Outdoor
- Exploration Point – Fill a sandbox with objects to tell a Bible story. Give kids toy shovels to dig out the objects. Then tell them the story.
- Noah’s Super Boat Race – Fill capped, plastic rain gutters with colored water and lay them on parallel tables. Give children small plastic boats to blow the length of the gutters.
- Jonah’s Super Soaker – Children run through a revolving sprinkler head, then crawl under a table draped with blue sheets. Lay plastic sheeting under the table and cover it with cooked spaghetti. Stake a whale painted with gaping jaws against the table. Tape clear plastic to the whale to keep it dry.
Fall Festival Ideas: Activities
Indoor
- Family Photo Booth – Families pose for instant-print photos. Then place photos in kid-decorated frames.
- Karaoke Singing – Have an adult play the piano. Kids sing their choice of song on a little stage, complete with a microphone.
- Nail Painting – Older girls paint kids’ nails.
- Nurse’s Station – Children get their pulse rate, weight, and height done by a uniformed nurse.
- Computer Printout – Kids get printouts with their name and its meaning (taken from baby name books).
- Music Videos – Set up a camcorder so it’ll play through a television. Kids pick their wardrobes from old clothes and wigs. Kids then lip-sync to Christian music while watching themselves on TV.
- Jail – The pastor dresses up as a sheriff and throws people into jail. Create a fun bail requirement for them to get out.
- Caricature Drawings – A resident artist draws pictures of kids and parents.
- Costume Parade – Costumed participants parade around your fall festival area.
- Tunnel of Fun – Kids crawl through a giant tunnel made from old appliance boxes. End the tunnel down a flight of stairs and have kids land on a mattress. Use spotters.
- MASH Unit – Kids get bandaged up-complete with fake blood.
- Merry Time – Kids race to decorate a miniature tree, then sing a carol in two minutes.
Outdoor
- Ball Cage – Rent a ball cage big enough for parents to play in also.
- Emergency Vehicles – Have fire trucks, ambulances, and police cars on display.
- Model Cars – Give the collectors in your church a chance to show their prize possessions.
- Pony Rides – Kids ride ponies in a circle (with adult supervision).
- Petting Zoo – Bring in soft, furry animals for children to enjoy.
- Gospel Sing – Have a talent show on a flatbed truck.
- Hayrides – Take children on a flatbed truck hayride around several city blocks.
- Tattooed – Kids get fake tattoos–available at stores.
- This Is Me – Use a desk lamp to shine light on a hanging paper on the wall. Have children stand between the light and the wall while an artist outlines their profiles.
Fall Festival Ideas: Games
Indoor
- Bean Bag Toss – Kids toss small bean bags into plastic buckets.
- Bingo – Set apart a separate room for an ongoing game.
- Clothespin Drop – Kids drop clothespins into a wide-mouth jar.
- Milk Can Toss – Kids toss softballs at milk cans or empty 2-liter bottles.
- Dart Throw – Kids throw darts at balloons on a cork board.
- Putt Putt Golf – Kids play through a miniature course.
- Floating Ducks – Kids pick up plastic ducks from a wading pool. The number on the duck corresponds to a prize.
- Bowling – Kids play with a plastic bowling set.
- Basketball Shoot – Kids toss a basketball through a PlaySkool hoop.
- Face Painting – Decorate kids’ faces.
- Ring It – Children toss embroidery hoops over empty two-liter bottles arranged similar to bowling pins on the floor.
- Ring It Again – Kids toss hoops at prizes set up on tables or boxes. Prizes include bubbles, soft drinks, and small toys.
- Can Alley – Cut out one side of a big box. Hang soft drink cans from strings inside the box. Kids shoot at the cans with Nerf guns.
- Blow and Go Race – Four children race on the floor using party blowers to blow ping pong balls to a finish line.
- Ping-Pong Blow – Teams of three compete to blow ping pong balls to the other end of a table, using drinking straws.
- Muffin Pan Toss – Kids toss 10 pennies into a muffin tin with numbered holes; pieces of felt in the bottom of the tin keep pennies from bouncing out.
- Fishing Game – Kids fish over a wall and hook prizes.
