Messy food games

Toothpaste Challenge

Give the kids either in pairs or as individuals a plate and a tube of toothpaste. The bigger tubes...

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Drink Your Choice

PREPARE Write out a list of questions with only 2 answers being available, eg. "Do you like dogs or cats?"...

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Marshmallow Bowl Run

Fantastic running messy food game but shouldn't create too much mess depending on how many marshmallows fall onto the...

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Messy Doughnut Eating Competition

Tie the doughtnut to a string. Split the group into pairs - each pair being a "team". One people...

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Tongue Twister Slip Up

Take 5-6 volunteer. Ask them to say a tongue twister or something that can be difficult to say. ie....

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Extreme Cake Decorating

This game requires a fair bit of trouble and preparedness, but it's worth it if you have the time....

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Flour Mountain

First fill the bowl with flour then put the plate over it and then flip it over making sure...

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Fruit Surgery

This game is best played in teams of three or less. Each team will get a fruit item (banana,...

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Big Feed

The idea of this game is to feed people, who are sitting on their hands, with a spoon stuck...

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The Toothpaste Game

Divide into teams of three. One person needs the the toothpaste and mask in each team. Another person needs...

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Apple Eat Tag

Ask for two volunteers. These people will attempt to tip everyone else, in order to do this they must...

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Cookies And Cream

Fill each bowl (enough for all the players) with cream and place a cookie in each bowl. Set up...

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Ice Cream Snowmen

In teams, give the kids an even amount of ice cream on a plate, on a table outside. Using...

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Stretchy Snakes

Each person is given a lolly snake. They have a time limit to make the longest snake by stretching...

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Burger Chef

Create work stations in your venue to allow groups to work in relative privacy. Divide the youth group in...

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That's a Bunch of Baloney

Have 2 teams of 2 come up. The teams stand 10-15 feet away from each other. Hand all 4 players an equal...

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The Can Can Race

Get 2-4 volunteers. Give each player a can of soft drink, and get them to line up along the...

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Lifesavers Relay

1) At youth group, break everyone into three teams. If you are at a camp and have a group system,...

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Christmas Gift Giving

Live out the focus of Christmas by working together to give gifts to others in need

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Egg and Spoon Race

Spoon + egg + running = wobbly challenge

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Food Fright

Work in teams to create the scariest monster out of food

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Chocolate Bingo

You'll be craving chocolate in this bingo variation

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Spoon Catapult

Paper cups, napkins and plastic cutlery combine to make the perfect picnic game

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Blint Tasting Food Hunt

Teams compete to find the food they blind tasted in a supermarket

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