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Bible Verse Pictograms

This is a great game to help kids remember a bible verse or passage. It can be played with...

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Santa's Coming!

One person is Santa - and chooses an action for the rest of the group to follow. Santa calls...

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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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Hypocrisy

This game is super simple but loads of fun. It's actually based on an old obscure board game but...

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Sharky shark

Set the boundaries of the game, a straight channel as long as you decide and as wide as appropriate,...

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Cabbage

I made this game up as a child with my friends but played it with a tennis ball and...

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Category Chaos

This game can be played as individuals or in teams. Each player (or team) will need a piece of...

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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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P-S-Rock

Divide the group in two and from each group choose two players who will directly compete. These players stay...

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Make A Volcano: Chemistry

In a tall jug (clear is best) put in 100ml of vinegar and drop in a TBSN of baking...

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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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Camoflauge

1. Pick a person to be it (Maybe a leader for the first round) 2. Everyone else hides in a large...

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Simon Says

Simon Says is a kids game usually played with three or more people. One person is nominated to be...

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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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Toilet Paper Tell Me

A get to know you game that involves players sharing facts about themselves depending on how much toilet paper...

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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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Crazy Quoits

A hand skill based game where players throw small hoops onto sticks worth different point values

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If I Were A Butterfly

This is the game version of the popular children's song "If I Were a Butterfly" and is a variation...

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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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Octopus Tag

Octopus Tag can be played indoors or outdoors with any sized group and any aged kids. It's a very...

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Poisonous stump

Want your friends to fall into the poison zone? Then this is the perfect game for you! Get ready...

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Priest of the Parish

Group game involving listening and repeating in teams.

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Sneaky Rope Battle

This is a two player battle game, perfect for a one-on-one duel or up the front challenge. Place the...

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The Floor Is Lava

Imaginations turn the floor into super hot lava and require players to avoid touching it at all costs. No...

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Zoom Game

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

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Beanbag Toss

Mark a line and then arrange a collection of targets a few metres away. The targets could be buckets,...

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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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Button Pick n' Sort

Perfect for a minute-to-win-it challenge, this game pits players against each other in a game of hand skills. Each...

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Chalk Challenge Path

Kids complete a series of simple hopscotch-like actions. Perfect for junior youth and preschoolers. Use chalk to draw up...

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Chalk Memory Verses

Firstly, ensure there's a plentiful supply of colourful sidewalk chalk for everyone to access. Then encourage the kids (individually...

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Chalk Street Art Challenge

Divide kids into teams and hand out plenty of good quality sidewalk chalk. Explain their challenge is to come...

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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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Creative Hopscotch

To play hopscotch, players must hop and jump along a hopscotch course. Usually a course consists of single or...

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Handball

An ageless classic, handball (or four square) is always a favourite for kids to stay active in the schoolyard.

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Line Chasey

Line tag or line chasey ideally needs to be played in a gymnasium with multiple court lines (basketball, netball,...

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Pin the Tail on the Donkey

No matter what you're pinning on what, this classic kids party game is sure to provide a laugh.

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Walk the Chalk Maze

SETUP Find a big concrete area that's suitable for drawing on with chalk. Using pencil and paper, design a...

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Christmas Carol Challenges

Four fun game variations to play using Christmas carols!

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Christmas Gift Giving

Live out the focus of Christmas by working together to give gifts to others in need

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Gift Wrapping Competition

Teams compete to wrap gifts quickly and effectively

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Secret Santa

Participants give and receive gifts without knowing who gave which gift!

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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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Easter Egg Hunt

Kids race to find hidden chocolate easter eggs!

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Glowstick Grab

teams compete to be the first to collect their glowsticks

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Number Clumps

Alliances are quickly formed and broken as kids scramble to clump together in groups of different numbers.

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