Fear Factor

This month we are focusing on Faith. The faith value is very easily geared to spiritual-activities so for at least one week we went in the opposite direction and planned a fun/almost too exciting activity. It was a success, a lot of our girls even got out of their comfort zones to participate.

We started off the night with a quick devotional about Faith vs. Fear. As we all know, both can not exist at the same time. If we rely on faith, and not fear we will be far better off.

We chose to focus on individual challenges rather than team challenges (which really upped the participation).

For the challenges, we had a table set up with about brown paper bags that were labeled by lines from the scriptures... Be of Good Courage, Be of Good Cheer, Take Courage, Be Strong, Have Faith etc. Each bag contained all the ingredients for a challenge. There are a lot of Fear Factor related activites/game ideas floating around on the web so we did some searching and found some games that worked for us.

-Challenge #1- Quick Hands: put your puzzle together the fastest. Winner receives 1 point.
Rules: When the judge says go start assembling your puzzle. Once you have all your pieces together raise your hand and say finished.
Supplies: puzzles (pretty easy ones)

-Challenge #2- Doggie Treats: Each girl has to transfer a dog treat from one end of the gym to theother using only their mouths while crawling on all fours. Winner #1 gets 3 points, #2 gets 2 points, and #3 gets 1 point.
Rules: Get on all fours and carry a dog treat to the other side of the gym using your mouth.
Supplies:1 box of dog treats.

-Challenge #3- Stuff Your Face: Who can stuff their face with the most marshmallows. Winner #1 gets 3 points, #2 gets 2 points, and #3 gets 1 point.
Rules: Within a specific amount a time, who can stuff their mouths with the most marshmallows wins.
Supplies: Bags of large marshmallows.

-Challenge #4- Yoggie: Who can hold the yoga position the longest. We did the Tree Pose. Winner #1 gets 3 points, #2 gets 2 points, and #3 gets 1 point.
Rules: Be the last one standing.

-Challenge #5- Ice Melt: Pass out ice cubes to each girl. The first girl to melt the ice cube using only her hands wins. Winner #1 gets 3 points, #2 gets 2 points, and #3 gets 1 point.  
Rules: Only use your hands!

-Challenge #6- Baby  Surprise: Each girl has to take a bite of three different types of baby food (Make sure that they are the gross flavors like Mac & Cheese, Turkey Dinner, etc.). She gets one point for each flavor that she guesses correctly.
Rules: No gagging.

-Challenge #7- Bare Feat: Fill up a baby pool (or even a baby bath, it doesn't have to be big) with water, ice, and COLORED marbles. Each girl has one minute to stand in the pool and use only her feet to remove as many marbles as she can. One point is received for each marble the she successfully removes.