Games
Squirrelly Nut
This game should be played with 10-25 people. Pair up each person with a partner. Pick a team to...
Aardvark Race
Set the game up by having two lots of two bowls facing each other. One on one side of...
Marshmallow Bowl Run
Fantastic running messy food game but shouldn't create too much mess depending on how many marshmallows fall onto the...
Giver Or Taker
Everyone sits in a circle like playing "duck, duck, goose!" the leader reads a story. Through out the story...
Paper Telephone
Ok, so we all remember the kids game telephone, where the person at the front of the line whispers...
Target Tag
Prep: have each person write their name on a piece of paper and fold it in half. Each person...
Big Ball Volleyball
1. Sort your youth group into two teams and then move them to the volleyball court laid out earlier. 2. With...
Big Feed
The idea of this game is to feed people, who are sitting on their hands, with a spoon stuck...
Capture the Flag
Capture the flag is one of the most popular wide games ever and is great to play on a...
Outpost
Players are separated into equal teams and given their own colored flag-football flags which are worn around their waist....
Capture the End Zone
The object of this game is the first team to score. You will need to play several rounds to...
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...
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...
Benchball
Start with half the benches at on end of the hall and the other half at the other. Split...
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...
The Bible Sells
Split up your group into equal sized teams. Five players each team works best, but can be adjusted to...
Scoop Ball Lacrosse
Basic Rules: Pass the ball teammate to teammate and try to score a goal for your team (lacrosse-style) Explanation:...
Cookies And Cream
Fill each bowl (enough for all the players) with cream and place a cookie in each bowl. Set up...
Just Dance Live
Based on the game for Kinnect or Wii, this is a simple fun, high energy group game for your...
Feet Pictionary
Set Up: - Divide the whole group into 2 teams, based on sides of the room. Any size youth group...
Orky? Snorky!
A group of players sit in circle. One person is placed standing in the middle of the circle and...
Gaga Ball
This is a wildly popular indoor exhausting game. The game begins with all participants touching a wall. The dodge...
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...
Chinese Dodgeball
This is a game that you will want to play in an open area such as outside or in...
Families
This is a game that requires little preparation and is fun among small groups. Have the players sit in...
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...
Hong Kong Ping Pong
You have 4 teams of two. Each team gets two tries whoever misses twice first gets out. They must rotate....
Amoeba Tag
If you don't know anything about science, an Amoeba is a type of cell that eats other cells by...
Who Are You?
Each person gets a piece of paper and a pen. They need to write down their name and three...
Don't Blink
Overview: Time to embrace my inner nerd! This is a game based off a certain British science fiction TV...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Raining Balloons
1. Blow up all the balloons bought and evenly distribute them into 2 different large garage bags (do this beforehand) 2. Divide...
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...
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...
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...
