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Often at the start of a youth camp or youth group year there are many people who don't know each other. Even the leaders often don't know many of kids. What's needed is a good ice breaker game which d...
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Whole Group
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
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Have everyone secretly write down the name of a person on a small piece of paper or a "post-it" note. It has to be a person that everyone in the room would know about - a famous historical figure, an ...
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Whole Group
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
Hot Topic
This is probably one of the oldest and most well known icebreakers. It's also known as "People Bingo" and "Get To Know You Bingo". It works for groups of all ages, and can be a really interesting game...
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All On All
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
Team Architect is basically a game where you get each team to build something with very little amounts of strange materials. For example, you could give each team a packet of pop sticks and a roll of ...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
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Speed Dating With a Twist
Large group gamesIcebreaker gamesCircle gamesRelaxing gamesTeam building games
Set up the chairs in two circles, a small circle and a larger circle outside of that. Make sure that the chairs are facing each other and there are an equal amount of chairs in the inside circle as we...
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Whole Group
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
This game is excellent for a competitive group. It tires everyone out really quickly and can provide a good opportunity to award a prize to the winner.
You have one person to be the leader or "Capt...
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Whole Group
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
Hot Topic
For this icebreaker game you'll need to set up your chairs in a circle facing inwards. Make sure there is one less chair than there are players.
Select one player to start off in the middle. They m...
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Whole Group
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
No cost
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Same rules as chasey... except everyone is it!
Get everyone to put their non-prefered hand on their head. Then, everyone has to run around in the specified area and get other people out by touching...
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Multi Player Duel
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
This is a good youth group game to get kids mingling together and to help kids to get to know one another better. It might provide good conversation starters for kids later on.
Get the whole group ...
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All On All
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
The group stands in the middle of a room (or if outside, between two markers eg cones). one wall/marker is nominated 'true' and the other 'false'.
The leader reads a statement, eg 'bats aren't act...
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All On All
0 - 5 mins
No Mess
No cost
Zombie Apocalypse
Wide gamesTeam building gamesMini olympic gamesCamp gamesAction gamesLarge group gamesNight games
How to Play: Basically, there will be three teams. One is the Zombies, one is the Survivors, the last is the Helpers.
The goal of this game is for the Survivors to get back to the starting point wi...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
No cost
This get to know you game / ice break game is a great way to generate discussion amoungst a big group or to help a small group get to know a bit more about each other.
Get the group to stand in the...
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All On All
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
Slap Wrestling
Sport gamesMini olympic gamesIcebreaker gamesPrize gamesRelaxing gamesLarge group games
Two people stand facing each other with about a shoulder's span between them and thier feet together. They must try to make the other player move thier feet by slapping thier opponent's hands only. (t...
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Multi Player Duel
0 - 5 mins
No Mess
No cost
This one is insanely popular with all ages. Minimum age of 7 or 8 is recommend as anything younger is hard to teach.
This game is basically hide and seek meets red light green light. Choose a count...
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All On All
30 - 60 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
No cost
This icebreaker youth group game is a cross between pictionary, sculptionary and charades.
Firstly come up with a list of pictionary style words to use. Try to use words that might be easy enough t...
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Multiple Teams
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
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French Vs English
Wide gamesTeam building gamesSimulation gamesCamp gamesAction gamesLarge group games
First off I wanted to say that this is probably one of my all time favourite youth group games. It is one of those games that just involves burning off a lot of energy!
The basic idea is that there...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
No cost
Hot Topic
Capture the Flag
Wide gamesWater gamesTeam building gamesCamp gamesAction gamesLarge group gamesNight games
Capture the flag is one of the most popular wide games ever and is great to play on a youth camp in a location with plenty of running space.
SET UP
1. Find a location to play. The ideal location...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
This is a great fun get to know you game. It works well as an ice breaker game and it really quick to play. Also works for both big groups and small groups.
Hand out a piece of paper and a pen to e...
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All On All
0 - 5 mins
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No cost
This is an all time classic icebreaker game!
Everyone stands in a big circle and then grabs onto two different peoples hands (not the people standing on either side of them).
Once everyone is h...
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Whole Group
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
No cost
The classic game of Mastermind works well when solved as a whole group. The whole group must work together to crack the code. Alternatively, divide the group into two teams and each gets to set a cod...
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Whole Group
10 - 30 mins
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No cost
I love this game for getting to know students.
Each player sits in a chair in a circle facing the canter. One player stands in the center to start the game, usually me after I explain it.
Whoeve...
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Whole Group
0 - 5 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
No cost
Select one person from your group to be the captain. They must stand on one side of the playing field (usually just in a room or hall) facing the wall.
The rest of the group must all start with one...
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Whole Group
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
Talking Point
This game is very simple. Perfect for a sleepover party or a late night camp gamer.
Make a room be able to go from pitch black to full light with the flick of a switch, and I'm serious pitch black....
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Whole Group
30 - 60 mins
No Mess
No cost
Hot Topic
Hold out 5 fingers (well, 4 and your thumb) Go around the circle and one at a time, each person announces something that they have never done, beginning the sentence with the phrase "Never have I ever...
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Whole Group
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
You will need a decent sized property for this game.
Before you start the game you explain to the youth how Christians risk their lives everyday smuggling bibles into communist countries. All youth...
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Whole Group
1 hour +
No Mess
No cost
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Don't Blink
Action gamesCamp gamesLarge group gamesNight gamesSimulation gamesTeam building gamesWide games
Overview: Time to embrace my inner nerd! This is a game based off a certain British science fiction TV show I won't name. Anyway, this game combines teamwork, reflexes, running, skill, and the occasio...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
Under $20
This is one of the simplest games I've known, but it still adds up to fun. Hopefully someone hasn't already covered it.
1. You'll need to play in a room with four corners, so it can't be circular....
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All On All
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
This is a wildly popular indoor exhausting game.
The game begins with all participants touching a wall. The dodge balls are thrown up in the air and play begins. The object is to not get out.
Yo...
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All On All
10 - 30 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
1. Tell the group to get into pairs, preferably with a person who has a similar height/weight to them.
2. Get them to designate one person from their pair to be the "jockey" and one person to be th...
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Whole Group
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
Put the keys in the metal bowl, and place it under the chair.
Everyone makes a wide circle around the chair.
A Person is blindfolded, and Sits in the chair, armed with the Newspaper/Nerf Sword. ...
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Whole Group
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
This activity is very simple and can be used for a wide variety of ages.
1) The group splits up into pairs. One pair starts by going up to kick.
2) The rest of the group decides who will pitch the b...
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Multiple Teams
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
Under $20
Grab a whole bunch of sticky labels or masking tape and write the names of celebrities on the non-sticky side. Then, without showing them the name, stick a label on the back of each person in your you...
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All On All
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
This is a game that you will want to play in an open area such as outside or in a Gymnasium. The goal of the game is to single highhandedly get everyone else with out going down yourself. It is a good...
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Single Player
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
Under $20
Talking Point
Fresh is a classic youth group running and strategy game. It's good for those kids who like to show off their speed, but also for those who'd rather stand still and out wit someone.
It can be a rea...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
No cost
Hot Topic
This is the "get to know you" edition of the youth group game called "Bang". You'll need to know the general rules of Bang to understand this game so it's best to read them first:
Read the rules fo...
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All On All
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
This game is a fantastic group mixer ice breaker activity.
Player must wander around the room and battle each other in Rock, Paper, Scissors. The winner evolves to the next stage and the loser stay...
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All On All
0 - 5 mins
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Talking Point
Get the group to take off their right shoe. Then throw all the shoes in a big pile in the middle of the room.
Tell everyone from the group to grab a random shoe from the pile and put it on their sp...
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Whole Group
5 - 10 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
No cost
This is a great, fun game for leading into topics like spiritual warfare, reaching the lost, etc.
This is best played with low lights and room to run and hide. You will need enough glow bracelets ...
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Whole Group
10 - 30 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
This is a really great running wide game - good for burning off a lot of energy. However, it's also a good wide game for those who might not like to run as it involves a lot of strategy.
1. Set up ...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Molecule
Wide gamesTeam building gamesSimulation gamesMemory gamesLarge group gamesCamp gamesAction games
This simulation game is a great one to play on a youth camp. It involves a lot of running and team work but also involves some problem solving skills. You'll need a decent bunch of leaders to run the ...
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Multiple Teams
30 - 60 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
This is a simple and easy game that everyone in our youth loves!!
You have a pole (a broom will suffice) and you place the pole on a stool. Everyone needs to gather around the pole and hold hands. ...
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All On All
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
This is a game that we always play at my youth group. I guess it's kind of a reverse version of Hide and Seek - because the whole group is looking for just one person.
So, one youthian is chosen by...
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Whole Group
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
No cost
Line up kids.
When you say go, they run as fast as they can, screaming as loud as they can as far as they can.
When they can scream no longer, they drop to the ground (dramatic falls are best)
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All On All
0 - 5 mins
No Mess
No cost
Arrange the chairs in a big circle, everyone to sit on a chair apart from one person, who stands in the middle of the circle.
The person standing in the middle starts the game off by stating someth...
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All On All
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
No cost
The Tangled Chain
Team building gamesSmall group gamesJunior youth gamesIcebreaker gamesRelaxing gamesLarge group games
Get everyone to huddle in a group in the middle of the room and join each hand with someone across the circle. Once everyone has joined hands, let them know their task is now to untangle themselves.
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Whole Group
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
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Alien Invasion
Action gamesCamp gamesLarge group gamesNight gamesSimulation gamesTeam building gamesWide games
1) Give ten players a glowstick for the game, which they will wear around their wrists. Obviously, the game is played at night--preferably outdoors, at a camp.
2) Explain the following situation as...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
Under $20
When youth leader says "draw weapons", each person sits on a pew or chair with their Bible held up in air with binding facing them (this is to keep people from putting their fingers IN the Bible while...
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All On All
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
No cost
Hot Topic
A great way to help people open up to each other is to ask them fun questions that allow them to express their personality or interesting things about them. This youth group icebreaker game basically ...
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Whole Group
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
Pass the Potato
Action gamesCamp gamesPrize gamesJunior youth gamesLarge group gamesSmall group games
Overview: This game combines "hot potato" with elements of tag. It can get very competitive with more people.
Where to Play: Outside, in an area that is large enough to contain ten people and wide ...
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All On All
10 - 30 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
This is a game we made up by accident back at youth group in good old days.
Basically... everyone in the group spins around on their own, while looking up, for a certain amount of time (ie. 1 minut...
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Whole Group
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
No cost
Talking Point
