Caterpillar Race
Divide your youth group kids into some groups, 4 works well as a relay. Just make sure the groups aren't...
Chocolate Game
Place a chocolate block in the center of the table. The candy should stay in its wrapper and, to...
Fishing for Marbles
Divide the youth into 2 or more teams. Place the bucket in the middle of the room, then put the...
Icebreaker Questions
A great way to help people open up to each other is to ask them fun questions that allow...
Silent Ball
Get everyone to stand around the room in random places. Then it's as simple as telling everyone to be...
Sock Wrestling
Everyone is to have socks on and no shoes. They are to stand inside a designated area, and when...
Where The Wind Blows
Everyone sits in a circle on chairs and one person is in the middle. The person in the middle...
Bible Drill
When youth leader says "draw weapons", each person sits on a pew or chair with their Bible held up...
Drip Drip Drop
Kind like duck duck goose but with water. Everyone sits in a circle and the game begins just like...
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...
Fruit Juice Face-off
Each team must line up behind an empty bowl. At the other end there must be a bucket of...
Giant Bowling
This is a simple game, but can be great fun for a mini-olympics style event. Basically, set up a...
Goldfish Gauntlet
This game is great when done infront of a crowd. Select four people from the crowd to be your...
In The Tomb, Out of the Tomb
Draw a long line using yarn or masking tape. Have the children line up in a straight line facing...
Rock Paper Scissors
In the middle of the playing field set up 2 long lines with a bout 1 - 2 metres to divide them....
Rocketball
There is many different ways to play this game - I think the key ingredients are using a decent...
Cheeseball Chuck-up
Divide your group into 4 teams. Select 1 player from each team to be the "target". Get a few teammates to...
Cross Country Spoons
Everyone's played spoons right? (if you don't know how to play, ask anyone at your youth group, they'll know......
Jelly Bobbing
Jelly bobbing is like bobbing for apples... only we're using jelly instead of water and lollies instead of apples....
Matthew Matthew One One
Players are numbered off: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, 1,2,3,4,5,6 etc. Matthew sits in the super chair. This person starts clapping,...
Poopdeck
For medium size to large groups indoor or out. Use tape to create large boxes on the floor or...
Porridge Pants
This game can either be played as an up-front game or as an all-play game. Either bring 4 people up...
Sock Thief
Get everyone to take their shoes off. Give two spare socks to anyone not wearing any. Everyone gets down...
Stuck in the Mud
In stuck in the mud, one person is "it". when they touch someone, that person is "frozen" in place....
The Toaster Game
Everyone sits in a circle. In the middle of the circle is a toaster. Put a piece of bread...
Water Bomber
This is a classic battle game which is easy to set up. Purchase a fair few water bombs and...
Do You Love Your Neighbour?
Get all the players to sit in a circle, except for one person who must stand in the middle...
Egg Roulette
A bit messy but a real laugh. Get enough eggs so there is one per player. Hard boil them...
Mafia
Mafia is a classic campfire game played at many youth camps, summer camps and scout camps before. In some...
Mr Whippy
Divide everyone into teams. Select one player from each team to lay down with a cone in their mouth....
Musical Boys and Girls
Divide the group up into girls and boys, but try to make sure that there is an even amount...
Spaghetti Fishing
This game can get very messy! The better your prizes... the messier it will get! This game can be...
Sponge Ball Skirmish
2 teams, each team sets up a base on either side of the hall/playing area with limited about of...
Table Climbing
Challenge one of your youthians to climb around a table! It's actually a lot harder than it sounds. Instruct...
The Cork Game
Use the masking tape to make a line. The first player picks up the cork and places only one...
Baby Food Roulette
Get a number of volunteers up the front. It can often work better if you don't tell them what...
Banana Munching
Each contestant needs 1 pair of pantyhose and a Banana. They put the Pantyhose over their heads so that it...
Brain Freeze
Blend the Ice in the Blender until it is quite small. Then fill the four 1L jugs with ice,...
Dirty Nappies
I played this at a baby shower, but I am reasonably confident it can be adapted to be youth-orientated......
Duck Duck Goose
Get the group to sit in a circle and then select one person to be "it". They must walk...
Gag in the Bag
You'll need to buy a selection of cans and then number them off. (Don't take the labels off though)...
Jell-o-rama
Using gellatine, make a slab of jelly in an ice-cream container (you have to increase the consistency to enable...
Moulder Ball
In this game there are seven or nine players. Three or Four people stand on one side of the...
Nose Knockers
This is pretty much just a relay with a twist! Poke two holes opposite one another at the top...
Russian Kickball
A fun twist on traditional kickball: Divide youth into two co-ed teams. Youth leader is "all-time pitcher." Played just...
Spit in the Bucket
This game can get kind of gross, if people are squeamish about saliva. Set up two buckets on chairs...
Stare Down
Start by having all of the kids remove one shoe and placing it in a pile in another room....
