Outdoor active games
Ship Wreck
Divide the kids into teams of around 10 people. Each team will need a "ship" - this could be a...
Water Sponge
How To Play: Teachers will split students into two teams. There will be a sponge with water next to...
Don't Let The Witch Get You!
You need to assign participants to play the witch, the mother, and the babysitter or oldest child. Assign the...
Shoe Kick
Basically, all students stand in one straight row. According to if they are right or left handed, that's the...
Octopus
It's essentially tip, but when you get tipped you sit down where you were tipped. Once you've been tipped...
Two Legged Race
How to Play: Partner up pairs of two (Usually an older kid and a younger kid.) Velcro the partners...
Chinese Dodgeball
This is a game that you will want to play in an open area such as outside or in...
Human Noughts and Crosses
Draw a giant sized Noughts and crosses grid in the middle of the room/yard/field. Divide your group...
Dodgeball
The timeless classic game - dodgeball - requires little set up effort and is always a winner. There are...
Hand Tennis
Hand Tennis, short for "Hantis" can involve any number of players. Four tables are set up in a 2x2...
Amoeba Tag
If you don't know anything about science, an Amoeba is a type of cell that eats other cells by...
45 Seconds
This activity is very simple and can be used for a wide variety of ages. 1) The group splits up...
Alien Invasion
1) Give ten players a glowstick for the game, which they will wear around their wrists. Obviously, the game is...
Blatterball
Blatterball is essentially a cross between soccer and dodgeball [1]. It's named in honour of the former head of FIFA,...
Charlie's Candy
This game is based on the great children's movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." You're going to need a...
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...
Assassins
Get a volunteer to be the President, once they are chosen divide the rest of the kids into 2 unequal...
Steal the Bacon
This game is simple and is a great icebreaker among youth groups and camps. Divide the group into four...
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...
Kings in Grass Castles
This is an outdoor game combining tag/chasey/tiggy/tips, bluff, and a healthy dose of running around like...
Hitchhiker's Teeball
Hitchhiker's Teeball is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike teeball. Now that we've got that over with, this game...
The Ball Game
This may look like a regular game, but it's a prank in actuality. It should be performed in front...
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...
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€...
Tug of War
Setup: - Make sure the rope is marked in the middle, and has two other marks 4 metres apart from...
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...
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...
Zone Soccer
A human-sized version of foosball. Players play a normal game of soccer, each needing to stay in their designated...
Charades
Charades is a classic family game of acting and guesses. It's been around for a fair while but we'll...
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...
Sneaky Rope Battle
This is a two player battle game, perfect for a one-on-one duel or up the front challenge. Place the...
The Floor Is Lava
Imaginations turn the floor into super hot lava and require players to avoid touching it at all costs. No...
Bush Basketball
Set up the room or the playing area to have a chair at either end. Mark out an area...
