Slightly messy games
Blatterball
Blatterball is essentially a cross between soccer and dodgeball [1]. It's named in honour of the former head of FIFA,...
Charlie's Candy
This game is based on the great children's movie "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." You're going to need a...
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...
Ways to Play Uno
Basically, this is a collection of different ways you can play Uno. For those who don't know, Uno is...
Human Target
This is a very simple game (really an activity) which can be used to review information you have taught. 1....
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...
Steal the Bacon
This game is simple and is a great icebreaker among youth groups and camps. Divide the group into four...
10-Second Hide and Seek
Have you ever wanted to play hide and seek, but found that the playing space was simply too small...
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...
What Are the Odds?
This is an excellent game for groups of daring youth. It's a bit hard to explain, but it is...
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...
I'm all about that blue (no yellow)
This game is vaguely related to both Foosball and pinball, is reasonably active, and can be played indoors. Useful...
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...
Kings in Grass Castles
This is an outdoor game combining tag/chasey/tiggy/tips, bluff, and a healthy dose of running around like...
Hitchhiker's Teeball
Hitchhiker's Teeball is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike teeball. Now that we've got that over with, this game...
The Ball Game
This may look like a regular game, but it's a prank in actuality. It should be performed in front...
Cardboard Camelot
Separate your group into teams of 3-4 each. One member of each team will be the Champion, and the...
Raining Balloons
1. Blow up all the balloons bought and evenly distribute them into 2 different large garage bags (do this beforehand) 2. Divide...
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...
Chair of Doom
Have everyone hold hands in a ring around the chair. The object of the game is to be the...
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...
App Snap
1. Make sure everyone in the group knows each others phone numbers, or at least has a group chat set...
Confederate Rugby
Rugby, I am generally advised, is a glorious sport that demonstrates the very pinnacle of human achievement, or some...
Matt Ball
The two bases are at opposite ends (much like the distance of a basketball court). Each base has one...
Extreme Event
Players work together to make decisions and solve problems during an engaging, fast-paced disaster simulation. The game facilitator reads...
Milk Jug Lacrosse
Each person has a milk jug. There are no boundaries set. Each team has a goal they are to...
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€...
Return of the Jedi (Hide and Seek Freeze Tag in the Dark)
The goal of the game is to defeat Darth Vader(preferably a youth leader) before he finds and freezes...
Tug of War
Setup: - Make sure the rope is marked in the middle, and has two other marks 4 metres apart from...
to-yo-ta
Let everyone stand in a circle facing inwards. one person should start by saying the first phrase "TO" (like...
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...
Bad Habits
Distribute a small piece of white paper (A4 size paper cut into 4 pieces and give each piece to every...
Screaming Toes
This is a very simple Game, maybe good for a time filler. Form a tight circle facing inwards. Everyone...
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...
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...
The Invisible Ball
This game might sound weird but I have never played with people who didn't like it. It is a...
Action Netball
You get 2 chairs sitting on the opposite ends of the playing area. Then you separate your group into 2 teams....
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...
