Relaxed icebreaker games

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Secret Identity

Have everyone secretly write down the name of a person on a small piece of paper or a "post-it"...

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Name Bingo

This is probably one of the oldest and most well known icebreakers. It's also known as "People Bingo" and...

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Mix & Meet

This is a really fun and simple (and yummy) small group get to know you game. Get each person...

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Teeth

Everyone sits in a circle. Each player chooses a fruit or vegetable. Player A says their fruit/veggie, then...

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Shoe Talk

Often at the start of a youth camp or youth group year there are many people who don't know...

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Blow Wind Blow

For this icebreaker game you'll need to set up your chairs in a circle facing inwards. Make sure there...

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Two Truths And A Tale

For this great get to know you game, each person must make three statements about themselves, one of which...

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Remember Me?

Get your two teams to mingle together for a couple of minutes, and introduce themselves to each other. The...

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Slap Wrestling

Two people stand facing each other with about a shoulder's span between them and thier feet together. They must...

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Psychiatrist

Have the entire group sit in a circle; a room with couches and chairs are fine, as long as...

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Actionary

This icebreaker youth group game is a cross between pictionary, sculptionary and charades. Firstly come up with a list...

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Speed Dating With a Twist

Set up the chairs in two circles, a small circle and a larger circle outside of that. Make sure...

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Celebrity Head Mania

Grab a whole bunch of sticky labels or masking tape and write the names of celebrities on the non-sticky...

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Honey If You Love Me...

This is a brilliant circle game! Basically get a circle of chairs set up and get the whole group...

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Mute Organisation

Simply announce that you want everyone lined up across the room by birth-date. Only catch: no talking. Once they...

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Shoe Shuffle

Get the group to take off their right shoe. Then throw all the shoes in a big pile in...

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Penny For Your Thoughts

Each kid gets a coin. When asked, they share something significant that happened to them the year the coin...

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The Tangled Chain

Get everyone to huddle in a group in the middle of the room and join each hand with someone...

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Animal Noise Game

A great ice breaker game which is sure to lighten the mood and get people feeling comfortable around one...

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Drip Drip Drop

Kind like duck duck goose but with water. Everyone sits in a circle and the game begins just like...

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Icebreaker Questions

A great way to help people open up to each other is to ask them fun questions that allow...

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Four on the Couch

Object: To have only your gender sitting on the couch. Set-Up: If you don't have a couch large enough...

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Musical Boys and Girls

Divide the group up into girls and boys, but try to make sure that there is an even amount...

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The Toaster Game

Everyone sits in a circle. In the middle of the circle is a toaster. Put a piece of bread...

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The Name Game

This is a great get-to-know you style icebreaker. To start off, maybe get the group to stand in a...

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Mingle Mingle Mingle

This is a good youth group game to get kids mingling together and to help kids to get to...

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If I Went to Mars...

Group is seated in circle. First person begins, 'My name is ... If I went to Mars, I would take....

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Lost on a Deserted Island

"The situation is dire - following a shipwreck, everyone has been stranded on a deserted island! Each person is...

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Poetry in Motion

This is a nice quiet activity when you've got a small cozy group and have some time to kill....

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I Tell A Lie

The object of this small group ice breaker game is to reveal unknown things about yourself to the group...

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Mastermind

The classic game of Mastermind works well when solved as a whole group. The whole group must work together...

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Animals

The Group sits on chairs around in a circle with the odd man out standing in the middle trying...

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Queen Ann

The object is to figure out what Queen Ann likes... the leader says examples, Queen Ann likes toes but...

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Identity

Divide your group into 2 teams. Each person writes the name of a well known person they would like to...

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Table Topics

This is an excellent ice breaker activity in it's simplest form! If you haven't heard of "Table Topics" before,...

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Donkey Game

Everyone circles up, and two people start with a ball each. One ball is to be passed around the...

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Celebrity Articulate

If you've ever played the famous board game "Articulate" then you'll love this game. It usually is easier to...

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Sneaky Phrase Game

This ice breaker game is a good group game to play with a small group - maybe at a...

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Telephone Pictionary

This group game could be used as an ice breaker game or just as a relaxed game. It's a...

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Simple Word Games

There are many simple word games you can find at the website listed. Some of them can be played...

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Matchstick Truth or Lie

Before playing, designate two actions for 'true' and 'false' (such as hands on heads or hands behind back) and...

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The Ultimate Quiz

Divide the group into teams of between 5 and ten people (If you are running a camp with small groups,...

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The Little Couch

Four on the Couch is quite a fun game but it needs quite a few people to make it...

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What If?

You give each person the two pieces of paper. Tell them to write on one piece a random question...

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Telephone

A classic and fun party game for all ages! 1. Get players to sit in a circle facing inwards. 2. Pick...

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Snowball Fight

This is a great fun get to know you game. It works well as an ice breaker game and...

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Remember Everything

This get to know you game is best played in a smaller group of around 10 or so people. If...

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Spot The Difference

Divide your group into two teams. Stand the first group in a line facing the second group. The second...

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Paper Telephone

Ok, so we all remember the kids game telephone, where the person at the front of the line whispers...

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Feet Pictionary

Set Up: - Divide the whole group into 2 teams, based on sides of the room. Any size youth group...

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