Outdoor games
Human Noughts and Crosses
Draw a giant sized Noughts and crosses grid in the middle of the room/yard/field. Divide your group...
Generation Jeopardy
Basically this is a fun game of Jeopardy. I went through and picked 5 topics that I thought our students...
Hand Tennis
Hand Tennis, short for "Hantis" can involve any number of players. Four tables are set up in a 2x2...
Who Are You?
Each person gets a piece of paper and a pen. They need to write down their name and three...
Amoeba Tag
If you don't know anything about science, an Amoeba is a type of cell that eats other cells by...
Dodgeball
The timeless classic game - dodgeball - requires little set up effort and is always a winner. There are...
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....
Pass the Parcel
Pass the Parcel is a classic kid's party game and can be played on many different occasions - at...
Charlie's Candy
This game is based on the great children's movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." You're going to need a...
45 Seconds
This activity is very simple and can be used for a wide variety of ages. 1) The group splits up...
Alien Invasion
1) Give ten players a glowstick for the game, which they will wear around their wrists. Obviously, the game is...
Blatterball
Blatterball is essentially a cross between soccer and dodgeball [1]. It's named in honour of the former head of FIFA,...
Tangle (Royal Rangers Romania)
Break the group into 2 teams of 3 players. The players of each team will be tied up together by their...
Pass the Potato
Overview: This game combines "hot potato" with elements of tag. It can get very competitive with more people. Where...
Reverse Dodgeball
1. Break up into even teams 2. Pick a captain for each team who will begin on the dodgeball court 3. The...
Assassins
Get a volunteer to be the President, once they are chosen divide the rest of the kids into 2 unequal...
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...
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...
Lifesavers Relay
1) At youth group, break everyone into three teams. If you are at a camp and have a group system,...
Nuke 'Em
1. Create 2 teams. 2. Begin the game by throwing the ball over the net. 3. The goal of the game is to...
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...
Reformation - The Wide Game
This is a wide game that we played on our last youth camp. It should run for a couple...
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...
The Ball Game
This may look like a regular game, but it's a prank in actuality. It should be performed in front...
Hitchhiker's Teeball
Hitchhiker's Teeball is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike teeball. Now that we've got that over with, this game...
Kings in Grass Castles
This is an outdoor game combining tag/chasey/tiggy/tips, bluff, and a healthy dose of running around like...
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...
Human Stratego
How to play: 1. Divide the group into 2 teams. 2. Each team goes to the opposite end of the field where...
Wave- Hide and seek
There is one person who is the seeker, the rest of the people are hiders. The seeker puts the...
Confederate Rugby
Rugby, I am generally advised, is a glorious sport that demonstrates the very pinnacle of human achievement, or some...
Slippery Races
The concept is, put a tarp down with some water and at least 2 bottles of dishwashing liquid, so it...
Giant Dutch Blitz
1. Each team puts 8 cards in a discard pile with the top card facing up. 2. That leaves 12 cards “in handâ€...
Tug of War
Setup: - Make sure the rope is marked in the middle, and has two other marks 4 metres apart from...
Action Netball
You get 2 chairs sitting on the opposite ends of the playing area. Then you separate your group into 2 teams....
Five Tribes
Five tribes night game 5 teams of 2 cabins (about 20 kids each) each team has its own colour and home base...
Sharky shark
Set the boundaries of the game, a straight channel as long as you decide and as wide as appropriate,...
Category Chaos
This game can be played as individuals or in teams. Each player (or team) will need a piece of...
Make A Volcano: Chemistry
In a tall jug (clear is best) put in 100ml of vinegar and drop in a TBSN of baking...
Golden Child
This is a great game for encouraging kids to learn the basic skills of basketball and netball. It is...
Rubber Band Cup Stacking
Players work together in teams to stack cups using a rubber band pulled by strings.
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...
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...
Octopus Tag
Octopus Tag can be played indoors or outdoors with any sized group and any aged kids. It's a very...
