In this game you split the kids up into groups – the number of people in the group does not matter as long as you have two or more teams going against each other.

Have teams line up single file behind a table, and have a pitcher of water or give each kid a cup of water, a cup of sugar and a bowl of lemons already cut up. Also on the table have a cup with a black line about halfway up, a clear cup works the best.

Have the first person of each team start by squeezing the lemon in their mouth then adding a spoonful of sugar and then the water. Have them swish around and spit it in the cup, and there you have it – homemade lemonade.

Have the team continue to do this until their lemonade is over the black line. If you have any brave kids or leaders, have them drink the homemade lemonade (gross, right?).

Thanks to Pastor2Youth.com for lending us this game!

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Dr. Ryan Nielsen is currently the Sr. Pastor at First Baptist Church in Quincy, CA. Ryan has a long history of youth ministry experience with his call to Youth Ministry beginning in 1991 as a Freshman in College where he was hired as the Youth Pastor at Armenian Christian Fellowship of Orange County. Since that time, Ryan spent 20 years working in youth ministry in California, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, and also in Denmark. In 1995, he started his own youth ministry website, pastor2youth.com, which resources individuals in more than 165 countries around the world! Ryan has his B.A. In English Literature from Whittier College, his M.A. In Youth and Family Ministry from Denver Seminary, his M.Div and his Doctorate degree from Fuller Seminary. He moved to Quincy in 2011 with his wife, Christianna, who is a First Grade Teacher. Ryan married Christianna in 2005 and they adopted their two daughters, Magali and Miley in December 2010.