Indoor games
Human Target
This is a very simple game (really an activity) which can be used to review information you have taught. 1....
Steal the Bacon
This game is simple and is a great icebreaker among youth groups and camps. Divide the group into four...
10-Second Hide and Seek
Have you ever wanted to play hide and seek, but found that the playing space was simply too small...
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...
Answer Race
1. Prepare four sheets of questions. Each sheet represents one suit (diamond, hearts, clubs, spades). On each sheet write a...
Bippity Bop-Bop
1) Everyone arranges themselves in a circle. One person is picked to be in the center. 2) That person will walk...
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...
Sprouts
This epic twist on dodgeball is best played with a fairly large group. It's great to use as an...
What Are the Odds?
This is an excellent game for groups of daring youth. It's a bit hard to explain, but it is...
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...
Cardboard Camelot
Separate your group into teams of 3-4 each. One member of each team will be the Champion, and the...
Raining Balloons
1. Blow up all the balloons bought and evenly distribute them into 2 different large garage bags (do this beforehand) 2. Divide...
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...
Chair of Doom
Have everyone hold hands in a ring around the chair. The object of the game is to be the...
Wave- Hide and seek
There is one person who is the seeker, the rest of the people are hiders. The seeker puts the...
App Snap
1. Make sure everyone in the group knows each others phone numbers, or at least has a group chat set...
Confederate Rugby
Rugby, I am generally advised, is a glorious sport that demonstrates the very pinnacle of human achievement, or some...
Matt Ball
The two bases are at opposite ends (much like the distance of a basketball court). Each base has one...
Extreme Event
Players work together to make decisions and solve problems during an engaging, fast-paced disaster simulation. The game facilitator reads...
Milk Jug Lacrosse
Each person has a milk jug. There are no boundaries set. Each team has a goal they are to...
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...
to-yo-ta
Let everyone stand in a circle facing inwards. one person should start by saying the first phrase "TO" (like...
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...
Bad Habits
Distribute a small piece of white paper (A4 size paper cut into 4 pieces and give each piece to every...
Screaming Toes
This is a very simple Game, maybe good for a time filler. Form a tight circle facing inwards. Everyone...
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...
Bees Vs. Wasps
This is a fun run around church wide game I play with our middle-schoolers. The amount of nerf guns,...
Pool Noodle Tape Hockey
Two teams, each team has to score in the other teams goal. Players can hold the pool noodle however...
The Invisible Ball
This game might sound weird but I have never played with people who didn't like it. It is a...
Bible Solving
This can be an in-lesson game, or just a game with a lesson. It's a game where you have...
Monsters inc. (sully says)
Works very similar to Simon says or just as a fun way of keeping everyone warm without the sully...
Bible Verse Pictograms
This is a great game to help kids remember a bible verse or passage. It can be played with...
Hypocrisy
This game is super simple but loads of fun. It's actually based on an old obscure board game but...
Santa's Coming!
One person is Santa - and chooses an action for the rest of the group to follow. Santa calls...
Tap
1. Have everyone gather around a table or flat surface. 2. Have players place each of their hands on a table...
Category Chaos
This game can be played as individuals or in teams. Each player (or team) will need a piece of...
Newspaper Memory Verse Shuffle
Break the group into even teams and provide each group with some newspaper pages, a pair of scissors, some...
P-S-Rock
Divide the group in two and from each group choose two players who will directly compete. These players stay...
Golden Child
This is a great game for encouraging kids to learn the basic skills of basketball and netball. It is...
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...
Rubber Band Cup Stacking
Players work together in teams to stack cups using a rubber band pulled by strings.
Camoflauge
1. Pick a person to be it (Maybe a leader for the first round) 2. Everyone else hides in a large...
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...
Atlas Shrugged
1. Split your group into 2-4 teams. Each team has a Frisbee and an end zone. 2. They start in the...
Toilet Paper Tell Me
A get to know you game that involves players sharing facts about themselves depending on how much toilet paper...
Charades
Charades is a classic family game of acting and guesses. It's been around for a fair while but we'll...
