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Marshmallow Bowl Run

Fantastic running messy food game but shouldn't create too much mess depending on how many marshmallows fall onto the...

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Squirrelly Nut

This game should be played with 10-25 people. Pair up each person with a partner. Pick a team to...

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Aardvark Race

Set the game up by having two lots of two bowls facing each other. One on one side of...

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Capture the Flag

Capture the flag is one of the most popular wide games ever and is great to play on a...

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Giver Or Taker

Everyone sits in a circle like playing "duck, duck, goose!" the leader reads a story. Through out the story...

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Target Tag

Prep: have each person write their name on a piece of paper and fold it in half. Each person...

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Paper Telephone

Ok, so we all remember the kids game telephone, where the person at the front of the line whispers...

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Big Ball Volleyball

1. Sort your youth group into two teams and then move them to the volleyball court laid out earlier. 2. With...

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Big Feed

The idea of this game is to feed people, who are sitting on their hands, with a spoon stuck...

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Make It Out Of A Chair

First, you split up into groups of 3-5. You should have at least three teams to play. Each team...

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Outpost

Players are separated into equal teams and given their own colored flag-football flags which are worn around their waist....

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Capture the End Zone

The object of this game is the first team to score. You will need to play several rounds to...

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Electric Bean Bag

1. You place the 3 bean bags or pillows in the centre of the gaming area. 2. Participants make a circle around...

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No Sir, Not I Sir (Prince of Paris)

This is a high paced game of concentration and reaction time. The goal of the game is to become #1...

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Benchball

Start with half the benches at on end of the hall and the other half at the other. Split...

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The Bible Sells

Split up your group into equal sized teams. Five players each team works best, but can be adjusted to...

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Cookies And Cream

Fill each bowl (enough for all the players) with cream and place a cookie in each bowl. Set up...

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Just Dance Live

Based on the game for Kinnect or Wii, this is a simple fun, high energy group game for your...

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Scoop Ball Lacrosse

Basic Rules: Pass the ball teammate to teammate and try to score a goal for your team (lacrosse-style) Explanation:...

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Feet Pictionary

Set Up: - Divide the whole group into 2 teams, based on sides of the room. Any size youth group...

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Orky? Snorky!

A group of players sit in circle. One person is placed standing in the middle of the circle and...

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Gaga Ball

This is a wildly popular indoor exhausting game. The game begins with all participants touching a wall. The dodge...

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Don't Let The Witch Get You!

You need to assign participants to play the witch, the mother, and the babysitter or oldest child. Assign the...

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Chinese Dodgeball

This is a game that you will want to play in an open area such as outside or in...

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Families

This is a game that requires little preparation and is fun among small groups. Have the players sit in...

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Hong Kong Ping Pong

You have 4 teams of two. Each team gets two tries whoever misses twice first gets out. They must rotate....

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Human Noughts and Crosses

Draw a giant sized Noughts and crosses grid in the middle of the room/yard/field. Divide your group...

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Generation Jeopardy

Basically this is a fun game of Jeopardy. I went through and picked 5 topics that I thought our students...

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Who Are You?

Each person gets a piece of paper and a pen. They need to write down their name and three...

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Amoeba Tag

If you don't know anything about science, an Amoeba is a type of cell that eats other cells by...

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Don't Blink

Overview: Time to embrace my inner nerd! This is a game based off a certain British science fiction TV...

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Alien Invasion

1) Give ten players a glowstick for the game, which they will wear around their wrists. Obviously, the game is...

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Blatterball

Blatterball is essentially a cross between soccer and dodgeball [1]. It's named in honour of the former head of FIFA,...

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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...

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Pass the Potato

Overview: This game combines "hot potato" with elements of tag. It can get very competitive with more people. Where...

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Assassins

Get a volunteer to be the President, once they are chosen divide the rest of the kids into 2 unequal...

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Steal the Bacon

This game is simple and is a great icebreaker among youth groups and camps. Divide the group into four...

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Food Basket

1) Set up the chairs in a large circle facing the middle. There should be one chair less than the...

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Hungry Hungry Humans

Setup: First you make a very large circle of chairs, or tables on their sides. This can also be...

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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...

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What Are the Odds?

This is an excellent game for groups of daring youth. It's a bit hard to explain, but it is...

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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...

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Sprouts

This epic twist on dodgeball is best played with a fairly large group. It's great to use as an...

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Kings in Grass Castles

This is an outdoor game combining tag/chasey/tiggy/tips, bluff, and a healthy dose of running around like...

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Hitchhiker's Teeball

Hitchhiker's Teeball is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike teeball. Now that we've got that over with, this game...

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Raining Balloons

1. Blow up all the balloons bought and evenly distribute them into 2 different large garage bags (do this beforehand) 2. Divide...

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Confederate Rugby

Rugby, I am generally advised, is a glorious sport that demonstrates the very pinnacle of human achievement, or some...

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Matt Ball

The two bases are at opposite ends (much like the distance of a basketball court). Each base has one...

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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...

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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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