Christian Icebreakers - Tee Freeze Icebreaker

Christian
Icebreakers -
Tee Freeze
Icebreaker
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Beat the hot days of
summer with a frozen T-
shirt contest for your
youth. The objective is
simple – Unfold a frozen t-
shirt and wear it. But it’s
not quite as easy as it
sounds. It can be played as
a team effort or you can
have one frozen tee for
each youth.

Resources
• Gallon Freezer Bags
• You’ll need one t-shirt for
each team or participant.
Larger shirts are best and if
possible you want them all
to be the same size.
Sometimes t-Shirts can be
torn or stretched in the
process.
• Water
• Freezer

Preparation
1. Soak each t-shirt in about 2
cups of water then wring it
out. If there is too much
water it will take too long to
thaw.
2. Once the shirt has been
wrung out, nicely fold each
one into a square that will fit
inside the freezer bag. Once
you have folded it flat, press
it down again to try to
remove even more water.

3. Seal each bag, and place
each t-shirt in the freezer
so that each lies flat.
4. Let them freeze for a
couple of days for best
results.
5. If you need to transport the
shirts to another venue,
place them in a cooler filled
with ice so they stay frozen.
6. Want to play on the theme
a little? Have “Iced Tea” for
refreshments.

What to do
1. Tell the youth you are going
to have a real icebreaker
game.
2. If you play by teams, don’t
tell the youth what you are
going to do and instead ask
for a volunteer from each
team. (You don’t want more
than 4 or 5 on a team or it
gets too crowded and some
youth end up sitting on the
sideline and watching.)
3. Give each youth (or team) a
frozen tee.

4. The objective is to use whatever
means possible to thaw the t-
shirt enough so that it they can
put it on. (They’ll sit on them
like hatching an egg, throw them
on the ground, rub them with
hands, roll them, stick them on
bare arms and legs to use their
body heat to warm them up
enough to unfold them and put
them on.) They’ll be worn out
trying to get them unfolded
enough to wear.
5. The first person to get the t-shirt
on wins! Heads and arms must
be completely in the t-shirt for
normal wear to be declared the
winner.

Rules of the Game
You might want to set some
rules such as:
• You cannot place the t-
shirt in water or any other
liquids
• You cannot microwave it
or use any appliance or
machinery to heat it up.
• You cannot leave the
game area
• You are not allowed to
use any sharp object on
the t-shirt

Take It to the Next Level
Like many things in life, this
game takes a lot of effort. It’s
the same with building
relationships. If you want to
have relationships that aren’t so
cold and are more warm and
friendly, it takes work. “Cold
hearted” and “Hard – hearted”
are terms we commonly use to
describe how youth relate to
others. We also often talk about
the warmth of friendship.

Take It Spiritual
In the Bible, Cold and Hot are used
to describe the relationship of a
person with God. But God’s
greatest criticism is not to a person
is either hot or cold, but to
someone that is lukewarm. In
Revelation, God refers to the
church of Laodicia in the same
terms.
“I know your works; you are neither
cold nor hot”. “Would that you
were cold or hot! So, because you
are lukewarm, neither cold nor hot,
I will spew you out of my mouth”
(Revelation 3:15-16).

Laodicia had no water supply of its
own, so an aqueduct was built to
bring water to the city from hot
springs. By the time the water
reached Laodicia is was neither
therapeutically hot nor
refreshingly cold. And because of
it, one of the strongest words in
Revelation is used, emesai,
meaning to vomit.

Take it Personal
• What actions of a Christian
might be described as Hot?
Cold? Lukewarm?
• How does a lukewarm
Christian behave?
• Why is lukewarm worse than
being either hot or cold?
• What is an area of your
devotion to God that could
be described as Lukewarm?
• If we are cold or lukewarm,
how can we become “On
Fire” in our devotion for
God?

Take Action
• What can you do this week to
become more fired up about
your relationship with God?
• What can you do this week to
share the warmth of Christ
with someone?

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