Balloon games
Balloon games

Youth Group Balloon Games

Make your next event 'pop' with these great ballooon activity ideas

Balloon games are always fun to play at youth group. Balloons are cheap to buy, exciting to play with and the game possibilities are endless.

A few of the most well know balloon games include Balloon Pop Off, The Crab Balloon Game and Balloon Frenzy.

Have you played a balloon game that's not listed here? Share your balloon game or balloon activity with others.

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Secret Identity

Have everyone secretly write down the name of a person on a small piece of paper or a "post-it"...

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Name Bingo

This is probably one of the oldest and most well known icebreakers. It's also known as "People Bingo" and...

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Mix & Meet

This is a really fun and simple (and yummy) small group get to know you game. Get each person...

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Team Architect

Team Architect is a fantastic team-building activity where you get each team to build something with very little amounts...

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Teeth

Everyone sits in a circle. Each player chooses a fruit or vegetable. Player A says their fruit/veggie, then...

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Shoe Talk

Often at the start of a youth camp or youth group year there are many people who don't know...

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Blow Wind Blow

For this icebreaker game you'll need to set up your chairs in a circle facing inwards. Make sure there...

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Remember Me?

Get your two teams to mingle together for a couple of minutes, and introduce themselves to each other. The...

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Two Truths And A Tale

For this great get to know you game, each person must make three statements about themselves, one of which...

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Everyone's It!

Same rules as chasey... except everyone is it! Get everyone to put their non-prefered hand on their head. Then,...

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Ultimate Icebreaker

This game is the ultimate icebreaker. Needs a bit a prep before hand - fill up some trays with...

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Slap Wrestling

Two people stand facing each other with about a shoulder's span between them and thier feet together. They must...

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Captain's Orders

This game is excellent for a competitive group. It tires everyone out really quickly and can provide a good...

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Matthew Mark Luke John

Each person has a chair. Put 4 chairs in a row (or use a couple couches), the rest in a...

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Psychiatrist

Have the entire group sit in a circle; a room with couches and chairs are fine, as long as...

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French Vs English

First off I wanted to say that this is probably one of my all time favourite youth group games....

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Actionary

This icebreaker youth group game is a cross between pictionary, sculptionary and charades. Firstly come up with a list...

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Quick Switch Chasey

Usually played in a hall, this game requires 2 even teams. 1 team kneels down in a line through the middle...

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Cups and Downs

This game is best played with a small group. Place 20 or more cups in the middle of the room,...

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Jockeys Up

1. Tell the group to get into pairs, preferably with a person who has a similar height/weight to them. 2....

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Speed Dating With a Twist

Set up the chairs in two circles, a small circle and a larger circle outside of that. Make sure...

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Never Have I Ever

Hold out 5 fingers (well, 4 and your thumb) Go around the circle and one at a time, each person announces...

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Wizard in the Dark

14 Jan 2022 - This is an updated version of "Murder in the Dark" This game is very simple. Perfect for...

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Tea Towel Face Off

Both teams line up sitting down facing away from each other. Everyone holds hands. At one end, the 2 players...

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Volleyball with Human Net

Play this game with the same rules as volleyball except with 3 teams. Have 2 teams play against one another while...

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True False Run

The group stands in the middle of a room (or if outside, between two markers eg cones). one wall...

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Countries

This is a really great running wide game - good for burning off a lot of energy. However, it's...

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Celebrity Head Mania

Grab a whole bunch of sticky labels or masking tape and write the names of celebrities on the non-sticky...

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Chair on the Wall

There is no equipment required for this game, except a blank patch of smooth wall. Line up against the...

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Honey If You Love Me...

This is a brilliant circle game! Basically get a circle of chairs set up and get the whole group...

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Mute Organisation

Simply announce that you want everyone lined up across the room by birth-date. Only catch: no talking. Once they...

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Sardines

This is a game that we always play at my youth group. I guess it's kind of a reverse...

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Shoe Shuffle

Get the group to take off their right shoe. Then throw all the shoes in a big pile in...

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Sock Hockey

One on one indoor hockey... with socks!

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Spin Chasey

This is a game we made up by accident back at youth group in good old days. Basically... everyone...

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Swing The Cat

I have nooooo idea why, but our youth group loved this game. Basically, it involves a designated person standing...

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Biblical Detectives

This kind of thing can be really fun if it is done properly and works out well. Basically the...

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Crab Balloon Soccer

Everyone gets in the crab position. Two chairs at either end of the hall with a person standing up...

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House of Cards

Pretty much self explanitory, as the name suggests - get each player/team to build a house of cards....

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Penny For Your Thoughts

Each kid gets a coin. When asked, they share something significant that happened to them the year the coin...

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Bucket Balance

Get 4 kids to lie down on their backs in a small circle with their legs sticking up in the...

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Newspaper War

Collect a ton of scrap paper (in most churches, just place a box next to the copier for 3 or 4...

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Three Ball Soccer

This is soccer. Soccer with not just one ball, not just two balls, but three balls! You'll need three...

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Animal Noise Game

A great ice breaker game which is sure to lighten the mood and get people feeling comfortable around one...

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Musical Statues

I usually call this game dance and stop, because then the rules are even easier to explain. Play music,...

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Pea Pipes

Simple relay structure for this game. 4 teams line up at one end. Place a bowl of peas (or whatever...

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The Tangled Chain

Get everyone to huddle in a group in the middle of the room and join each hand with someone...

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Chairball

Set up your hall like a foosball table: With chairs as the black and white team. The 'black' chairs...

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Fresh

Fresh is a classic youth group running and strategy game. It's good for those kids who like to show...

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Over the Mountain

I love this game for getting to know students. Each player sits in a chair in a circle facing...

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