Team-based games

Slippery Races

The concept is, put a tarp down with some water and at least 2 bottles of dishwashing liquid, so it...

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Giant Dutch Blitz

1. Each team puts 8 cards in a discard pile with the top card facing up. 2. That leaves 12 cards â€œin handâ€...

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Tug of War

Setup: - Make sure the rope is marked in the middle, and has two other marks 4 metres apart from...

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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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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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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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Action Netball

You get 2 chairs sitting on the opposite ends of the playing area. Then you separate your group into 2 teams....

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Five Tribes

Five tribes night game 5 teams of 2 cabins (about 20 kids each) each team has its own colour and home base...

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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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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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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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Medic Dodgeball

To play this game you'll need to know the basic rules of dodgeball, so check them out here first....

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Priest of the Parish

Group game involving listening and repeating in teams.

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Zoom Game

Guess popular superheroes, cartoon characters and movie covers from "zoomed" in photos.

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Blow!

Blow is a game that provides a bundle of laughs! You'll ideally need a ping pong table (or table...

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Bush Basketball

Set up the room or the playing area to have a chair at either end. Mark out an area...

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Chalk Targets

SETUP Find a good area of concrete or sidewalk path where you will be able to play chalk targets....

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Cornhole

The long-time favourite American classic game of Cornhole, otherwise known as beanbag toss or sack toss, is a fantastic...

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All Wrapped Up

Teams compete to be the fastest to wrap up a "human gift"

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Gift Wrapping Competition

Teams compete to wrap gifts quickly and effectively

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Balloon Team Keep Up

A massive team vs team competition of trying to keep as many balloons in the air for as long...

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Glowstick Grab

teams compete to be the first to collect their glowsticks

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Egg Shell Towers

Teams have a cracking time racing each other to build the tallest tower

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Gold Rush

Two teams compete to get the "gold" back to their side of the field.

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Sack Racing

An age old game in the traditional family fun-day line-up

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Which Person Is It?

teams compete to correctly identify a person based on clues

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Blanket Ball

Players work in pairs using a blanket to catch and throw a ball

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Maze Runner

Runners try to escape the Grievers and the Maze

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Corner Spry Relay

Fast ball throwing action makes for a very competitive old-school relay

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Food Fright

Work in teams to create the scariest monster out of food

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Nuke 'Em

Players throw a ball across a net to the other team (it's harder than it sounds!)

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Steal the Bacon

Two teams compete to "steal the bacon" from each other and score on opposing goals.

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Chocolate Easter Egg Relay Race

Teams race while carrying small chocolate eggs on spoons

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Human Netball

Two teams compete in a twisted version of netball

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Run 'n Raid Relay

A running relay with a difference

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Sponge Relay Race

A great water-based relay, perfect for a hot day

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Water Balloon Toss

Always first "water balloon" game that comes to mind

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Freeze Frame

Not quite charades, not quite pictionary, something in between...

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Invisible Ink

Pictionary with an invisible pen in the air

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Spoon Catapult

Paper cups, napkins and plastic cutlery combine to make the perfect picnic game

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Blint Tasting Food Hunt

Teams compete to find the food they blind tasted in a supermarket

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Question Cubes

Use simple tools to get to know each other

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