Need fun harvest festival games for kids? If you’re looking for fresh ideas for a fall event, keep reading! These children’s ministry games will be a hit at your fall festival, carnival, or outreach event.
As children play together, they’ll discover new things about one another. Plus, they’ll have a blast! You’ll build unity in your group, and kids will clamor for the next event when you use these four new games at your fall festival.
4 Harvest Festival Games for Children’s Ministry
These “everyone-wins” games and activities are perfect for a church fall festival.
1. Human-Scarecrows Game
Ages 8 and up
First form groups of four. Give each group paper bags, newspapers, scissors, and tape. Have each group choose a person to “turn” into a scarecrow. Allow 15 minutes for each group to cut and tape the scarecrow outfit onto its person. Then take pictures of all the scarecrows.
2. Cornstalk Hockey
Ages 8 and up
Form two teams. Give each teammate a cornstalk, broomstick, or tree branch to use as a hockey stick. Use a newspaper-stuffed paper lunch sack as a hockey puck. You’ll need several of these because the game action will shred them quickly. For goals, set a trash can on its side at each end of the play area. The object of this game is to get the puck into your team’s goal.
3. Team Bingo
Ages 4 and up
Form teams of equal size. Then ask the questions in the list below (you may need to add more, depending on children’s responses). If children can answer yes to any question, have them stand up. Children can stand for only one question. When all the members of a team are standing, the team yells, “Bingo!”
The questions:
- Are you wearing braces?
- Do you have a barrette in your hair?
- Are you wearing shoes without shoelaces?
- Did you eat breakfast this morning?
- Did you make your bed today?
