This week we have a great youth work game that can be played anywhere, but it’s especially good if the weather means you can’t play games outside. The Team Balloon Burst is also one which all of your youth take part in.
Resources
Balloons – enough for at least 2 or 3 per person playing. Each team will have the same color balloon, so you’ll need enough different colored balloons to allow for this.
Set Up
Blow up the balloons and have them spread out so that the different colored balloons are all mixed together.
To Play
Split your youth group into equal size teams, with the same number of teams as there are colors of balloons.
The aim of the game is for each team to burst all the other teams’ balloons first, while trying to defend their own color balloons from being burst. The winning team is the one that has unburst balloons at the end of the game.
Rules
- Youth can only defend their balloons or burst other teams’ balloons using their feet – no hands or other parts of the body can be used
- It’s a non-contact game, so youth aren’t allowed to push each other out of the way, although some contact is inevitable as they all run after each others’ balloons
- Once all of a team’s balloons are burst, they’re completely out of the game and aren’t allowed to burst any other teams’ balloons
Tips
- Blowing up all the balloons for the game can take a little while depending on how many you need, so have your volunteers assist you with this before it’s time to play Team Balloon Burst
- When arranging teams, it’s best to have both boys and girls on each team. If it ends up as boys vs girls, the boys will tend to win as they’ll be a lot more aggressive with popping the balloons.
If you like this idea, check out our other youth group games.
Don’t want to miss out on our future posts? Connect with us by:
- Signing up to receive our posts via email
- Following us on Twitter
- Liking us on Facebook
- Signing up to our RSS feed