Active games for junior youth
Poopdeck
For medium size to large groups indoor or out. Use tape to create large boxes on the floor or...
Duck Duck Goose
Get the group to sit in a circle and then select one person to be "it". They must walk...
Fruit Basket Turnover
Everyone sits in chairs that are facing in a circle except one player - that one is in the...
Baby Burp
You need two people per team, you can make as many teams as you like, and one person is...
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....
Body Parts
Teens should pair off. The oldest person of the pairs should go to the middle and make a circle....
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...
Scream Till You Drop!
Line up kids. When you say go, they run as fast as they can, screaming as loud as they...
Asteroids
This is a great game that is high energy, and can give kids (and leaders) an opportunity to vent...
Banana Chomp Relay: Eat
Using the Bananas with the kids' names on them, pile all the bananas in a heap at the front...
Blindfolded Musical Chairs
It's pretty much what the name suggests! Each person playing is blindfolded and chairs are spread randomly through the...
Candy Pants
I love this game mostly because of the name, but it is fun to watch and play. One person...
Dodgeball Crossover
A large area the size of a basketball court is the best for this game. Have two or three...
The Chair Game
Arrange the chairs in a big circle, everyone to sit on a chair apart from one person, who stands...
Cup Stack Relay
Line two teams up next to each other with a table a few metres away from the start of...
Team Bump
Divide group into 2 teams and have them stand on opposite sides of basketball hoop in parallel lines. If playing...
Play Dough Pictionary
Split the group into groups of about 5 pleople and distribute them around the room. Each group is given a...
Steal The Keys
Put the keys in the metal bowl, and place it under the chair. Everyone makes a wide circle around...
Trash Can Game
The whole group joins hands in a circle around the trash can. While holding hands, on the count of...
Bible Centred
Balance a bible on a chair in the middle of your playing area. Form a circle around the bible,...
NetTag
Create two teams out of your youth group. We usually separate with girls vs boys but that's not necessary...
Dizzy Donkey
Love this game - so funny... 1. Beforehand, cut out a pair of donkey ears using the cardboard or paper. 2....
Twice Round the Marquee
You find a large building (whatever one you hold youth in) and you send one leader round clockwise walking...
Body Part Musical Chairs
So I am a sunday school teacher at my church and I have found this youth group game to...
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,...
Running Twister
We’ve put a twist on “Twister” making it even more… twisty?! Definitely a slightly less awkward version of...
Marco Polo On Land
This is the same concept as the water version only with rule variations to make it work well on...
Top & Bottom Tag
Gather your players into two teams. Tell one team to put one of their hands on their head, and...
Campers and Tents
Everyone needs to pair up and one becomes the camper (pref. the smaller person) while the other becomes a...
No Sir, Not I Sir (Prince of Paris)
This is a high paced game of concentration and reaction time. The goal of the game is to become #1...
Pool Noodle Ball
Played this game with my junior youth (Kids Club - 6 to 12 year old). Have one of the leaders be...
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...
Four Corners
This is one of the simplest games I've known, but it still adds up to fun. Hopefully someone hasn't...
Blatterball
Blatterball is essentially a cross between soccer and dodgeball [1]. It's named in honour of the former head of FIFA,...
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....
10-Second Hide and Seek
Have you ever wanted to play hide and seek, but found that the playing space was simply too small...
Answer Race
1. Prepare four sheets of questions. Each sheet represents one suit (diamond, hearts, clubs, spades). On each sheet write a...
Chair of Doom
Have everyone hold hands in a ring around the chair. The object of the game is to be the...
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...
