Indoor games

Steal the Bacon

This game is simple and is a great icebreaker among youth groups and camps. Divide the group into four...

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10-Second Hide and Seek

Have you ever wanted to play hide and seek, but found that the playing space was simply too small...

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Assassins

Get a volunteer to be the President, once they are chosen divide the rest of the kids into 2 unequal...

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Food Basket

1) Set up the chairs in a large circle facing the middle. There should be one chair less than the...

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Hungry Hungry Humans

Setup: First you make a very large circle of chairs, or tables on their sides. This can also be...

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Bippity Bop-Bop

1) Everyone arranges themselves in a circle. One person is picked to be in the center. 2) That person will walk...

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Sprouts

This epic twist on dodgeball is best played with a fairly large group. It's great to use as an...

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What Are the Odds?

This is an excellent game for groups of daring youth. It's a bit hard to explain, but it is...

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Answer Race

1. Prepare four sheets of questions. Each sheet represents one suit (diamond, hearts, clubs, spades). On each sheet write a...

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I'm all about that blue (no yellow)

This game is vaguely related to both Foosball and pinball, is reasonably active, and can be played indoors. Useful...

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The Ball Game

This may look like a regular game, but it's a prank in actuality. It should be performed in front...

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Hitchhiker's Teeball

Hitchhiker's Teeball is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike teeball. Now that we've got that over with, this game...

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Cardboard Camelot

Separate your group into teams of 3-4 each. One member of each team will be the Champion, and the...

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Raining Balloons

1. Blow up all the balloons bought and evenly distribute them into 2 different large garage bags (do this beforehand) 2. Divide...

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The Picture Project

1: break up the group into teams of 3-5 (make sure team captain has a smart phone) 2: each team captain...

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Wave- Hide and seek

There is one person who is the seeker, the rest of the people are hiders. The seeker puts the...

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Chair of Doom

Have everyone hold hands in a ring around the chair. The object of the game is to be the...

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Confederate Rugby

Rugby, I am generally advised, is a glorious sport that demonstrates the very pinnacle of human achievement, or some...

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Matt Ball

The two bases are at opposite ends (much like the distance of a basketball court). Each base has one...

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App Snap

1. Make sure everyone in the group knows each others phone numbers, or at least has a group chat set...

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Extreme Event

Players work together to make decisions and solve problems during an engaging, fast-paced disaster simulation. The game facilitator reads...

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Milk Jug Lacrosse

Each person has a milk jug. There are no boundaries set. Each team has a goal they are to...

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Return of the Jedi (Hide and Seek Freeze Tag in the Dark)

The goal of the game is to defeat Darth Vader(preferably a youth leader) before he finds and freezes...

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to-yo-ta

Let everyone stand in a circle facing inwards. one person should start by saying the first phrase "TO" (like...

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Beach Ball Basket Ball

1. Leaders divide the group into 2 teams and leaders place the baskets on opposite sides of the classroom. 2. Each member...

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Screaming Toes

This is a very simple Game, maybe good for a time filler. Form a tight circle facing inwards. Everyone...

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Bad Habits

Distribute a small piece of white paper (A4 size paper cut into 4 pieces and give each piece to every...

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The Stories of Your Names

Divide group into smaller groups (3-4 people). Give each group 1 sheet of paper and a pencil. Write every person's...

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Bees Vs. Wasps

This is a fun run around church wide game I play with our middle-schoolers. The amount of nerf guns,...

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Logic

This is not an active game but it is ideal for any down time such as bus rides, waiting...

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The Invisible Ball

This game might sound weird but I have never played with people who didn't like it. It is a...

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Monsters inc. (sully says)

Works very similar to Simon says or just as a fun way of keeping everyone warm without the sully...

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Pool Noodle Tape Hockey

Two teams, each team has to score in the other teams goal. Players can hold the pool noodle however...

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Bible Solving

This can be an in-lesson game, or just a game with a lesson. It's a game where you have...

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Tap

1. Have everyone gather around a table or flat surface. 2. Have players place each of their hands on a table...

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Bible Verse Pictograms

This is a great game to help kids remember a bible verse or passage. It can be played with...

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Hypocrisy

This game is super simple but loads of fun. It's actually based on an old obscure board game but...

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Santa's Coming!

One person is Santa - and chooses an action for the rest of the group to follow. Santa calls...

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Category Chaos

This game can be played as individuals or in teams. Each player (or team) will need a piece of...

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Newspaper Memory Verse Shuffle

Break the group into even teams and provide each group with some newspaper pages, a pair of scissors, some...

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P-S-Rock

Divide the group in two and from each group choose two players who will directly compete. These players stay...

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Golden Child

This is a great game for encouraging kids to learn the basic skills of basketball and netball. It is...

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Now That's What I Call Latin

This can be done with team Vs. Team, or everyone Vs. everyone. Go to google translate, and translate any...

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Rubber Band Cup Stacking

Players work together in teams to stack cups using a rubber band pulled by strings.

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Camoflauge

1. Pick a person to be it (Maybe a leader for the first round) 2. Everyone else hides in a large...

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Simon Says

Simon Says is a kids game usually played with three or more people. One person is nominated to be...

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Zone Soccer

A human-sized version of foosball. Players play a normal game of soccer, each needing to stay in their designated...

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Atlas Shrugged

1. Split your group into 2-4 teams. Each team has a Frisbee and an end zone. 2. They start in the...

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Charades

Charades is a classic family game of acting and guesses. It's been around for a fair while but we'll...

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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...

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