Creative Youth Ideas

By Ken Sapp & Joshua Goh

Christmas Collection

Creative Youth IdeasChristmas Collection

byKen Sapp

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Contents

Idea Index ....................................................................... 4

Introduction ..................................................................... 11

Icebreakers ..................................................................... 12

Games ............................................................................ 74

Object Lessons & Creative Teaching Ideas .................... 220

Devotions & Food for Thought ....................................... 250

Illustrations & Stories ...................................................... 280

Humor ............................................................................ 320

Worksheets ..................................................................... 343

Index

Icebreakers ................................................................12

Across the Line ..................................................................................... 13Balloon Pop ...................................................................................... 16Build a Christmas Tree .......................................................................... 18Can You name The Christmas Tune? .................................................. 20Christ for All People ............................................................................... 22Christmas Card Puzzler ........................................................................ 23Christmas Carol Sing-a-long ................................................................. 26Christmas Carol Soloist ......................................................................... 30Christmas Confusion ............................................................................. 31Christmas Connected ............................................................................ 35Christmas Forward and Backward ........................................................ 38Christmas Hoax ..................................................................................... 40Christmas Icebreaker Questions ........................................................... 42Christmas People Bingo ........................................................................ 44Christmas Tune Team Hunt ................................................................... 47Do You Know the True Christmas Story? .............................................. 48Guess the Christmas Tune .................................................................... 53If I could Be There ................................................................................. 55Name that Christmas Tune ................................................................... 56PC Christmas Carols ............................................................................. 58Photo Freeze Frames! .......................................................................... 60Santa ...................................................................................... 63Who Am I? ...................................................................................... 70Who am I Santa? .................................................................................. 73

Games ........................................................................74

Bell on a string. ..................................................................................... 75Best Santa Beard .................................................................................. 76Blind Snowman Game .......................................................................... 77Bum Charades ...................................................................................... 78Candy Cane Connection ....................................................................... 79Candy Cane Hockey ............................................................................ 80Candy Cane Horseshoes ...................................................................... 81Candy Cane Identity .............................................................................. 83

Candy Cane Pick-Up-Sticks .................................................................. 84Candy Cane Relay ................................................................................ 85Candy Cane Tug ................................................................................... 86Christmas Alphabet Game .................................................................... 87Christmas Back to Back ........................................................................ 89Christmas Balloon Battle ...................................................................... 90Christmas Balloon Bust ......................................................................... 91Christmas Balloon Puzzle Relay ........................................................... 92Christmas Balloon Race ........................................................................ 93Christmas Bingo .................................................................................... 94Christmas Boggle .................................................................................. 95Christmas Candy Relay ........................................................................ 98Christmas Card Kiss ............................................................................. 99Christmas Card Toss ............................................................................. 100Christmas Carol Pictionary .................................................................... 101Christmas Charades ............................................................................. 104Christmas Chocolate Bar Scramble ...................................................... 106Christmas Communication .................................................................... 107Christmas Elf ...................................................................................... 108Christmas Freeze .................................................................................. 109Christmas Garglers ............................................................................... 110Christmas Gift Exchange #1 ................................................................. 113Christmas Gift Exchange #2 ................................................................. 114Christmas Gift list .................................................................................. 116Christmas Gift Unwrap .......................................................................... 117Christmas Lights Scavenger Hunt ........................................................ 118Christmas Limbo ................................................................................... 119Christmas Meltdown .............................................................................. 120Christmas Memory Game ..................................................................... 121Christmas Pass the Parcel .................................................................... 123Christmas Photo Scavenger Hunt ......................................................... 125Christmas Questions ............................................................................. 127Christmas Scavenger Hunt ................................................................... 128Christmas Scene Scavenger Hunt ........................................................ 130Christmas Scents .................................................................................. 132Christmas Scramble .............................................................................. 133Christmas Sketchers ............................................................................. 135Christmas Snowball Fight ..................................................................... 136Christmas Snowflake Race ................................................................... 137Christmas Stocking 3-Legged Race ...................................................... 138

Christmas Stocking Scavenger Hunt .................................................... 139Christmas Symbol Exchange ................................................................ 140Christmas Taboo ................................................................................... 142Christmas Tinsel Relay ......................................................................... 145Christmas Tree Ornament Relay ........................................................... 146Christmas Twenty Questions ................................................................. 147Christmas Twister .................................................................................. 148Christmas - What Do You Hold? ........................................................... 149Do-it-Yourself Snow Man ....................................................................... 150Dueling Carolers ................................................................................... 151Fill the Christmas Stocking .................................................................... 152Find Jesus ...................................................................................... 153Follow the Star ...................................................................................... 154Four Men in a Sleigh ............................................................................. 157Giant Greeting Card .............................................................................. 158Ho Ho Hold Your Tongue ....................................................................... 159Holidays - A to Z .................................................................................... 160How well do you know your Christmas songs? ..................................... 161Hum That Christmas Tune .................................................................... 166Human Christmas Tree ......................................................................... 167I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus ...................................................... 168I Went Christmas Shopping................................................................... 169Musical Clothes Grab ............................................................................ 170Name The Christmas Song ................................................................... 171Name the Gift ...................................................................................... 172Ornament Catch .................................................................................... 173Partridge in a Pear tree ......................................................................... 174Pass the Orange ................................................................................... 175Pass the Snowball ................................................................................. 176Pass the Stocking ................................................................................. 177Place Jesus in the Manger .................................................................... 179Playing Cards Gift Exchange ................................................................ 181Reindeer Antlers .................................................................................... 182Right Family Christmas ......................................................................... 183Rudolph Dash ...................................................................................... 186Rudolph Dodge Ball .............................................................................. 187Santa Beard Relay ................................................................................ 188Santa Christmas Trip ............................................................................. 189Santa Dress Up ..................................................................................... 190Santa Hat Game ................................................................................... 191

Santa in the Lineup ............................................................................... 192Santa Says ...................................................................................... 193Santa Suit Relay ................................................................................... 194Scattered Nativity .................................................................................. 195Scattered Reminders of Christmas ....................................................... 196Sing that Tune ...................................................................................... 197Sniffing for Candy Canes ...................................................................... 198Snowball fight II ..................................................................................... 199Snowball Race ...................................................................................... 200Team Christmas Tree ............................................................................ 201Tearable Christmas Tree ....................................................................... 202The Box Game ...................................................................................... 203Toothless Christmas .............................................................................. 204Top Christmas Artist .............................................................................. 205Twas The Night Before Christmas Gift Exchange ................................. 207Twelve Days of Christmas ..................................................................... 210Twelve days of Christmas Popup .......................................................... 211Twelve Days of Christmas Scramble .................................................... 212Twelve Days of Christmas with a Twist ................................................. 213Under the Christmas Tree .................................................................... 214What’s in the Christmas Stocking?........................................................ 216Wiseman Wiseman Wiseman, Jesus .................................................... 217Wisemen Followed the Star .................................................................. 218Your Own Twelve Days of Christmas .................................................... 219

Object Lessons & Creative Teaching Ideas ............220

Advent Alphabet .................................................................................... 221Christmas Bedtime Stories .................................................................... 226Christmas Event Charades ................................................................... 227Christmas Freeze Frames ..................................................................... 230Christmas Perspectives ........................................................................ 232Christmas Story Discussion Questions ................................................. 234Christmas Story Objects ....................................................................... 238Christmas Tree Evangelism .................................................................. 240Christmas Verses Hunt ......................................................................... 242Legend of the Candy Cane ................................................................... 244Theology of Christmas Hymns .............................................................. 246Which one doesn’t belong? ................................................................... 248

Devotions & Food for Thought ................................250

A Great Light ...................................................................................... 251A Question Answered ............................................................................ 252Be It unto Me According to Your Word .................................................. 253Best Christmas Pageant Ever ............................................................... 254Christ, Born in Me ................................................................................. 255Christmas Gifts for Those Who Have Everything .................................. 256Christmas Memories ............................................................................. 258If Jesus Were Born Today ..................................................................... 259Is He Ever Going to Grow Up? .............................................................. 261Little Town of Bethlehem ....................................................................... 262Make Room For Jesus .......................................................................... 263Mary’s Song ...................................................................................... 264Mary’s Song of a World of Changes ...................................................... 265Mighty God ...................................................................................... 266Ordinary ...................................................................................... 267Sesame Street Christmas ..................................................................... 268The Gift of the Wisemen ....................................................................... 269The Greatest Gift ................................................................................... 271The Nativity ...................................................................................... 272The Stranger ...................................................................................... 274The Wisemen Listened ......................................................................... 275They Followed the Star ......................................................................... 276Upside Down Christmas ........................................................................ 277Would You Like to Hold Him? ................................................................ 279

Illustrations & Stories ...............................................280

A Brother like That ................................................................................. 281A Christmas Alphabet ............................................................................ 282Christmas Envelope .............................................................................. 286Christmas Invitation ............................................................................... 288Christmas 10 Commandments .............................................................. 289Christmas Focus ................................................................................... 290Dearest Jesus ...................................................................................... 291Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly ..................................................... 292Gold Slippers ...................................................................................... 294Golden Gift ...................................................................................... 296His Name at The Top ............................................................................. 297

History of the Christmas Tree ................................................................ 298It Cost ...................................................................................... 299Mary Had The Little Lamb ..................................................................... 300One Solitary Life .................................................................................... 301Our Greatest Need ................................................................................ 302Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us .......................................................... 303Shepherd’s Night Out ............................................................................ 304Special Christmas Gifts ......................................................................... 305The Birthday Boy ................................................................................... 306The Christmas Tree ............................................................................... 309The Holly and the Ivy ............................................................................ 310To Become an Ant ................................................................................. 311Two Babes in a Manger ........................................................................ 312Unscripted Moments ............................................................................. 314We Are the Reason ............................................................................... 315Why Evergreen Trees Never Lose their Leaves ................................... 316Why Jesus is Better than Santa Claus .................................................. 318Top Ten Indications That Christmas May Be A Little Too Commercial .. 319

Humor .........................................................................320

20 Ways to Confuse Santa Claus ......................................................... 321A Christmas Story ................................................................................. 322A Final Visit from Saint Nicholas ........................................................... 323Flight Into Egypt .................................................................................... 325Fractured Christmas Carols .................................................................. 326Is There a Santa Claus?........................................................................ 327Merry Christmas from the Legal Department ........................................ 329Politically Correct Night Before Christmas ............................................ 330Star Trek Christmas .............................................................................. 332The Night Before Christmas in Texas .................................................... 334Things Not to Say When Hanging the Lights ........................................ 336Twas the Month After Christmas ........................................................... 337Twas the Net before Christmas ............................................................. 338Twas the Night Before Christmas for Moms .......................................... 340Where does Santa get his reindeer? ..................................................... 342

Worksheets ................................................................343

Can You name The Christmas Tune? ................................................... 344Christmas People Bingo ........................................................................ 345Christmas Carol Sing-a-long ................................................................. 346Christmas Photo Scavenger Hunt ......................................................... 349Christmas Sign up ................................................................................. 350Christmas Taboo ................................................................................... 351Do you Know the True Christmas Story? .............................................. 356Who Am I? ...................................................................................... 357