Gameplay
2-4 Contestants + a crowd 👥
5-10 Minutes ⏱️
What You’ll Need
Blindfolds (one per contestant)
Disposable ponchos or trash bags with a head hole
Cups of assorted drinks: soda, sweet tea, lemonade, pickle juice… whatever you dare
Towels and a floor you don’t mind wiping
Setup
Pour a few ounces of each mystery drink into separate cups and keep them hidden from the contestants.
Suit up each contestant in a poncho and blindfold, and line them up facing the leader.
Warn the front row. They’re in the splash zone.
How to Play
Toss the drink.
The leader tosses a small splash of the mystery drink toward the contestants’ faces (aim for chin and cheeks, not eyes).Guess fast.
Contestants shout out what they think it was. First correct guess wins the round.Next cup.
Grab the next mystery drink and go again.Crown a champ.
Most rounds won takes the title. Ties go to a sudden-death sip.
Say Something Like
“Ponchos on, blindfolds on. In a second, something is going to hit your face. Your job is to be the first one to tell me what it is. Sodas, teas, and maybe something a little worse. Ready? Here it comes!”
Variations
Sip Instead of Splash: For a cleaner version, hand each blindfolded contestant a tiny cup to taste and let them race to guess.
Team Sniff: Teams send one blindfolded player at a time. First team to five correct guesses wins.
Escalation: Start tame and get weirder each round. Save the pickle juice for the finale.
Discipleship Teaching Points
You can’t see what’s coming, but you can still recognize what you know. Tie it to discerning truth when you can’t see the whole picture. Reference: Hebrews 5:14.
Secular Teaching Points
Sensory recognition, quick thinking, and a great “watch the crowd laugh” game for events and youth nights.
This game idea was published by the team at Dig the Games.
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