Feliz Natal

Last night we had our youth Christmas party. It was so much fun. I have to share some of the fun games that James and I found on the internet.

The first game was an on-going game. Each person got a hat which they had to wear the entire night. When James discreetly took off his hat, we had to take ours off as well. The last one with a hat on is the loser. It was really interesting to see how long it took people to notice that it was time to take off their hat. You can play this several times through out the night.


Aren't our elves cute!!

We did several games using gloves. This game had a present that was wrapped in several boxes, each increasingly larger. A player had to roll a six on a die, then quickly put on the hat and gloves and try to unwrap the gift before the next person rolled a six, took the gloves and hat and tried to open it for themselves. The person who finally opened the package got the keep the present.


The next game was a relay. The participants had to put on a pair of gloves, run to the bowl of Hersey's Kisses, unwrap a kiss and then run back and put it into the mouth of the next person in line. They then put on the gloves and ran to unwrap the next kiss. It is very difficult to open candy with gloves on!!!

Next we played a game called reindeer antlers. Each team had a pair of nylons and 8 balloons. They had to race to blow up the balloons and fill the nylons. The winner had to get the antlers on and take a picture before the other team finish. I couldn't believe how much like antlers they really looked!!Our "Hannah-deer"

The winners!

The losers!

Our next game each person was a given a piece of green construction paper. They had to tear it into the shape of a Christmas tree with their hands behind their back. They could then decorate it. We hung them all on the wall and had each person vote to see who's was the most beautiful.

"before"

"After"
Don't you love our beautiful forest!

Our final game was Pictionary. You know how it goes!

We had drawn names for gifts before hand and find out who you had, you had to draw them on the white board. It was a riot!
We are so thankful for the teens that God has given us to work with. It has been so encouraging to see them growing in the Lord the past few months. Thank you for your prayers on their behalf.

Merry Christmas!