Sleeping Sheep
This activity is designed to achieve a quiet atmosphere (sometimes!) and start the children relaxing in preparation for story time, prayer time or devotions.
Elect a Shepherd or two, depending on the size of your group. The rest of the children then lie on the ground as still as they can, pretending to be 'sleeping sheep'. The Shepherd watches over them, when the Shepherd sees a 'sheep' moving then they must go to the sheep pens (have some hoola hoops or rope laid out on the ground to the side). These awake sheep are not allowed to speak and point out if someone it moving, but they are allowed to bleat and be a general annoyance!

Faces
A quick game for a small group to play.
Choose someone to be the 'face'. Make sure the 'face' is in full view of everyone. Choose someone to be the 'expressionist', they will sit next to the 'face'. The 'expressionist' will whisper to the 'face' some expression that he wants the 'face' to register. The 'face' will then contort his/her face in the manner that s/he thinks registers this best, the rest of the group have to try and guess. You might like to time this with an egg timer, but best to keep it quick and funny. Some examples for facial expressions are: happy, sad, jealous, indigestion, terror, arrogance, snooty, dislike, hate, excitement, etc….

Not my Nose!
This is a pretty funny game to play with a group in a circle.
Have one person start off by touching his/her nose with one hand and with the other hand pointing at someone else in the circle and saying at the same time 'This is my mouth'. The player that has been pointed at repeats action by pointing at his/her mouth and saying 'This is my ear' and pointing at someone else ... Words and actions must be contradictory, and the game should be played fast.

Knots
Have the children in a circle. Place at the centre of the circle a loosely knotted rope. Ask the children to walk into the centre and pick up a portion of the rope with the right hand. They are not allowed to let go, and together as a team they must untangle themselves.