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chasity · Joined: 05 Jun 2025 Posts: 9 Location: OKlahoma

I'm looking for new games and crafts we can do at our meetings. I've had a hard time getting the women interested in coming and now that they are I want to keep them interested. If anyone has any suggestions, I would love to hear them. Thanks!

jodi · Joined: 14 Mar 2026 Posts: 217 Location: Lake Mary, FL

Here are some I have picked up from somewhere. We have not played any of these...I just have them filed for future reference.

Balloon Couture

Objectives: To see which team can attach the most balloons to one
woman on their team - the "model."

Materials: At least 40 balloons and a roll of scotch tape per team.

Procedure: Divide the group into teams. Each team must blow up their
balloons and then proceed to see which team can attach the most
balloons to their "model" in a ten minute time period. Balloons can
be stuffed under clothing or body parts or taped to the "model".

When the ten minutes are up each model must walk to the front of the
group trying not to lose any balloons. The team whose "model" has
most balloons wins.

Crazy Chairs

Objectives: An active ice breaker to get people warmed up and to
know each other.

Materials: Circle of chairs

Procedure: Form a circle of chairs with someone seated in each chair
and one person standing in the middle. The person in the middle says
something about themselves. For example I play the flute. Everyone
who plays the flute gets up and quickly trades chairs. One person will
be left standing and that person is then in the middle and says
something about herself.

It's a fun game as you never know what the statement will be or who will
be getting up.

Guess Who's Pajamas

Objectives: To try and guess whose pajamas are whose.

Materials: Brown paper grocery bags and a magic marker.

Procedure: We had tons of fun with this! We met in a home for
a Sunday School get together for our ladies. Each lady was told to
bring whatever they sleep in each night in a brown paper grocery bag
so that you cannot see it. As the lady entered the door we had
someone there to greet and number their bag. Those who were helping
to set-up started numbering their bags as bag #1 and so on, till the
first guest arrived. When she came in we closed the bag and put the
next number on her bag with a big black magic marker. When every had
arrived, we ate and settled around the living room.

To start the game, we gave each lady a pencil and a piece of paper and
had them number however many bags we had. Then we had our host
open bag number #1 and hold up the pajamas from the bag, then this is
where the fun began...everybody had to guess who they thought it
belonged to. After all bags had been opened we started over again with
bag #1 and that person had to confess who they were. Whoever had the most correct
guesses on.

This was so much fun, and you would not believe what these girls came
with. It helped us laugh and get to know each other better.

Icebreaker: Musical Bags

A simple... and fun icebreaker!

Materials: Paper sacks, various fun items to wear.
For example: a bright feather boa, a funny pair of
glasses, a funny hat, etc. Put one item in each paper
bag and seal it shut.

For each table or small group of ladies, start with one
or more sealed paper sacks with one item in it. Start
playing some music. During this time the ladies pass
the bags around the table or their group. When the
music stops, the person holding the bag has to open
it and put on what is in the bag. All the ladies who
end up with the bag have to put the item on, go to
the stage to "model" it, and have a group picture
taken.

Another variation is to seal a corsage in each bag,
and announce from the stage that each bag
contains "bloomers," and the one holding the bag
when the music stops will be required to wear them
for the rest of the evening. Many women will think
there is a rather large pair of underwear in the bag
and will do anything not to be holding it when the
music stops. Very fun!
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chasity · Joined: 05 Jun 2025 Posts: 9 Location: OKlahoma

I can't wait to try these! I appreciate you taking time to list all of them. I have really liked the site. It has been a great help to me. Thanks!!!!

jodi · Joined: 14 Mar 2026 Posts: 217 Location: Lake Mary, FL

Glad they were of help
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siscosmom · Joined: 21 Mar 2026 Posts: 206 Location: West Virginia

Jodi,
That pajama game looks like a lot of fun. I can't wait to try it with our ladies. Thanks for your great ideas!

Rebekah

chosen41 · Joined: 13 Jun 2025 Posts: 5 Location: Independence, KY

Oh my goodness! I can't wait to try out some of these with my ladies...These are great Jodi!

Juanita · Joined: 14 Mar 2026 Posts: 13 Location: Covington, TN

One game I did with our ladies: I had 1 inflated balloon for each participant. I tied about 2 feet of string to each balloon. Inside each was a Scripture promise written on a piece of paper and folded. Each lady tied their balloon to one of their ankles. On "GO", they would try to pop another's balloon while trying to keep theirs from being popped. If theirs was popped they would pick up their promise and sit down. The last one to still have their balloon is the winner. Then I had all the ladies read their promise aloud. I then shared with them how satan tries to pop our balloons and make us forget the promises of God, but the promises are there even when our "balloon gets popped". Need lots of room for this one, but it is so much fun!

Denni · Joined: 13 Apr 2026 Posts: 4

I did the pajama game at one of our ladies meetings; in my sister's-in-law bag I sneaked in something a little risque. Boy was she surprised and so was everyone else! It was hilarious. (or, have one bag with nothing in it).
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daredheaded1 · Joined: 15 May 2025 Posts: 131 Location: PA

Hi Chasity!

One game we did which was hilarious was to see who had the most unique thing in her pocketbook. You wouldn't believe some of the things they had in there purses! One lady had a pair of dentures she had found in a restaurant bathroom...yuck!

Another game we played was fun, too. The game leader had a list of items. We split the women into 2 teams. The leader would call out the item & the first person to run it up to her would get points for her team. Some of the items were a pair of socks (which they took off their feet), sunglasses, a purple ink pen, checks with a cartoon character on them, an umbrella...it was lots of fun.

Last month we did the "Most Embarrassing Moment" game. We made sure all the ladies had name tags on. Each got an index card & had to write down a description of their most embarrassing moment. All of the cards were put into a private box. Then, the game leader read them one by one. There were 20 women present, so we each had a piece of paper numbered from 1-20 to write down who we thought the embarrassing moment belonged to. At the end, the game leader re-read bits of the embarrassing moments & the person to whom the moment belonged had to stand up. The one with the most correct won.

Hope you have some fun!!!
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chasity · Joined: 05 Jun 2025 Posts: 9 Location: OKlahoma

This is great! I am so excited about using these games. I hope everyone else is. Some of the ladies are very shy and quiet. They would rather just sit and listen than get involved. I'm very outgoing and have fun wherever I am. I'm having a hard time getting everyone as excited as I am. Our church is small and so is our group. I know God has great things in store for us. I'm just so thrilled to be on His team!!
Thanks for all the input. I look forward to everything everyone has to share. I new at this, but I know that this is what God has called me to do. Praise His name!!
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