At youth group camp this year we each had pet rocks. You're probably already cringing at the thought, but get this - it actually worked. On Friday night we got each of the kids and leaders to select a pebble, spray paint it, stick eyes on it and give it a name. This name had to be written on the bottom of the rock and on a piece of paper that went into a little tub.
Rocks needed to be kept on the kids at all times. We would have random checks and if you didn't have your rock, then... punishment! We nominated penalties and stuck them in a box and if a kid couldn't produce their rock when asked... penalty! One person had a moustache drawn on them mwaahahah.
At each meal time we did something called pet rock raffle. We would draw a name out of the tub and whoever owned that rock had to introduce their rock to others and then themself by answering either/or questions, telling us who they would take on a 12 hour flight and one thing they learnt at EPIC. The kids loved the raffle and would always call out "one more! one more!". It was great for them to get to know each other as well.
We came up with pet rocks because it seemed to fit our 'prehistoric' theme but the way in which it introduced the kids to each other and how they were absolutely on board with it was kind of unexpected. It probably worked quite well because we only have small numbers, around 24 kids were on camp. But it was a great idea!
that rocks =)
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