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Games to: Explore forest habitat

Here you can find our semester program, which we made for the CD Jetzt gits Ärger from ERF. 

I wanted to tackle the meaning of the cross with our church youth group, aged 12+, who are predominently not church-going children.

Below is an outline for a talk which worked really well for us as the framework for an evening around a campfire - taking the group through from an easy introduction to symbols and logos through to a biblical presentation of the meaning of the cross.

We finished the evening with a challenge to the children; to make them think more carefully about the cross and what it means to them. You may want to change this to better suit the type of group you have, and where they are on their spiritual journeys.

Exciting off-road game with "Einstein, Madonna, Rambo, Schwarzenegger and 007"

This article describes how you can build a water rocket with simple material, which flies up to 50m high!

In another article, the construction of the launch pad is then described.

When we hear "forest animal" we probably think first of the larger specimens of forest fauna, such as deer, stags, foxes, badgers, or perhaps martens or squirrels, but there are many more.

The given order of the program suggestions is one possibility among many.

Depending on the age group, it may be more appropriate to spread the "Forest Day" ideas over several days.

We search and find surprising things in the forest

Dusk is a special time in the forest. One has the feeling that silence returns to the forest. Probably this impression is based on the fact that the bird calls gradually disappear. But of course there is no peace in the forest, because now begins for many animals the actually active time of day.

This is a semester program on the theme of Joseph

Your camp participants should have many play options and opportunities available to them in the non-programmed time in camp ("marginal times") in self-selected play groups, in pairs or alone

Four different viewpoints on orienteering:

- Wildlife and bird species in contact with orienteers
- Sensitive terrain areas
- Consequences for course layout
- Ecological orienteering calendar

How to create a forest day with groups

This is a semester program on "Walking with Jesus"

The forest offers ideal conditions for hide-and-seek as well as adventure games. However, clear rules must be agreed and certain safety precautions taken

An evening around the campfire is made for storytelling, and those stories today are, of course, about the forest.

Make a stop at the edge of the forest - watch the sunrise

What could be better on a Jungscharn afternoon than a good portion of mini-games? Apart from a brilliant input and the classic "Schoggibanane" for Zvieri actually almost nothing. Although I hope that every youth group leader knows many such mini-games, unfortunately the same games are often played, or even worse, no game comes to mind at the moment
Therefore it offers itself to arrange mini Game Cards.



The way to such Mini-Game Cards is visibly easy and is great fun.


1. Look for funny games in books and on the internet.

2. Divide these games into different categories (wild games, quiet games, etc.)

3. Consider from what age the game is suitable and how long it lasts.

4. Choose a motivated and creative mini-leader in the authority of your office and make him the knight of creative ideas.

5. This person will then do the main part of the work and design the cards.

If, however, you don't feel like or have time for this work, simply download the Mini-Game Cards our Jungschar, edit them even more to your liking, print them out and laminate them and the whole spit is done.