Active team building games for junior youth
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...
Blinded Volleyball
Have your group split up into two teams and set up like they are going to play volleyball. Then...
Lima Bean Relay Race
Give each team member a straw. Place two tables about 10 feet apart. One the first table have a paper...
Banana Chomp Relay: Eat
Using the Bananas with the kids' names on them, pile all the bananas in a heap at the front...
Candy Pants
I love this game mostly because of the name, but it is fun to watch and play. One person...
Team Bump
Divide group into 2 teams and have them stand on opposite sides of basketball hoop in parallel lines. If playing...
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...
NetTag
Create two teams out of your youth group. We usually separate with girls vs boys but that's not necessary...
Key Game
You can do this with any amount of kids you would like (min of 5 kids per team) the more...
Speed Cricket
This game has proven to be a real hit. We play it inside after our bible study has finished....
Bacon
An action oriented game good for medium and large sized groups. Similar to football and ultimate, two teams try...
Giants, Wizards, and Elves
Summary: An icebreaker / action oriented game good for medium and large sized groups. Similar to a game of rock,...
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...
Action Netball
You get 2 chairs sitting on the opposite ends of the playing area. Then you separate your group into 2 teams....
Monsters inc. (sully says)
Works very similar to Simon says or just as a fun way of keeping everyone warm without the sully...
Rubber Band Cup Stacking
Players work together in teams to stack cups using a rubber band pulled by strings.
Charades
Charades is a classic family game of acting and guesses. It's been around for a fair while but we'll...
Poisonous stump
Want your friends to fall into the poison zone? Then this is the perfect game for you! Get ready...
