2nd Annual Youth Group Olympics

I've looked forward to this event all summer. It's a fun Saturday filled with competition, random events, and cardboard contraptions, er...boats. The students do some events as teams and some as individuals. Points are kept and then the top three are awarded medals and prizes at the end of the day. Below are the events and pictures of the winners of each event.

Event #1: Scavenger Hunt

This scavenger hunt was similar to the Amazing Race on CBS. I had clues hidden throughout the church. I gave each team their first clue, which was a riddle that would lead them to the second clue, and so on. Halfway through the race they faced a roadblock. They had to either sing the alphabet song backwards or untie and wear a frozen t-shirt.



Event #2: Ski-ball

Not too much to explain in this event. We had lunch at Gatti's Pizza and while we were there each student played a game of ski-ball. They got points for the olympics based on their ski-ball score.






Event #3: Watermelon Seed Spitting

Each student was given 10 seeds to spit. They could either earn points by spitting the seeds the farthest or by landing them in targets placed on the ground. The top 3 spits were all by the same student. Needless to say, he easily won the event.


Event #4: Food Sculpture Building

Teams were given marshmallows, M&Ms, mini pretzel sticks, Twizzlers Pull 'n' Peel, and 30 minutes to come up with a sculpture. The categories were tallest, most creative, and best representation of another object.

Event #5: Cardboard Boat Race

Teams were given 5 cardboard boxes and one roll of duct tape. With those they fashioned a boat to be manned by one person on their team. Points were awarded for top 3 places in the race, best design, most creative name, and whether or not their boat held together during the race.

And the champions were....(drum roll please)

Here are a few video clips as well for your viewing pleasure.