Preparation:
The two long ropes are laid out 1 metre apart and pegged down
parallel to each other. Golf tees are placed at random
places along the rope path to mark the "mine" positions.
The mouse traps are then set and one is placed over each tee
to form the minefield.
Age Group:
Grades 3 - 8 (9 to 14 years).
The Game:
For this game you need blindfolds for each member of the team.
Choose teams of 5 to 10 children and then blindfold one team.
Lead this team to the start of the mine-field. Then brief the
teams:
"Today you are all in the army and at midnight you have been ordered
to creep through a minefield to reach safety! There is a
marked path through the minefield, but you cannot see it because it
is a very dark night. If anyone strays out of marked path or
sets off a mine, they are a casualty and will be removed by the
Ambulance Corp. All teams must keep very quiet or otherwise
you may set off a mine. The first team will set off now.
Remember to hold hands and stay together, and go very silently and
carefully!
The team must then gingerly make they way through the minefield.
Anyone setting off a trap is "killed". Kids who stray out of
the minefield ropes are also lost. These children are removed
by four helpers who form the Ambulance Corp and will sit out until
their team finishes their turn. The traps are reset and
re-placed on the golf tee marked positions to prepare the minefield
for the next team.
Conclusion:
Allow all the teams to attempt the minefield. The winning team is
the one that gets the most people safely through the minefield!
They are congratulated and rewarded with suitable small prizes.
This game is a good talking-point of how the devil wants to trip each one
of us up and destroy our lives. Thankfully we have the Bible as
our guide and our Saviour Jesus Christ. He promised to be with us
always, and will bring us safely to our eternal reward in Heaven.
God bless!