Game Materials
None: (For the Variation a Sheet is required)

Game Objective
Each blind-folded prince must follow the directions of his cinderella to return her shoe to her.

Game Play
1. At your next Valentine’s Day celebration, label the girls as Cinderellas and the guys as the princes.
2. The Cinderellas sit in chairs.
3. Each prince kneels in front of his lady and removes her shoes.
4. Each Cinderella is then given a blindfold, which she puts on her prince.
5. Now take all the shoes and put them in a line, all mixed up, behind the princes in the center of the room.
6. On your signal, each Cinderella tries to verbally direct her prince to where her shoes are located. She must stay seated at all times.
7. The first couple whose blind-folded Valentine finds the right shoes and puts them on his Cinderella wins.

Variation
As each girl arrives, ask her to remove her right shoe. After you’ve collected all the shoes, send the girls into another room. Then give each shoe to a guy to hold. In the other room, have the girls step behind a sheet that is hanging from the ceiling. Only the girls’ feet should show under the sheet curtain. Call in the guys and have them each find their partner by matching the shoe they’re holding with the shoe under the curtain. Or, to add some difficulty, have the girls remove the other shoe so the guys have to try to fit the shoes, Cinderella style.

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Game Materials
One or two sets of hearts (as many as you will need for your group size). If you have teams use different colors of hearts to distinguish between them. On each heart write the name of one person in the Bible. Write its match on another heart.

Game Objective
In this scavenger hunt / icebreaker, participants must find the hearts hidden around the building and match the couples together which are written upon the hearts.

Suggestions for Couples
Adam and Eve
Abraham and Sarah
Isaac and Rebekah
Samson and Delilah
King David and Bathsheba
Priscilla and Aquila
Ruth and Boaz
Elkanah and Hannah
Moses and Ziporah
Hosea and Gomer
Joseph and Mary
Jacob and Rachel
Ahasuerus and Esther
Zacharias and Elizabeth
Want to add some more, add a comment with your favorite Bible couple

Game Play
1. Hide the hearts around the room or building.
2. Have the participants find the hearts and match their set together. ie Adam with Eve, etc.
3. First team finished is the winning team.

See Conducting Scavenger Hunts for help, Hints, Safety Considerations, Rules, and other useful information to make your scavenger hunt a wild success!

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Game Materials
1. Valentine’s Day Conversation Candy hearts “BE MINE”, “I’M YOURS” etc.
2. The normal mat in the boxed game that forms the playing surface is decorated with six circles each of red, yellow, green and blue. Instead of the standard twister mat, cut heart shapes from colored construction paper and use sticky-tack to adhere them to the floor. Place them randomly. Vary the number of phrases/colors and rows to accomodate the size of your group. Add the common phrases to the various hearts to match those of Valentine’s Day Conversation Candy hearts.
3. If you don’t have a spinner you can easily make one. Make a twister spinner that includes right hand, left hand, right foot, left foot. You can also paste these onto the side of a die and roll the die in place of a spinner.

Game Preparation
Make the game mat using the same colors and phrases as those found on Valentine’s Conversation hearts. Put the real candy hearts in a bag and draw them out. Use the spinner or die to select the body part. Example: “left hand PINK: BE MINE”; “right foot: Green: I LOVE YOU”; etc.

Game Objective
Touch the Hearts on the floor with the correct body part as indicated by the spinner and the color and phrase of the candy heart drawn from the bag. Do not let any other part of your body touch the ground.

Game Play
1. An appointed person spins the spinner and chooses the heart and calls out instructions for the players to follow, such as: “left hand: Blue: YES”, “right foot: yellow: I’M YOURS”.
2. The players follow the directions, moving their hands and feet to the relevant hearts and try not to fall over–a knee or an elbow on the ground and they’re out. Use the wrong body part or the wrong heart and you are also eliminated from the game
3. The board can get quite crowded and the participants quite distorted hence the name “Twister.” How flexible are you?

Variation
Instead of playing on an individual basis, divide the group into teams. The team with the last remaining members in the game wins.

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Materials
1. Bingo cards for each participant in the shape of hearts
2. Bingo items in bag to pull out.
3. Hershey’s kisses or Valentine’s Heart candy as the bingo chips.

Game Objective
Played as a traditional game of Bingo but using items related to Valentine’s day.

Game Preparation
1. Make Bingo cards using Valentine’s related items in each square, and play Bingo. (Bingo cards are typically unique for each individual. There are also usually more items than the bingo grid. You might use some of the items below or make up your own) Place a heart in the center square as the free space.
2. Place slips of paper with the Valentine’s words in a hat or box decorated for Valentine’s Day.

Game Play
1. Pass out the heart-shaped papers.
2. Give each child a supply of Hershey’s kisses or candy hearts to use as markers on the board. Ask them not to eat them until the game is over.
3. Draw one slip of paper at a time from the hat or box. Read the saying out loud.
4. Ask participants to look for the saying on their paper. If they find it, they should place a candy heart over it. (Make sure each participant covers the free space.)
5. Play until someone gets five hearts in a row either horizontally, vertically or diagonally. The first person to do so must yell out “Be my Valentine” and wins. Check the grid to make sure the placement of the hearts agrees with those that have been called out.
6. Repeat the game a few times or keep on playing the first game until each child has covered five squares in a row.
7. Let everyone eat the candy after the game is over.

Possible Valentine’s Items
Heart, Chocolate, Roses, Carnations, Dinner, Kisses, Cupid, Love, Valentine Card, Be Mine, I’m Yours, Beloved, I love you, True Love, Be My Valentine, Romance, 14th, courtship, Date, February, Arrows, Boyfriend, Girlfriend, Candlelight, Candy, Diamonds, Flowers, Forever, Gifts, Hugs, Infatuation, Love Letters, Lovebirds, Lovers, Only You, Passion, Pink, Red, Poetry, Relationship, Secret admirer, Sweetheart, Flirting, Serenade, Love Songs, Stuffed Animals, Cuddle, Honey, Casanova, Amore, Wink, Heartthrob

You could also use famous Biblical or secular couples as items

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Materials
A variety of simple Valentine’s images. (e.g. Cupid, hearts, etc) You can also use simple Valentine’s cards for the design.

Activity
Form teams of six people. Instruct each team to sit in a line, one person behind another, and take a vow of silence for the duration of the game. Give the first person in each line a pencil and a piece of paper. Then show the last person in each line a simple image of an object associated with Valentine’s Day. That person must use his or her finger to draw the object on the back of the person in front of him or her. This continues until the drawing reaches the first person in line. He or she must draw it on the piece of paper. Have judges determine which team’s picture closest resembles the original picture. If time permits, play more rounds, letting team members change positions if they wish.

Application
Things get distorted the farther we get from the source, especially when we have our backs turned on God. In todays world, too often love has degraded to lust, and commitment in relationships has been replaced with convenience.

Debrief
1. Define “love” and “relationships” in Biblical terms. How would the world define “love” today? What guidelinesdoes the Bible give for intimate relationships? What are the world’s standards for relationships?
2. In what ways has “true love” been distorted over time?
3. How can we get back to a Biblical view of relationships and love?

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Materials
1. 3 to 5 slips of paper for each youth
2. Pencils or something for the teenage participants to write with
3. a bowl or hat
4. Envelopes that can be sealed (optional for closing)

Game Play
1. As youth arrive, each must write 3 personal New Year Resolutions or goals for the new year. Fold them in half then place them in the bowl or hat. Names may or may not be included depending on how you intend to play the game.
2. After everyone has done this, each young person must draw 3 slips of paper from the bowl.
3. One at a time the resolutions are read and the rest of the youth group tries to guess who wrote each resolution.

Variation
1. Give each youth another sheet of paper. In this variation, the youth must also write their names on the slips of paper along with their resolutions.
2. As host, pull one slip of paper out of a hat at a time and read it aloud so that everyone in the youth group can hear it.
3. Youth Group Participants must write down the name of the youth they believe wrote the resolution on their piece of paper next to the number in which they were drawn.
4. Number the slips as they are chosen.
5. The winner is the teen who correctly guessed the most authors.

Debrief
1. What are your spiritual goals for the next year?
2. What areas of your life do you need to get in order?
3. What new Beginnings do you wish to create?
4. What do you believe God’s plan for your life is for the next year?
5. How will you make a difference in the life of others during the next year?

Closing
As a closing, provide envelopes and pieces of paper for each youth. Ask the youth to write their goals and resolutions on a piece of paper. Place the resolutions in the envelopes and seal them. Assure the youth that no one else will read them. Then choose a date (e.g. 6 months, at youth camp, or in one year) to return the envelopes to each youth to check their progress.

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Materials
A list of items commonly associated with New Years and large sheet of paper, flip chart, or a whiteboard for each team. Classified ads also work if you use a broad tip marker.

Activity
Each team selects a person to draw. The person leading the game shows all those who are drawing the first item on his list. Each returns to his/her group and tries to get the group to guess the name of the item by DRAWING ONLY. No Speaking, No sound effects, especially no humming, and no gestures are allowed. As soon as the group knows the item, they must write it down on a peice of paper for you to check. They send the peice of paper and a new person to you. If the item is correct you give the person the next item to draw. The first team to complete the entire list wins the game.

Here are some of the common New Year items
Champaign, cork, ginger ale, party poppers, a toast, clock, midnight, fireworks, streamers, calendar, resolution, noisemakers, party hats, confetti, balloons, time, year, party, health, happiness, prosperity, black-eyed peas, ham, cabbage, tamales, appetizers, Auld Lang Syne, Father Time, baby, firecrackers, January 1st, beginning, countdown, prayer, fasting, watchnight service, Times Square, Dropping of the Ball, church bells

Variation
Instead of items associated with the New Year, use events, movies, and highlights from the past year for items. These could be specific to your church or youth group, or general world events.

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