Creative Attention Getters

These are ideas to get your kids attention, 'break the ice,' and have kids engage i your program.

Shake Hands
See how many hands you can shake in 1 min, or cross your arms and shake the hand  of the person next to you.

God is Good all the Time
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Attention wave
Put hand on head, then put hand out, repeat (looks like waving)

I'm looking for...
Look for hidden object in teh room or things poeple have (like Sock, glasses, red shoe, belt...)

Jumping High Five
Jump and give each other a high five.

My Friends Favorite...
Talk to the person next to you about your favorite thing, then choose kids to come up and tell people what their friend's favorite stuff is.

Choose Sides
Depending on your kids, choose a list of "this" or "this,"  such as would you rather eat ice cream (run to the left of the room) or oreo cookies (run to the right of the room)...

Color Codes
Have different things on the back. I.e. Red paper (covenant), Green (everyone stand up), Yellow (yell Halelujah)....

My Friends Favorite...
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My Friends Favorite...
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Color Codes
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P.A.T.'s
"Participation Award Tickets,"  have people watching for the best kids. Best kids get a ticket, then they can come up at the end and get a prize.

Smiling faces
Same as P.A.T. but with little smily faces to hand out.

Happy Hearts
Same as P.A.T. but with happy hearts.

SDS
Same as P.A.T. but with S.D.S. tickets, stand for "super duper saints"

Standing the Dot
Race to the front and stand on this dot, or you can have dots scattered around the room.

Lower Softer
Have kids say something, then keep doing it lower and softer in voice until it's barely audible

Rain Creation
Start off with all the kids rubbing hands together (wind), then snapping fingers (rain), then stomping feet (thunder), and then back to snapping, then rubbing hands together.

Ticket Drawings
Have tickets in a box/hat, and pull out names of kids names (?)

Tongue Twister
Choose a tongue twister like "Unique New York" or "A Big Black Bear Ate a Big Black Bug" etc.. and see who can say it the most accurate and fastest.

Money Find
Either ask for specific amounts of money (call for $.25 - first person to front with $.25 wins) or hide money in room and have kids look for it.

For more examples or DVD's showing exactly how to do these, go to www.taschministries.com