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The Banana Sprite Challenge is the Best. Game. Ever.

OK, maybe not EVER but it’s a really fun one – all the youth I have worked with remember it at the end of our times together and ask to do it again from time to time.

Resources

1 small prize for the winner
1 Trashcan

For Each Participant

1 Can of Sprite
1 Banana
1-3 Chewy Candies or Sweets depending on size (Anything chewy will work – in the UK I used 1-2 Maoam and in the US 2-3 Laffy Taffy)

Set up

Everyone stands in a circle.

Give everyone their resources.

Put a trashcan in the middle – you’ll see why as the race progresses.

Directions

When you say go, challenge each participant to eat their banana, candy and drink their entire can of Sprite as fast as they can. The winner is the person who finishes all 3 items of the challenge first and shows you their empty mouth after chewing.

There’s no rule about which you have to eat first.

Tip for competitive youth workers

I win (or get close to winning) by eating the candy first, then the banana and then the Sprite. However, I don’t get to really win so it’s the first youth to win that gets the prize.

Before we start I remind them that I’m a Banana Sprite Challenge professional and have done the game a million times and therefore I don’t really get to count, I just play for fun and challenge them to beat me.

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

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M & Ms — Image courtesy of Adam Selwood, Flickr

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:

The first team to transfer a set amount of M&Ms is the winner
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:

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

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