Youth Icebreaker: Noah’s Ark Party

Youth
Icebreaker:
Noah’s Ark
Party

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Use this activity as
an alternative to
Halloween
celebrations to
redeem the occasion
for God!

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Dress Up / Costumes
1. Animals. Assigning animals prevents
an abundance of lions or elephants and
no giraffes. Each two participants should
receive a name of an animal. You might
also include simple directions on how to
create a costume for each animal that is
assigned. Costumes can be simple or
elaborate, home-made or store bought
or rented. Masks can be created but it’s
often easier to paint faces to
compliment the animal costume. You
can easily make ears, tails, and noses.
Paint details, whiskers, spots etc. Each
guest assumes the role of the animal
assigned, acting and talking like that
animal.



2. Noah. Find a few stuffed animals
to keep with him. (two of one kind!)
Small beanie babies size animals
sticking out of his pockets would
work. You could also make a big
rainbow out of cardboard and paint
and make a cutout for a handle for
him to carry.



Games
1. Feed the Lion - Draw a Lion on a
cardboard box and cut out the mouth of
the lion. The mouth should be large
enough to easily toss a small beanbag
through the opening. Color the Lion. The
participants must tossed the bean bags
into the mouth of the lion to win a prize.
A great source for pictures of a lion is
coloring books. If you have an OHP
available, copy the cartoon to an OHP
cell, project it onto the cardboard, and
simply draw the lines that are projected.
Tempra Paints are great for coloring it
and filling in the details!



2. Pin the tail on the Animals -
Choose an animal to draw. As already
mentioned, you can use coloring books if
you need a something to follow. Use a
piece of yarn for a tail and play the same
as “Pin the Tail on the Donkey”. (i.e. Put
on a blindfold and spin around and
around and around. Then take the tail
and try to stick it to the animal in the
correct position. How close will you
come to the correct spot on the
donkey?) Another possible variation
could be to “pin the nose” on an animal.
For variety, have several animals from
which children can choose.



3. Animal Tag - Have the group
form a circle sitting in chairs.
Everyone chooses an animal name
for themselves (dog, rhino, hippo,
monkey, etc.) Fitting the Noah
Theme there should be two of each
animal. One person stands in the
middle as the “Noah” with a rolled
up newspaper. The game begins
with one person calling out the one
of the animal names in the circle.
The two animals must change places
before “Noah” can grab a seat. Call
out “flood” and everyone must
change chairs.



4. Two by Two - All the girls stand in a
circle. Then all guys form a circle around
them. Make adjustments so that the
inner and outer circles contain an equal
number of people. Each guy should be
facing a girl partner. Each guy / girl
couple takes on the name of an animal.
They must remember their partner. The
girls begin walking clockwise while the
guys walk counterclockwise. A leader
then interrupts by calling out “two-by-
two” At that moment, both circles stop
and couples must find their partner. The
guy must get down on one knee with
the other knee extended so that the girl
may sit on his knee. The slowest couple
to assume the designated position is
eliminated.


5. Monkeys Bowling - Set up 10 pins
(You can make them using empty 2 liter
plastic soda bottles. Fill with a little
water or sand for stability, but don’t
make them too heavy) For added fun,
put a drawing of a yellow banana on the
pins. Grab a small coconut or simply a
small ball for the bowling ball. Children
are awarded prizes based on the
number of bananas they bowl over.
6. Follow the Leader - For younger
kids this is a lot of fun. Play “follow the
leader” and go through all types of
animal motions and sounds. Award
prizes for the best sounds, best
portrayal of an animal.



7. Animal Sounds - As everyone
arrives, assign the names of
animals to various persons in the
room making sure that the
animals assigned are scattered
around the room. Then shut out
the lights and have the teens
make the animal sound assigned
to them. They must then mingle
around the room (in the dark)
listening for the other animals of
their kind. The first group to find
each other wins.



8. Animal Relay Races - Have relay
races with animal actions and sounds:
“walk like a duck”; “hop like a kangaroo”;
“laugh like a hyena”; “slither like a snake”,
“swim like a fish”, “walk like a crab”, etc.
9. Two-by-two Pair-up - Each person
should receive a card with an animal on it,
and either a sound (moo, oink, meow) that
they have to do, or a motion (laughing for
a hyena, hopping for a kangaroo, etc.) and
they have to make their sound/motion and
find the other person doing the same thing
(two by two).



10. Animal Trivia - Make a list of trivia
questions about little know facts for
various animals.
11. Best Costume - Give prizes for the
best costumes. Prizes can be linked with
certain animals. Like hairbrushes for a
beautiful Lion’s mane, or neckties for
giraffes, maybe spot remover for
leopards, or luggage straps for
elephants. Use your imagination.



Other Activities

1. Origami animals – get a god
origami book and teach them how
to do a few animals
2. Animal balloons – Tie the long
thin balloons into animal shapes



Snacks

1. Animal crackers
2. Gummy worms (for the birds)
3. Snack mix – Nuts, dried fruits
4. Fruits and vegetables



For prizes

Animal related items such as animal
print notepads, a book on the
Promises of God, an animal beanie
baby or pair of small stuffed animals,
a large box of animal crackers.



Application
Tell the story of
Noah. Discuss the
Promises of God.



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