This is an event we did this summer for all activity day girls and their families. We prepared flyers with the Fear Factor logo (you can copy this at www.fearfactor.com) They read something like..."if fear is not a factor for your family then come to our Family Fear Factor event. Be prepared for some creepy, slimy family fun." The girls were really excited about the event-most of them have seen Fear Factor on TV.
 

Each family forms a team. Combine families if needed to make teams of at least three or four individuals at minimum. Teams do not have to be equal in size.
 

Gathering Games
Use these two games while waiting for your crowd to arrive.
 

Fear Factor Mad Lib- Mad Libs puts out a Fear Factor edition. Complete one or two of these while waiting for your entire group to arrive.
 

Harry Potter Jelly Bean Guessing Game. Play a jellybean flavor guessing game. Purchase a gift size box of Harry Potter "Bertie Botts Jelly beans" These jelly beans come in ten nasty flavors and can be purchased for about $5 - $6 at a specialty candy store or on the Internet from www.jellybelly.com.  They contain 10 jellybeans of each flavor, for a total of 100 jellybeans. Label each compartment of jellybeans with a number (1-10). Remove the plastic case from the box, so that it is not apparent that these are Harry Potter jellybeans. Using a game spinner, (I used the game spinner from a LIFE game) have each person spin a number and take the corresponding jellybean. When all people have chosen their jellybean call a number. All those people with that number must taste their jellybean at the same time and try to guess what flavor it is.   The fun is that they are nasty flavors, like vomit, dirt, booger, earwax, etc. It goes perfect with the Fear Factor theme.
 

Challenge Events (set up outdoors) - Unlike the TV Fear Factor game, there is no elimination of teams. I chose to set it up this way, so every family got to participate in all the challenges. That way I didn't have unhappy, wandering kids.   Events are either whole team events or teams choose 2 or 3 people to participate in some of the challenges. You don't have to keep score, but if you want to this is what I did... winners were judged by a winning time or by best completion of the event. Points were awarded to each team, after each event. We had a big poster board to keep a running total for all to see. We had six families participate so we had six different score totals possible. First place team got 10 pts., 2nd place- 5 points, 3rdplace- 4 points, 4dlplaoe- 3 points, 5thplace -2 points, and 6thplaoe- 1 point after the completion of each event. You can alter these according to your number of teams. Scores were totaled at the end of the evening and prizes awarded to all the contestants!
 

These are the eight challenge events we played at our Family Fear Factor event …you could probably come up with some other great ones or just tweak these to work for your group. One or two stopwatches will be very important to have.  If possible, it would be nice to have plenty of adults on hand, some to time and judge, some to set up the next event, and some to take photos. I did it with just me in charge and it still worked out fine, except that I would have loved to have some photos or videos of some of the events.

1. Slimy Swap- Each team lines up in relay formation. Each team is given about 8 -10 raw eggs. The person at the beginning of the line must crack the egg somehow with their hands and crack it into the next person's hands. That person places the raw eggs into the next teammates hands and so on where the last person drops it into a clear cup. Teams may complete this challenge all at the same time. Winning team has the most liquid eggs in their cups. This event was timed for 25 seconds. Messy—have a hose and hand towels ready for clean up!
 

2. Bubble Trouble- Each team lines up and each person is given a gumball. I got eyeball gumballs that oozed red syrup when you bit into them, from Oriental Trading Company or look for bags of them during the Halloween season. When the clock starts they put the gum into their mouth, chew and try to blow a bubble. Time is stopped when the first member of their team blows a bubble. If you have two stop watches, you can time two teams at a time. Best overall time wins first place.
 

3. Chill Out- Each team chooses two people to compete in this challenge. One person sits in a chair and holds a large paper cup on their head. The other person puts on a blindfold and stands behind the chair. He is given a pitcher of ice water. When the clock starts the person pours water into the cup on his teammate's head. He cannot touch or feel for the cup. Teams were given 15 seconds for this event. The team with the most water in their cup when the clock stops takes first place.
 

4.  Pucker Up- Choose one person from your team to compete in this challenge. Fill small cups with 1 TBSP of lemon juice concentrate. We filled four cups and timed how long it took each person to drink the four cups. Each team was timed separately. Winning time took 1st place.  This challenge was great fun, and the crowd loved to cheer others on, I guess it's -the Mormon version of whiskey shot glasses!
 

5. In Your Face- Choose two people from your team to compete in this challenge. One person sits in a chair and puts a thick layer of shaving cream all over their face. The other person is given a baggie full of Cheetos. They stand a fair distance away and when the clock starts they must toss Cheetos one at a time at their teammate's face. All teams may compete at the same time in this event. They were given 45 seconds to throw. When the clock stops each team counts the number of Cheetos that stuck to the their teammate's face. 1st place is awarded to the team with the highest number.   Really funny, have your camera ready!
 

6. You Dirty Rat- For this event I purchased 1 dozen big plastic rats from Oriental Trading Co. You could use anything eke that you think might work .  Watch for the clearance sales at Halloween for some sort of creepy plastic animal, maybe snakes or spiders, etc. Teams choose two people to compete in this challenge. Two teams competed at the same time. Two bowls were filled with six rats in each bowl. One person (without using their hands) has to pick up a rat by its tail with their teeth and fling it to their teammate who tries to catch it in an empty bucket. Each team was given 45 seconds to complete this challenge. When finished, the next two teams competed. Team with the most rats caught took 1st place. If there was a tie, both teams were awarded 1st place points, etc. If you are worried about germs, take a minute to spray alcohol on the plastic rats before the next group starts. This one was a hoot to watch!

7. Whoopee! - Purchase 12 whoopee cushions. Wal-Mart or the $1 stores have them for pretty cheap. I purchased eyeball whoopee cushions from Oriental Trading.  Inflate all of the cushions. Lay two sheets or plastic tablecloths on the ground.   Place six inflated whoopee cushions on each sheet. Choose one teammate to compete in this challenge. Each team goes separately in this event, with the other teams watching. At the start of the clock players must deflate each whoopee cushion (completely) by sitting on them. Team with the best time wins 1st place. Even though this challenge is done one team at a time, two game areas were set up because the whoopee cushions take some time to re-inflate. This way the other game area was ready to go as soon as the first one was done. Some of the people sat a little too hard and popped -the whoopee cushions, so we made them deflate the cushions with their head instead.  It wasn't as hard on the whoopee cushions,
 

8. Yummy Gummy- Make a gummy worm Cool Whip pie using small foil pans. Bury 5-6 gummy worms in Cool Whip. Teams choose 3 people to compete in this challenge. Each team is timed separately for this challenge, while other teams watch. One person is the mama bird, and the other two are her babies. Put the mama bird on the end of a table with the pie tin in front of her. Each baby stands or kneels at either side of the mama bird. The mama bird, using only her mouth (no hands!) must get one worm from the pie at a time. When she has one worm in her mouth she then must place it into the mouth of a waiting teammate. That teammate must chew and swallow the worm before they may accept another. The mama bird must retrieve all the worms from the pie and the baby birds must have them all chewed and swallowed before the clock is stopped. First place is awarded to the team with the quickest time.    With families, this challenge wasn't too gross, but if your doing it with a youth group it might seem too gross or risqué in a group with boys and girls, since your mouths nearly touch when passing the worm.  Alter the challenge to fit the needs of your group. Maybe just have the mama bird place them on a plate where the baby birds must eat them or have the mama bird chew and swallow all the worms herself, Total points up and award prizes to all the teams. First place family got a package of $100,000 Dollar candy bars and a $5 Blockbuster gift card so they could watch a really scary movie together since "fear was not a factor for them"! Other prizes could be candy...milk duds for last place, Rocky road bars, Zero bars, Butterfingers bars, etc. for other places scored. About one week after the event I saw some cheap (69 cents) Fear Factor school folders at Target in the "Back to School" section. These would have made great prizes.
 

Refreshments were chocolate pudding dirt cups complete with gummy worms oozing out of them. It was a really fun night and would be great for Young Women / Young Men, an adult party, ward activity or family reunion.  We did it at our family reunion this year …we had to change it a bit because we were indoors, but it made for some great memories.  Have FUN!