Indoor games for junior youth
Steal The Keys
Put the keys in the metal bowl, and place it under the chair. Everyone makes a wide circle around...
Table Topics
This is an excellent ice breaker activity in it's simplest form! If you haven't heard of "Table Topics" before,...
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,...
Guess Who's Under The Blankets
This game can be played with 2-? players, but it is best with 4-10. Players take turns being the...
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....
Alphabet Concentration
This can be played in a pair, a small group or a larger crowd - but the more people...
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....
Printable Mazes
OK, a bit boring I know, but I have used the mazes found at KrazyDad's site (http://www.krazydad...
Simple Word Games
There are many simple word games you can find at the website listed. Some of them can be played...
Matchstick Truth or Lie
Before playing, designate two actions for 'true' and 'false' (such as hands on heads or hands behind back) and...
Moshi Moshi
This is the Japanese version of Telephone. Sit in a circle. Pick one person to be "IT" - that...
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
All participants sit in a circle. The leader begins, saying "Ali Baba and the forty thieves" while doing a...
Bacon
An action oriented game good for medium and large sized groups. Similar to football and ultimate, two teams try...
Telephone
A classic and fun party game for all ages! 1. Get players to sit in a circle facing inwards. 2. Pick...
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...
Giver Or Taker
Everyone sits in a circle like playing "duck, duck, goose!" the leader reads a story. Through out the story...
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...
Feet Pictionary
Set Up: - Divide the whole group into 2 teams, based on sides of the room. Any size youth group...
Human What's Missing?
This is a great game for learning names and getting used to each other. It's based on the whats...
Stretchy Snakes
Each person is given a lolly snake. They have a time limit to make the longest snake by stretching...
That's a Bunch of Baloney
Have 2 teams of 2 come up. The teams stand 10-15 feet away from each other. Hand all 4 players an equal...
Walrus
This game works a lot like psychiatrist but has it's own twist and humor. Start out by having one...
Amoeba Tag
If you don't know anything about science, an Amoeba is a type of cell that eats other cells by...
Doggy Doggy Who's Got Your Bone?
This is a classic kids party game and is great fun especially for a group of junior youth kids....
Four Corners
This is one of the simplest games I've known, but it still adds up to fun. Hopefully someone hasn't...
Pass the Parcel
Pass the Parcel is a classic kid's party game and can be played on many different occasions - at...
Blatterball
Blatterball is essentially a cross between soccer and dodgeball [1]. It's named in honour of the former head of FIFA,...
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...
Bippity Bop-Bop
1) Everyone arranges themselves in a circle. One person is picked to be in the center. 2) That person will walk...
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...
Monsters inc. (sully says)
Works very similar to Simon says or just as a fun way of keeping everyone warm without the sully...
Bible Solving
This can be an in-lesson game, or just a game with a lesson. It's a game where you have...
Tap
1. Have everyone gather around a table or flat surface. 2. Have players place each of their hands on a table...
Santa's Coming!
One person is Santa - and chooses an action for the rest of the group to follow. Santa calls...
P-S-Rock
Divide the group in two and from each group choose two players who will directly compete. These players stay...
