GAME: Shuffle Your Buns

So this game is actually an old youth group standard, but believe it or not, I'd never played it with my youth before!  All that changed last night...  And it was hilarious!  They loved it!  Here's how to play:

SET UP: You'll need a circle of chairs, with one chair for every person in the group (I usually have them grab a chair, then stand behind it until we're in a good circle shape, then have them sit down).  Pick one person to stand in the middle, so you should have one empty chair.

PLAY:  The goal is for the person in the middle to sit in the empty chair.  BUT, everyone in the circle is going to try to prevent this, and the way they do it is by shuffling their buns to the empty chair.  When the person finally does sit in the empty chair, the person to their left is the new person in the middle (and they have to move all the way to middle and wait for you to say go to move toward the empty chair).

TIPS:  Remind your students that this isn't a full contact UFC match.  They're just trying to sit down, not take someone out!  Also, make sure your chairs are close enough together so that kids are able to shuffle to the one next to them, but not too close together (it can get crazy).

Have fun!