Up front games
Everyone's It!
Same rules as chasey... except everyone is it! Get everyone to put their non-prefered hand on their head. Then,...
Slap Wrestling
Two people stand facing each other with about a shoulder's span between them and thier feet together. They must...
House of Cards
Pretty much self explanitory, as the name suggests - get each player/team to build a house of cards....
Goldfish Gauntlet
This game is great when done infront of a crowd. Select four people from the crowd to be your...
Jelly Bobbing
Jelly bobbing is like bobbing for apples... only we're using jelly instead of water and lollies instead of apples....
Baby Food Roulette
Get a number of volunteers up the front. It can often work better if you don't tell them what...
Porridge Pants
This game can either be played as an up-front game or as an all-play game. Either bring 4 people up...
Spaghetti Fishing
This game can get very messy! The better your prizes... the messier it will get! This game can be...
Table Climbing
Challenge one of your youthians to climb around a table! It's actually a lot harder than it sounds. Instruct...
Banana Munching
Each contestant needs 1 pair of pantyhose and a Banana. They put the Pantyhose over their heads so that it...
Brain Freeze
Blend the Ice in the Blender until it is quite small. Then fill the four 1L jugs with ice,...
Dirty Nappies
I played this at a baby shower, but I am reasonably confident it can be adapted to be youth-orientated......
Gag in the Bag
You'll need to buy a selection of cans and then number them off. (Don't take the labels off though)...
Who's Line Is It Anyway
Everyone's seen the "Whose Line Is It Anyway" TV show right? Anyway, it's a theatre sport game. The possibilties...
Take Two!
This is basically a quicker, more action-packed version of scrabble! Get 4 players (or possibly 4 pairs/groups) to each start...
Banana Smoosh
this game is similar to the game submitted by Brendon "Banana Munching" except that the youth start with the...
The Weetbix Challenge
Set up 4 glasses of milk in a row (on a bench or something) and have ready a few boxes...
Egg On Your Face
Crack an egg into the plastic tubing (it is possible to do this without a funnel, but you may...
Matchbox Nose Race
You need an empty matchbox for each person and a hall (preferably carpeted). The matchbox must be empty, and...
Poetry in Motion
This is a nice quiet activity when you've got a small cozy group and have some time to kill....
Chalk Fencing
This game is for two players. Using sticky tape, attach a piece of paper to the upper shoulder of...
Sound Effects
Divide into groups of 5-6. Give each group a recording device and a list of sound effects. The object...
Stocking Ball
Your kids will either hate this game or love it. If people don't want to play, it's also really...
Baby Burp
You need two people per team, you can make as many teams as you like, and one person is...
Kid's Toy Challenge
You know that kids toy where it's a circular object and you have to fit the different shapes in...
Tim Tam Slam-Off
Get the contestants to bite off two diagonally opposite corners of their tim tam.. They dip about 1.5cm of...
Pantyhose Pull
2 players put an end of a pair of panty hose over each others head and hold it over there...
Banana Chomp Relay: Search
As the teens get there, have them print their name on a list. This gives you the right spelling...
Banana Chomp Relay: Eat
Using the Bananas with the kids' names on them, pile all the bananas in a heap at the front...
Candy Pants
I love this game mostly because of the name, but it is fun to watch and play. One person...
Blend-O-Rama
In this messy food game, contestants (two teams of two) face each other in three mini-games. The winner of...
Mr Squiggle
This is a rip off of the old TV show Mr. Squiggle. We used this activity as the finale...
Queen Ann
The object is to figure out what Queen Ann likes... the leader says examples, Queen Ann likes toes but...
Don't Step on the Eggs
Firstly blindfold the player and tell them that you have placed whole eggs around the hall. Their aim is...
Dizzy Donkey
Love this game - so funny... 1. Beforehand, cut out a pair of donkey ears using the cardboard or paper. 2....
Milo Eating
Each contestant is give a cup of milo (just the powder) with 2 or 3 large mouthfuls in it. The first...
Blend It
Explain the game as a simple food eating competition game - you could do it with hotdogs or burgers...
Blindfolded Eating Competition
The aim of this challenging messy food game is for a blindfolded person to eat the food items that...
Cryptograms
Cryptograms are great fun to use on scavenger hunts, treasure hunts and in simulation games. They can also be...
Find a Wordle
"A different type of find a word" This website allows you to generate cool 'wordles'. They are like a...
How Many Do You Do?
The aim of this game is to eat as many plain dry weet bix in a certain amount of...
Poetry Jumble
The goal is to make poetry from the words provided. Out of 100 interesting words, cut-out into little squares big...
Bag Of Goodies
Gather all kinds of really horrible foods - ones that are quick to open and eat. For instance, baby...
Giant Twister
1) Use just like Twister except you can get around 30 kids on a time. 2) Make 2 teams start them at each...
Mash the Mush
This is a messy food youth group game with an ultimate surprise at the end! First you mix up...
Bubble Gum Blowing Contest
The biggest bubble wins. If you don't have a pair of calipers for measuring the bubbles, use a ruler....
Drink Your Choice
PREPARE Write out a list of questions with only 2 answers being available, eg. "Do you like dogs or cats?"...
Big Feed
The idea of this game is to feed people, who are sitting on their hands, with a spoon stuck...
Hit the Hundred
Cut out cardboard circles and make a target. Smallest one is the hundred, second smallest is 90 and so on....
