Active junior youth games for large groups
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...
Fruit Basket Turnover
Everyone sits in chairs that are facing in a circle except one player - that one is in the...
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....
Body Parts
Teens should pair off. The oldest person of the pairs should go to the middle and make a circle....
Lima Bean Relay Race
Give each team member a straw. Place two tables about 10 feet apart. One the first table have a paper...
Scream Till You Drop!
Line up kids. When you say go, they run as fast as they can, screaming as loud as they...
Dodgeball Crossover
A large area the size of a basketball court is the best for this game. Have two or three...
The Chair Game
Arrange the chairs in a big circle, everyone to sit on a chair apart from one person, who stands...
Steal The Keys
Put the keys in the metal bowl, and place it under the chair. Everyone makes a wide circle around...
Trash Can Game
The whole group joins hands in a circle around the trash can. While holding hands, on the count of...
Bible Centred
Balance a bible on a chair in the middle of your playing area. Form a circle around the bible,...
Body Part Musical Chairs
So I am a sunday school teacher at my church and I have found this youth group game to...
Key Game
You can do this with any amount of kids you would like (min of 5 kids per team) the more...
Giants, Wizards, and Elves
Summary: An icebreaker / action oriented game good for medium and large sized groups. Similar to a game of rock,...
Marco Polo On Land
This is the same concept as the water version only with rule variations to make it work well on...
Top & Bottom Tag
Gather your players into two teams. Tell one team to put one of their hands on their head, and...
Campers and Tents
Everyone needs to pair up and one becomes the camper (pref. the smaller person) while the other becomes a...
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...
Four Corners
This is one of the simplest games I've known, but it still adds up to fun. Hopefully someone hasn't...
Pass the Potato
Overview: This game combines "hot potato" with elements of tag. It can get very competitive with more people. Where...
Answer Race
1. Prepare four sheets of questions. Each sheet represents one suit (diamond, hearts, clubs, spades). On each sheet write a...
Chair of Doom
Have everyone hold hands in a ring around the chair. The object of the game is to be the...
Bees Vs. Wasps
This is a fun run around church wide game I play with our middle-schoolers. The amount of nerf guns,...
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....
Sharky shark
Set the boundaries of the game, a straight channel as long as you decide and as wide as appropriate,...
Camoflauge
1. Pick a person to be it (Maybe a leader for the first round) 2. Everyone else hides in a large...
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...
Medic Dodgeball
To play this game you'll need to know the basic rules of dodgeball, so check them out here first....
Octopus Tag
Octopus Tag can be played indoors or outdoors with any sized group and any aged kids. It's a very...
Poisonous stump
Want your friends to fall into the poison zone? Then this is the perfect game for you! Get ready...
