Active icebreaker games for junior youth
Poopdeck
For medium size to large groups indoor or out. Use tape to create large boxes on the floor or...
Duck Duck Goose
Get the group to sit in a circle and then select one person to be "it". They must walk...
Circle Untangle
This is an all time classic icebreaker game! Everyone stands in a big circle and then grabs onto two...
Rock Paper Dragon
This game is great as an icebreaker and our group did it the first night of a youth confrence....
Banana Chomp Relay: Search
As the teens get there, have them print their name on a list. This gives you the right spelling...
Banana Chomp Relay: Eat
Using the Bananas with the kids' names on them, pile all the bananas in a heap at the front...
The Chair Game
Arrange the chairs in a big circle, everyone to sit on a chair apart from one person, who stands...
Blindfolded Musical Chairs
It's pretty much what the name suggests! Each person playing is blindfolded and chairs are spread randomly through the...
Cup Stack Relay
Line two teams up next to each other with a table a few metres away from the start of...
Play Dough Pictionary
Split the group into groups of about 5 pleople and distribute them around the room. Each group is given a...
Giants, Wizards, and Elves
Summary: An icebreaker / action oriented game good for medium and large sized groups. Similar to a game of rock,...
Top & Bottom Tag
Gather your players into two teams. Tell one team to put one of their hands on their head, and...
Dinosaurs
1. Choose one person to be the "Danger Alert" or choose an adult or a group leader or something. Give...
Amoeba Tag
If you don't know anything about science, an Amoeba is a type of cell that eats other cells by...
Monsters inc. (sully says)
Works very similar to Simon says or just as a fun way of keeping everyone warm without the sully...
Sharky shark
Set the boundaries of the game, a straight channel as long as you decide and as wide as appropriate,...
Rubber Band Cup Stacking
Players work together in teams to stack cups using a rubber band pulled by strings.
If I Were A Butterfly
This is the game version of the popular children's song "If I Were a Butterfly" and is a variation...
Chalk Targets
SETUP Find a good area of concrete or sidewalk path where you will be able to play chalk targets....
Creative Hopscotch
To play hopscotch, players must hop and jump along a hopscotch course. Usually a course consists of single or...
