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M&Ms Race – Youth Group Game

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An M&Ms race is a fantastic youth work relay game as it’s one that can be used in many ways – with just two people, in two or more teams, adults vs youth or pretty much in any way you like.

Resources

  • M&Ms
  • Drinking straws (one per person playing game)
  • Plates (two per person/team)
  • Chairs or small tables (two per person/team)
  • Prize

Set Up

  • Place two chairs or tables about 10-12 feet apart, with a plate on each one
  • On one of the plates, empty a bag of M&Ms and leave one straw for each person taking part
  • Each set of two chairs is for a team, so if you’re going to play the game with four teams, you’ll need 8 chairs and 8 plates, etc.

To Play

To play the M&Ms race as a race between individuals, each person taking part stands next to a chair with M&Ms on it. The object of the game is to transfer the M&Ms from one plate to the other, using only the straw.

The participants have to put the end of the straw on an M&M and suck. Continuing to suck, they have to walk or run over to the other plate and drop the M&M on it. They then run back to the plate full of M&Ms and keep going.

To play the game as a relay between teams of two or more people the same rules apply, other than each youth on a team takes it in turns to transfer an M&M.

Further Rules

  • Youth aren’t allowed to touch the M&Ms at all
  • If they drop an M&M, they have to go back and start again
  • When they drop the M&M on the plate, if it bounces off and falls to the ground, that one doesn’t count – only M&Ms on a plate are counted

To Win

You can set it up for teams to win in one of two ways:

  1. The first team to transfer a set amount of M&Ms is the winner
  2. The team which transfers the most M&Ms in a set time limit is the winner

Prize

If you want to give a prize to the winners, personalized M&Ms are a perfect way of doing this. Use the banner below to get a discount:

M&Ms relay race

 

 

If you liked this idea, you may also like our other youth group games.

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