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No Sir, Not I Sir (Prince of Paris)
Small group gamesMemory gamesJunior youth gamesCircle gamesAction games
This is a high paced game of concentration and reaction time. The goal of the game is to become #1 by tripping up the people ahead of you. WARNING: This game gets loud.
You'll need to set up the ch...
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All On All
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
No cost
This game is best played with a small group.
Place 20 or more cups in the middle of the room, put half of them upside down and the other half the right way up.
Divide the group into 2 teams and ...
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Multiple Teams
0 - 5 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
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
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
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 soccer. Soccer with not just one ball, not just two balls, but three balls! You'll need three balls, preferably all of a different colour. This game can be really useful to keep as many people...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
No cost
The aim of this balloon game is to knock the opposing teams balloons to the floor whilst keeping your own in the air.
Basically you have all the balloons for each team blow up their balloons and st...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Divide your youth group kids into some groups, 4 works well as a relay. Just make sure the groups aren't too big.
Set them up in 4 lines across the room. Then send half of each team to the opposite...
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Multiple Teams
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
Have everyone hold hands in a ring around the chair.
The object of the game is to be the last one "alive".
If you touch the chair you are out of the game.
Players must push and pull those who ...
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All On All
0 - 5 mins
No Mess
No cost
Firstly blindfold the player and tell them that you have placed whole eggs around the hall.
Their aim is to get to the other end of the hall without stepping on what they think are eggs.
Instead...
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Single Player
5 - 10 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Simple relay structure for this game. 4 teams line up at one end. Place a bowl of peas (or whatever you are using) at the other end.
The first player from each team has to run to the other end and ...
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Multiple Teams
0 - 5 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Both teams line up sitting down facing away from each other. Everyone holds hands.
At one end, the 2 players from either team line, face inwards and place their hands by their sides - ready to grab...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
No cost
Get 2-4 volunteers. Give each player a can of soft drink, and get them to line up along the starting area. Using only their head they need to push the can of soft drink along the ground, around a chai...
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Multi Player Duel
0 - 5 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Play this game with the same rules as volleyball except with 3 teams. Have 2 teams play against one another while the third team acts as the net. The "net" team can play a big part in this game as the...
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Multiple Teams
5 - 10 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
No cost
Hot Topic
Have you ever wanted to play hide and seek, but found that the playing space was simply too small for a good hiding spot? This game seeks to eliminate that problem, simply and effectively.
Really, ...
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Multi Player Duel
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
Start with half the benches at on end of the hall and the other half at the other. Split the group up into two teams at opposite ends of the hall. Players should select one member of their team to be ...
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Whole Group
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
No cost
Everyone needs to pair up and one becomes the camper (pref. the smaller person) while the other becomes a tent.
You all form a circle with the tents standing up holding the arms up high forming a r...
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Whole Group
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
Set up your hall like a foosball table:
With chairs as the black and white team. The 'black' chairs face to the right goal and the 'white' chairs face to the left goal. The goal could be a buck...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
This game is to be played in the dark and it an awesome choice to play as a night game on a youth camp.
Take apart the flashlight into it's parts and have the person who is "it" (the Gargon) to go ...
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Whole Group
30 - 60 mins
No Mess
No cost
This is a great youth group ice breaker game. Would work really well to help the group mingle and get comfortable being around one another.
You'll needa jenga set or even a giant jenga set if you h...
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All On All
10 - 30 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Push the long sides of the tables together so you have a large rectangle with a long seam down the middle.
Line up your group. (We count off just to cement in our heads who hits the ball to us, but...
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Whole Group
10 - 30 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
No cost
This is one of the easiest games to set up... but one of the most annoying games to clean up!
Divide your hall into halves or quarters or however many teams you want to have (may depend on the size...
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Multiple Teams
0 - 5 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
No cost
Everyone gets in the crab position. Two chairs at either end of the hall with a person standing up on them. Team has to hit the balloon to their chair so the person can pop the balloon with a pin.
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Multiple Teams
0 - 5 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Players work together to make decisions and solve problems during an engaging, fast-paced disaster simulation. The game facilitator reads from a script to create the narrative drama and create challen...
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Whole Group
30 - 60 mins
No Mess
Under $20
Each team must line up behind an empty bowl. At the other end there must be a bucket of water with one of each type of fruit in there (preferably one for each team member). In the middle, between the ...
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Multiple Teams
5 - 10 mins
Extreme Mess
Under $20
The two bases are at opposite ends (much like the distance of a basketball court). Each base has one person on it representing his team. Each team must get their ball to their team member on the mat...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
No cost
Milk Jug Lacrosse
Action gamesLarge group gamesMini olympic gamesSmall group gamesSport gamesTeam building gamesWide games
Each person has a milk jug. There are no boundaries set. Each team has a goal they are to defend with one person. By running up and down the field the tennis ball or is passed from teammate to team...
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Multiple Teams
30 - 60 mins
No Mess
No cost
I usually call this game dance and stop, because then the rules are even easier to explain.
Play music, stop the music. When the music stops, everyone has to freeze. If you see someone moving - the...
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All On All
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
This is a fantastic game that gets even the quite kids involved. This game can be played with 10-25 kids per team. Best played in a large, in an un-breakable hall. Split the group into two teams and h...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
1. Blow up all the balloons bought and evenly distribute them into 2 different large garage bags (do this beforehand)
2. Divide participants into two groups
3. From a high place release one of the ...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
Under $20
Return of the Jedi (Hide and Seek Freeze Tag in the Dark)
Action gamesTeam building gamesNight games
The goal of the game is to defeat Darth Vader(preferably a youth leader) before he finds and freezes everyone. The only way you can defeat him is by finding a light saber hidden in the building and h...
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Whole Group
10 - 30 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
No cost
Line up 2 teams against opposite walls. Number them all off so each team has a set of matching numbers. Make sure there is a chair at either end of the playing hall to use as the goal, and set up the ...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
No cost
Get everyone to take their shoes off. Give two spare socks to anyone not wearing any.
Everyone gets down on their hands and knees. When the leader says "Go!", everyone has to try and steal everyone...
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All On All
0 - 5 mins
No Mess
No cost
The whole group joins hands in a circle around the trash can. While holding hands, on the count of three each person goes around the trash can trying to pull one of the others into the trash can witho...
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Whole Group
5 - 10 mins
No Mess
No cost
This is a great game that is high energy, and can give kids (and leaders) an opportunity to vent their frustration!
Depending on numbers of balls and players, each player is issued with a ball at t...
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All On All
0 - 5 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
No cost
Each player has a balloon tied around their ankle with a piece of string. The aim of this balloon game is to pop all the other balloons, while preventing your balloon from being popped. Once your ball...
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All On All
10 - 30 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
1. Leaders divide the group into 2 teams and leaders place the baskets on opposite sides of the classroom.
2. Each member of the teams must grab a chair and place it anywhere they would like in the r...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
Under $20
This is a fun run around church wide game I play with our middle-schoolers. The amount of nerf guns, pool noodles, and wasps totally depend on how big your group is, so you can experiment with whateve...
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Whole Group
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
Under $20
There are different names for this game, but I couldn’t find a Christmas version that we liked. Our junior high youth group created this version. If you’ve never played this game, check out www.ch...
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Whole Group
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
No cost
New
Number off 1 through however many player you have
Player 1 serves a legal ping-pong serve to Player 2
Player 2 allows the ball to hit the floor before hitting it back onto the table (it doesn't matt...
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All On All
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
No cost
This game is vaguely related to both Foosball and pinball, is reasonably active, and can be played indoors. Useful for those delightful winter months. The explanation may look complicated, but bear wi...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
No cost
You need an empty matchbox for each person and a hall (preferably carpeted). The matchbox must be empty, and is 5.2cm x 3.7cm x 1.6cm. In the hall, measure out a 20m track, which is as straight as pos...
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Multi Player Duel
0 - 5 mins
No Mess
No cost
I bought a putter at my church fete for $2 a fair few years ago and since then I've occasionally had a hit around my house. Just grab a golf ball, put a cup somewhere and then play mini-golf - it's th...
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All On All
10 - 30 mins
Cool Off & Clean Up
Under $20
Monsters inc. (sully says)
Action gamesDrama gamesIcebreaker gamesJunior youth gamesLarge group gamesMemory gamesSmall group gamesTeam building games
Works very similar to Simon says or just as a fun way of keeping everyone warm without the sully says element, you could use it as ‘monster training’, ‘monsters university’ there are many ways...
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All On All
0 - 5 mins
No Mess
No cost
Two teams, each team has to score in the other teams goal. Players can hold the pool noodle however they want (Most folded them in half to make them stronger, and the loop at the end allowed for easie...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
Under $20
The most popular game at our Youth Group (played just like in the movie 'dodgeball').
Two teams line up opposite each other touching the wall. Line up some balls in the middle (4-6 of them). When y...
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Multiple Teams
10 - 30 mins
No Mess
No cost
