Object Lesson - Step up in the New Year

Object Lesson
- Step up in
the New Year
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A person’s feet tell us two very
important facts about someone:
where one’s standing and which
way someone is going. A firm stand
and a consistent walk are both
traits we admire in others. During
the New Year we often look back at
the journey that has brought us to
where we are now as well as make
decisions about where we want to
go in the upcoming year.

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Games using Feet
Identify the Footprint – As the
youth arrive, collect their
footprints. My personal preference
is to have sheets of colored paper –
the type that does not leave a stain
when wet. (Test it first so you don’t
have permanent footprints across
your carpet!). Have the participants
remove their shoes and socks, then
step on a damp towel and then
finally step on the paper. A wet
footprint will be left behind.

Quickly trace it with a dark colored
marker and let it dry! You might
also want to number the prints and
have a numbered name list so that
you can correctly identify the prints
later. Go through the numbered
prints and have youth match the
print with the person who made it.
Can you even identify your own
footprint? Award the person who
correctly identifies the most feet!
With the Incredible FEAT award!

Foot Tag – Two players hold hands
with both hands. On “go” both
players try and tap the top of their
opponents foot with their own
foot. First to do so wins. Winners
then play winners until there is a
top winner.
Whose feet – 5-8 members of the
group sit behind a curtain. Only the
bare feet are peeking out from
under the curtain. Can a player (or
the rest of the group) work out
whose feet they are?

Fewest feet – Each team tries to
stand on as few feet as possible. For
example, 5 players have 10 feet and
try to only have 3-4 feet on the
ground.
Coaster discus – A coaster or plastic
lid is clamped between the toes and
is thrown like a Frisbee as far as
possible. Farthest throw wins.
Foot relay – Divide your group into
teams of 6-8. Each team then lines up
and sits on the floor. The object of the
game is to pass a lemon along the line
and back again using only their feet. If
the lemon touches the floor the team
have to start again at the beginning.

Footsies – This game is similar to
twister but without the game
props. Begin the game with all
players standing in a circle about a
shoulder-width apart. Select one
youth to be the first striker and
have him or her start the game by
moving one of his or her feet (this
foot is called the striking foot) to
touch one of the feet of the person
to the left of them. Once the striker
decides which foot he or she wants
to move while striking foot the
other foot becomes the pivot foot.
The pivot foot cannot be lifted off
the ground.

Once the first striker has made his or
her move, he or she has to freeze
both feet in the position in which he
or she came in contact with the
other person and must remain frozen
until his or her next turn. The foot of
the person who was struck becomes
the next person’s striking foot for his
or her turn. The game progresses by
going around the circle in a clockwise
motion (to the left), having each
player take his or her striking foot
and striking the next player. As the
game progresses, players will begin
to find themselves in positions that
make it hard to remain balanced so
people will begin to be eliminated.

Players are eliminated if they touch
the ground with anything other than
their feet, if they lose their balance,
if they try to catch their balance by
grabbing another person, if it is their
turn and by mistake move the foot
that was not touched by the
previous striker’s foot or if they
move their feet out of turn. If
someone is eliminated, the next
person in the circle continues on
with the game choosing which ever
foot he or she wishes to use as the
striking foot. As youth are
eliminated, there will be gaps in the
circle making it harder for strikers to
reach the foot of the person next in
the circle.

If while attempting to reach the foot
of the person next in the circle the
strikers loses his or her balance or
breaks any of the other rules, he or
she is eliminated. Note that strikers
don’t necessarily have to lift their
striking foot when striking, but also
can scoot a foot across the ground in
order to remain balanced; once
contact is made with the other
person’s foot, the striker’s feet must
freeze. As the game goes on, players
will find they are getting very close to
each other and it becomes harder to
remain balanced. Players are allowed
to touch each other, but they cannot
grab, push, bump or brace other
players to try and make them loose
their balance.

Foot Pictionary – This is like
standard Pictionary but the artist
instead of drawing with their hands
will draw with their feet, by having
the marker tied to one of their feet
with the bandana. On “Go” the
player will try their best to draw
the assigned picture, while the rest
of their team tries to guess the
picture. Keep the assigned pictures
simple, as it will be difficult to even
draw the simplest things and make
them recognizable. Maybe even
purchase and use “Junior
Pictionary” for suggested words
and categories.

Banana Foot Peel – Bring up about
4 students, have them take off their
shoes and socks, and hand each of
them a banana. When the leader
says go, the contestants are
supposed to peel the banana with
their feet as quickly as they can.
They can use both feet to do so.
Judge the winner by speed and final
condition of the banana.
Balancing foot balloons – Only
using the feet, one or more balloons
must be kept up in the air without
the balloon touching the ground.
This can also be timed.

Foot Signing Contest – Have 5
students come to the front of the
room and remove their shoes and
socks. Give each a felt-tipped or
ball point pen. On the signal, they
run out into the crowd and see who
can get the most signatures on the
bottom of their feet in the time
limit. No one person can sign more
than three feet. Can use both feet.
Signatures must be legible.

Spell My Feet – Take 5 people and
have them take off their shoes and
socks. Take a marker and write a large
letter on the bottom of each of their
feet so if they sit facing you and hold
their feet in the air, you can read the
letters. On the first person put an A
and an N (one letter on each foot), on
the next an E and a T, then GR, OM,
and SP. You will call out different
words for them to spell and they have
to cross legs, stretch, and situate
themselves in a position so that the
bottom of their feet spell the word
you called. You can do this with two
teams of five if you want and see who
spells the word first. Use these words:
master, roast, smear, togas, snore, ten
proms, get spam, great son.

TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL
Today’s games all involved feet. A lot
of our English idioms and common
sayings refer to “feet”. Share a few
appropriate idioms or the entire list
of idioms with the group. Which of
these idioms best describes you?
Why?
• Idioms referring to feet
• back on your feet again
• dip your toes in the water
• drag one’s feet
• fall at his feet
• find your feet
• fleet of foot
• foot the bill

• get a foot in the door
• get cold feet
• get off on the wrong foot
• get to one’s feet
• get your feet wet
• has two left feet
• have a foot in both camps
• have feet of clay
• have one foot in the grave
• have your feet on the ground
• hold someone’s feet to the fire
• hot foot out of here
• land on your feet
• make an about face
• My foot!
• on foot
• on your back foot

• pussyfoot around
• put a foot wrong
• put your best foot forward
• put your feet up
• put your foot down
• put your foot in it
• put your foot in your mouth
• shoot yourself in the foot
• sit at the foot of a teacher
• stand on your own two feet
• step on another person’s foot
• step on the gas
• stop dead in your tracks
• sweep someone off his/her feet
• take a load off your feet

• take a stand
• take steps toward something
• the ball is at your feet
• thinking on your feet
• throw yourself at someone’s feet
• tiptoe through it
• to get under foot
• vote with your feet
• watch your step
• world’s at your feet

MAKE IT SPIRITUAL
1. Sure footed – Many of the
proverbs talk about making
our paths straight, about
stumbling, about watching
our step, about our walk with
God. Proverbs 4:26 – “Watch
the path of your feet And all
your ways will be
established.”

2. God’s Protection – “. . . unto
him that is able to keep you
from falling, and to present
you faultless before the
presence of his glory with
exceeding joy” (Jude 24, KJV).
Hab 3:19; 2 Sam 22:34; Ps
18:33 – “The Lord God [is] my
strength, and he will make my
feet like hinds’ feet, and he will
make me to walk upon mine
high places.”

3. Evangelism – Romans 10:15 –
“How beautiful are the feet of
those who bring good news!”
Ephesians 6:15 – “And your
feet shod with the preparation
of the gospel of peace”
4. Servanthood – John 13 –
Jesus washing the disciples’
feet.

MAKE IT PRACTICAL
• What is something that you
have taken a stand for in the
past year? What are some
things that you need to take a
stronger stand on in the
upcoming year?
• What are some steps that you
have taken in the right direction
with your life? The wrong
direction?
• What are some areas in which
you have stumbled along the
way in your journey?

• What are some ways that we
can make our walk sure? How
can you get back on your feet
and take a new step in the right
direction with your life? In what
areas do you need to watch
your step?
• Taking a stand and finding your
footing in life isn’t always easy –
especially when you might need
to step on a few toes to do so.
How can you find the balance
between taking a stand on
things that are important to you
without stepping on too many
toes? Should you worry about
stepping on toes? Why or why
not?

MAKE IT PERSONAL
As a footnote to this lesson,
identify at least one area of your
life where you need to get back
on your feet! How can you take a
new step in the right direction
with your life beginning today? In
what areas do you need to watch
your step in the journey ahead?

(As a meaningful reminder, give
the participants the piece of paper
with their footprint on it to write
the answer to the questions
above. Encourage them to place it
on the door of their room as a
reminder that every day they step
outside that door they need to
also take a step in the right
direction for their life in the New
Year!)

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