Fun memories #7: Chubby Bunnies

This is another old stand-by game that was a lot of fun with the kids. Back in our youth group, we used to play this game with regular white marshmallows. A few volunteers had to go in front of the group, stuff their mouths with marshmallows one at a time, and whoever could get the most marshmallows in their mouth and still say "Chubby Bunnies" was the winner. In our country, we don't have white marshmallows, but we do have a soft marshmallow candy like you see here...these come in the shape of marshmallow hamburgers. The kids had a lot of fun with this game. A couple caveats: 1) Make sure you have a bag for the kids to spit the marshmallows into when they are done...those marshmallows have to go somewhere. 2)Some of the kids will really get into it and stuff marshmallows into their mouths until they gag themselves or make themselves sick...make sure you watch them and MAKE them spit the marshmallows out before they get choked or make themselves sick...also make sure you consider age/maturity level when choosing your "volunteers." Younger kids could always be the ones to shove the marshmallows in rather than being the actual volunteer with the marshmallows in their mouths. My girls were too young to stuff the marshmallows in their own mouths, but helped hand out marshmallows and prizes for winners at the end.
We had three or four teams...each team had someone to unwrap the candy, another to give the candy to the volunteer, someone to hold a plastic sack to spit the marshmallows into when the volunteer was done, and the volunteer himself who was trying to say "Chubby Bunnies." This way, more kids could get involved and work together.