Materials
strips of cloth, prepare two bags full of old clothing items, such as hats, large pants, shirts, scarves, socks, glasses, gloves, jackets, and large pairs of shoes. Make sure that both bags contain the same items. The wackier and more out of style the items, the better. Place each bag on a chair.
Setup
Form pairs. Give each pair a strip of cloth to tie their ankles together, as if running a three legged race.
Rules
The activity has one rule: anything you wish to do and anyplace you go, must be with your partner. You are each 1/2 of a person and cannot be separated. If you wish to eat food, go ahead, but your partner must feed you.
Activities
1. Divide the youth into two groups, keeping pairs together. Run a relay race in which each pair has to run to its team’s chair, pick two items of clothing out of the bag, and dress each other in that clothing. Have each pair do the “HokeyPokey” acting as one person (one person does all the right side actions while the other does the left side actions).
2. Sing songs that require clapping and hand motions, again having each person act as one side of the body.
3. Take a snack break and remind teens that they must feed each other.
4. Add other competitions that require 2 hands to complete such as pealing a banana or orange, cutting a design out of a peice of paper, tying shoe laces, origami, putting a puzzle together, pealing a hard boiled egg, tossing a beach ball, threading a needle, etc.
Application
1. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
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