Contracts of Kindness – Game

This game is primarily for something like a youth weekend away or a youth camp. However, it might work as an ongoing game at youth group.

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Goal of game: complete contracts to gain points.

A contract is made up of a name and an action. To avoid potential awkwardness, and provide additional fun, allow players to have up to three names and three actions that they can mix and match.

Needed: A list of names of players (should have repeated names so people can have multiple contracts at once. Ideally 4x names of each player) + a list of actions (should have LOTS different of actions, and repeat actions if you run out of ideas).

Actions: Actions are fun, funny, or kind things to do to other players.

Contractors: Youth leaders who hand out names and actions to players, and also accept completed contracts.

When players accomplish contracts, they need to go to a Contractor and hand in the name of the other player and the action they completed.

In order to confirm completion of contracts, either trust everyone to be honest, or give players trophies (like little slips of paper with their name printed on it) so that they can give it to whoever successfully carried out the contract on them.

If for some reason the contract is unfillable (someone’s gone home from youth camp, or the activity is unavailable), they can report it and receive a new contract.

If your target guesses you have a contract against them, they have 1 minute to tag you and steal one of your trophies. If you fail a contract and then your target tags you within a minute, you give them the contract and a trophy.

List of actions:

High five…
Fist bump…
Give a glass of water too…
Hold door for…
Say “Thank you!” to…
Say “Oops, sorry!” to…
Wink at…
Glare at…
Stick tape to…
Pass a mint to…
Pass gum to…
Talk about the weather with…
Talk about sport with…
Complement teeth of…
Complement shoe-tying ability of…
Dap with…
Use a marker to mark the arm of…
Untie the shoe of…
Drip water on the head of…
Give a pen to…
Recommend a Bible verse to…
Throw a sock ball at…
Throw a wad of paper at…
Throw or shoot a nerf dart at…
Maintain eye contact for 5 seconds with…
Hand a sealed note with “God loves you” written on it to… (they must open for contract to be filled)
Hand a sealed note with __ Bible verse to… (they must open it for contract to be filled)
Play pin-pong with…
Clip clothes pin to…