eat the food items that are placed randomly on a tray as fast as they can.
The blindfolded player must use no hands, only...
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Single Player
5 - 10 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
I made this game up and my youth love it more than anything. You run this like a relay race (2-4 teams). One person at a time from each team runs to the bucket of water with apples in it and bobs for ...
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Multiple Teams
5 - 10 mins
Extreme Mess
Under $20
Blend the Ice in the Blender until it is quite small. Then fill the four 1L jugs with ice, and then fill in the gaps with water. Place the straws in each Jug.
Each contestant stands behind a Jug. W...
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Multi Player Duel
0 - 5 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
The biggest bubble wins. If you don't have a pair of calipers for measuring the bubbles, use a ruler. Hint: To blow huge bubbles, chew bubble gum with a dab of peanut butter.
Cleanup Tips! Peanut b...
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Multi Player Duel
0 - 5 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Create work stations in your venue to allow groups to work in relative privacy. Divide the youth group in to small teams and allocate them a handful of mince (enough for one burger patty) a burger bun...
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Multiple Teams
30 - 60 mins
Extreme Mess
Over $20
Divide your group into 4 teams. Select 1 player from each team to be the "target".
Get a few teammates to help spread peanut butter over the target's face - make sure they spread it on real thick, ...
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Multiple Teams
5 - 10 mins
Extreme Mess
Under $20
Crack an egg into the plastic tubing (it is possible to do this without a funnel, but you may want to use one).
This is a duel between two players. When you say 'go' they must blow as hard as possi...
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Multi Player Duel
0 - 5 mins
Extreme Mess
Under $20
First fill the bowl with flour then put the plate over it and then flip it over making sure the plate is on the bottom.
Put it on the table and take the bowl away. Put a marsh mellow on top careful...
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All On All
0 - 5 mins
Extreme Mess
No cost
You'll need to buy a selection of cans and then number them off. (Don't take the labels off though) Put pieces of paper with the same numbers on them in a bag. Select 2 to 4 volunteers to take the cha...
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Multi Player Duel
5 - 10 mins
Extreme Mess
Under $20
The aim of this game is to eat as many plain dry weet bix in a certain amount of time (say two minutes). Trust me its harder than it sounds! Person that eats the most wins! P.S Make sure there is enou...
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Single Player
0 - 5 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Ice Cream Snowmen
Small group gamesMessy food gamesJunior youth gamesPrize gamesArtistic gamesLarge group games
In teams, give the kids an even amount of ice cream on a plate, on a table outside. Using only their hands, give them 5 minutes to make a snowman. Best snowman wins.
It's good team work, because to...
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Multiple Teams
0 - 5 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Using gellatine, make a slab of jelly in an ice-cream container (you have to increase the consistency to enable the jelly to be more firm so it stays as a cube when you get it out the container...I'm ...
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Multiple Teams
5 - 10 mins
Extreme Mess
Under $20
Jelly bobbing is like bobbing for apples... only we're using jelly instead of water and lollies instead of apples. Give each contestant a bowl full of jelly and hide some lollies in it (*It's a good i...
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Multi Player Duel
5 - 10 mins
Extreme Mess
Under $20
This is a messy food youth group game with an ultimate surprise at the end!
First you mix up a big pot of green mush.
Ingredient:
3 boxes of vanilla instant pudding
3 big jars of apple sauce
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Multi Player Duel
5 - 10 mins
Extreme Mess
Over $20
