Active games
Alien Invasion
1) Give ten players a glowstick for the game, which they will wear around their wrists. Obviously, the game is...
Charlie's Candy
This game is based on the great children's movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." You're going to need a...
45 Seconds
This activity is very simple and can be used for a wide variety of ages. 1) The group splits up...
Blatterball
Blatterball is essentially a cross between soccer and dodgeball [1]. It's named in honour of the former head of FIFA,...
Tangle (Royal Rangers Romania)
Break the group into 2 teams of 3 players. The players of each team will be tied up together by their...
Pass the Potato
Overview: This game combines "hot potato" with elements of tag. It can get very competitive with more people. Where...
Human Target
This is a very simple game (really an activity) which can be used to review information you have taught. 1....
Reverse Dodgeball
1. Break up into even teams 2. Pick a captain for each team who will begin on the dodgeball court 3. The...
Steal the Bacon
This game is simple and is a great icebreaker among youth groups and camps. Divide the group into four...
10-Second Hide and Seek
Have you ever wanted to play hide and seek, but found that the playing space was simply too small...
Assassins
Get a volunteer to be the President, once they are chosen divide the rest of the kids into 2 unequal...
Food Basket
1) Set up the chairs in a large circle facing the middle. There should be one chair less than the...
Hungry Hungry Humans
Setup: First you make a very large circle of chairs, or tables on their sides. This can also be...
Lifesavers Relay
1) At youth group, break everyone into three teams. If you are at a camp and have a group system,...
Nuke 'Em
1. Create 2 teams. 2. Begin the game by throwing the ball over the net. 3. The goal of the game is to...
Answer Race
1. Prepare four sheets of questions. Each sheet represents one suit (diamond, hearts, clubs, spades). On each sheet write a...
Sprouts
This epic twist on dodgeball is best played with a fairly large group. It's great to use as an...
I'm all about that blue (no yellow)
This game is vaguely related to both Foosball and pinball, is reasonably active, and can be played indoors. Useful...
Kings in Grass Castles
This is an outdoor game combining tag/chasey/tiggy/tips, bluff, and a healthy dose of running around like...
The Ball Game
This may look like a regular game, but it's a prank in actuality. It should be performed in front...
Hitchhiker's Teeball
Hitchhiker's Teeball is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike teeball. Now that we've got that over with, this game...
Raining Balloons
1. Blow up all the balloons bought and evenly distribute them into 2 different large garage bags (do this beforehand) 2. Divide...
Chair of Doom
Have everyone hold hands in a ring around the chair. The object of the game is to be the...
Human Stratego
How to play: 1. Divide the group into 2 teams. 2. Each team goes to the opposite end of the field where...
Wave- Hide and seek
There is one person who is the seeker, the rest of the people are hiders. The seeker puts the...
Confederate Rugby
Rugby, I am generally advised, is a glorious sport that demonstrates the very pinnacle of human achievement, or some...
Matt Ball
The two bases are at opposite ends (much like the distance of a basketball court). Each base has one...
Extreme Event
Players work together to make decisions and solve problems during an engaging, fast-paced disaster simulation. The game facilitator reads...
Milk Jug Lacrosse
Each person has a milk jug. There are no boundaries set. Each team has a goal they are to...
Slippery Races
The concept is, put a tarp down with some water and at least 2 bottles of dishwashing liquid, so it...
Giant Dutch Blitz
1. Each team puts 8 cards in a discard pile with the top card facing up. 2. That leaves 12 cards “in handâ€...
Return of the Jedi (Hide and Seek Freeze Tag in the Dark)
The goal of the game is to defeat Darth Vader(preferably a youth leader) before he finds and freezes...
Tug of War
Setup: - Make sure the rope is marked in the middle, and has two other marks 4 metres apart from...
Beach Ball Basket Ball
1. Leaders divide the group into 2 teams and leaders place the baskets on opposite sides of the classroom. 2. Each member...
Bees Vs. Wasps
This is a fun run around church wide game I play with our middle-schoolers. The amount of nerf guns,...
Pool Noodle Tape Hockey
Two teams, each team has to score in the other teams goal. Players can hold the pool noodle however...
Monsters inc. (sully says)
Works very similar to Simon says or just as a fun way of keeping everyone warm without the sully...
Action Netball
You get 2 chairs sitting on the opposite ends of the playing area. Then you separate your group into 2 teams....
Five Tribes
Five tribes night game 5 teams of 2 cabins (about 20 kids each) each team has its own colour and home base...
Santa's Coming!
One person is Santa - and chooses an action for the rest of the group to follow. Santa calls...
Sharky shark
Set the boundaries of the game, a straight channel as long as you decide and as wide as appropriate,...
Golden Child
This is a great game for encouraging kids to learn the basic skills of basketball and netball. It is...
Rubber Band Cup Stacking
Players work together in teams to stack cups using a rubber band pulled by strings.
Simon Says
Simon Says is a kids game usually played with three or more people. One person is nominated to be...
Camoflauge
1. Pick a person to be it (Maybe a leader for the first round) 2. Everyone else hides in a large...
Zone Soccer
A human-sized version of foosball. Players play a normal game of soccer, each needing to stay in their designated...
Atlas Shrugged
1. Split your group into 2-4 teams. Each team has a Frisbee and an end zone. 2. They start in the...
Charades
Charades is a classic family game of acting and guesses. It's been around for a fair while but we'll...
Crazy Quoits
A hand skill based game where players throw small hoops onto sticks worth different point values
