Youth Icebreakers - Easter Egg Bowling

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Youth
Icebreakers Easter Egg
Bowling
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Easter Egg Bowling is an

Easter themed variation of
Lawn Bowling but on a
smaller scale. Its suitable
for youth, children and
adults of all ages and helps
teach lessons about
targets.
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History of Lawn Bowling

Lawn bowling is very similar to
an Italian game known as
bocce. Because of this, many
historians believed it started
with Roman Soldiers throwing
small stones at a target stone.
It is traced back to the 13th or
12th century at its earliest, so
it is unlikely that Roman
soldiers played the game
during the time of Christ.
As the game developed over

the course of history, weights
were added inside a ball to
cause it to travel a curved
path when rolling along the
ground. Today, lawn bowling
is typically played on a level
grass surface. Instead of
placing weights inside the
ball, the ball is flattened a
little on one side to cause it
to travel in the curved path.
Game Objective
The objective of lawn bowling
is to roll a ball, closest to a
target ball. In the traditional
game this is a small white ball
called a jack or a kitty. In
this Easter variation of the
game, hard boiled eggs are
used instead of a an irregular
shaped ball. The Easter Eggs,
like the balls used in the
traditional sport, are also of
an irregular shape and so also
roll in a curved path.
The target can either be a

specially colored Easter egg or
another small object. You will
want to limit the size of the
playing area and insure the
eggs are ROLLED rather than
tossed otherwise you are
likely to have egg mush
instead of intact eggs.
Game Resources
A basket of Easter Eggs
Typically the traditional
game is played with two
teams of 1 to 4 players
though larger teams of
youth are possible.
Because of this it is
suggested that there be a
different color for each
teams eggs.
If you have a very large

group of youth you might
have more than one
playing area with two
teams at each area or play
it in stages (two teams at a
time) so that the winning
teams advance to the
championship. Instead of
real Easter eggs, you could
use plastic eggs filled with
rice or sand and taped
shut.
a jack (specially colored
Easter egg)
a starting mat or piece

of paper for the base (A
piece of cardboard
works well and
newsprint can be used if
cardboard is unavailable)
a playing area soft
grass or soft carpet.
a ball of twine or string
Preparation
Set aside Easter Eggs for
each team of youth,
preferably one color for
each team.
Create boundaries for the
game. The traditional games
takes place in a large field
known as the bowling
green, but reduce the size
to limit damage to the eggs.
An easy way to mark the
boundaries is to use a piece
of string.
You can poke a small twig or

plastic fork in the ground at
each corner then tie the strong
between the forks to mark the
playing area. If you are doing
this indoors with a carpeted
area, simply use a piece of tape
to adhere the string at each
corner. If all you have is a hard
surface to play the game (like a
gym floor), you can get old
newspapers and lay them down
on the floor, overlapping them
to create a softer surface. The
edge of the mat of newspapers
then becomes the boundary.
Flip a coin to see which

team of youth gets to set up
the mat and the target. The
winner of the coin toss gets
to place the mat at the edge
of the bowling green and
toss the target Easter egg,
jack, into the center as the
target. If the target Easter
egg is too close to the edges
of the playing area it can be
centered (between the left
and right side) but
maintaining the same
distance it was tossed.
How to Play
1. Youth take turns tossing
their Easter Eggs toward
the target.
2. After each team of youth
has rolled all of their eggs,
the score is calculated. You
should choose in advance
how many rounds will be
played or a specific score
to be reached in order to
win. The team of youth
which loses a round gets
to set the mat and target
for next round.
Rules for Game Play

Youth must keep ONE foot on
the mat when releasing the
Easter egg toward the target.
An Easter egg may
temporarily roll outside the
boundary, but must stop
inside the boundary to be a
valid toss. Once it has come
to a stop, if it rests outside
the boundary it is not
considered in scoring UNLESS
it touched the target Easter
egg before it rolled out of the
boundaries.
There is no penalty for

hitting the target Easter
egg, and in fact moving the
target egg with a hit might
be a viable strategy. If the
target egg is knocked out of
the boundaries the round
can be replayed or recentered between the left
and right boundary but
maintaining the distance
from where it went out of
bounds.
There is no penalty for

hitting an opponents
Easter egg and knocking
it out of position or
completely out of
bounds.
It is perfectly legal to roll
an Easter egg into a
position which blocks
opponents.
Scoring
The team of youth which has
the Easter egg closest to the
target receives a point. A
piece of string is a great way
to measure the distance. Each
Easter egg belonging to the
same team of youth that is
closer than any of the
competitors Easter eggs adds
an additional point. Play
continues until a specific score
is achieved or a set number of
rounds is completed.
Taking it to the Next Level

One of the key ideas in this
game is that there is a target and
we try to get as close to that
target as possible while avoiding
obstacles, getting knocked aside
sometimes, dealing with a
natural curve or bias, and
striving to stay within
boundaries. Some of the
possible targets that could be
discussed are love, evangelism,
becoming Christlike, and
pleasing God. (see the scriptures
below for more detail)
Discussion Questions for

Youth
What is the target of life
as a Christian youth?
Do other youth ever try to
block us from that target
or even try to knock us
away from it? How? Why?
What are some of the
reasons youth fall short of
this target?
biases or tendencies youth
have to overcome?

strategies youth can use to
become closer to the
target?
What lessons can we learn
from this game that apply
to the Christian walk of
youth?
What is something you will
personally do as a result of
what you have learned
from this game?
Romans 8:29; Ephesians

4:13; 2 Corinthians 3:18
Our goal is to be
transformed into the
likeness of Christ
Ephesians 4:22-24 Our
goal is to be like God in
Righteousness
Scriptures
1 Timothy 1:5 Our goal
is love
Matthew 28:16-20; 2
Peter 3:9 Our goal is
making disciples
(evangelism)
1 Corinthians 10:31;
Ephesians 1:11-12; 1
Peter 2:9; Jeremiah
9:23-24 Our goal is to
please God
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Easter Egg Bowling is an

History of Lawn Bowling

As the game developed over

The target can either be a

If you have a very large

a starting mat or piece

You can poke a small twig or

Flip a coin to see which

Rules for Game Play

There is no penalty for

There is no penalty for

Taking it to the Next Level

Discussion Questions for

What are some of the

Romans 8:29; Ephesians

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