Messy games

I don't have any problem with messy or dirty or food related games, but adjustment should be made for “tactile defensive” or “germ phobic” youth. You have to know your group well so you know who will have a problem with a particular game.

• One solution is to suggest to them privately that they just hang back, seemingly in line but never actually getting up to the point of having to do the activity.
  
• They can also be pulled out to do a special job (stopwatch, hand out awards, etc.)
  
• Another solution is to have more than one option, with the gross version being the fastest or more efficient.
  
• Have the game use pairs or teams that allow one or more to stay out of the muck.
  
• As disgustingly funny as it is, it is time to retire “Fuzzy bunnies” – it is not worth the choking risk.