1800+ Youth Group Games, Team Building Games, & Icebreakers!
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Random Indoor Youth Group Games
Fact Finding Game – Icebreaker
BookmarkSmall Group Icebreaker Game - Everyone writes one fact about themselves that they think nobody will be able to guess. Fold the papers and drop them in a hat and redistribute them (nobody can have their own.) The first person reads their paper aloud (you pick who that will be) and they try to guess who that person is...and warn people that handwriting is very telling! If they guess...
Knee Football
BookmarkSupplies: one football, gym mats, mattresses, or pillows. This is a game of football played on your knees in a hallway at least 15 yards long. Line the hallway with mats, pillows etc, so none of the floor is exposed. (You need as much padding as possible). Put 6 people on each team. Give one team the football in their endzone, and blow a whistle. The team without the ball has to stop...
Humming in Pairs
BookmarkThe idea is to have a designated Tagger and then everyone else find a partner (pair up in twos) and link arms. When the game begins those in pairs take a deep breath and begin to hum. When you run out of breath you and your partner must find someone new to pair up with. While they are looking for someone to pair up with they can be tagged (once you’re tagged you’re out). Gets real fun...
No Net Ping Pong
BookmarkWe recently had our ping pong table broken, so some of the gang came up with a modified version. Take two 8' tables (we found the old brown style work best, something hard)and place them side by side so that you have doubled the width of your table. Then you can have as many players as you have paddles. The players number themselves and the first player serves by letting the ball...
The Shepherd Game
BookmarkDivide into 2 teams. Draw on the floor with chalk or masking tape a "path" for the sheep to be herded through. Tape a few boxes to the floor (ends cut out - if doing this outside use croquet hoops pushed into the ground. Teams line up on opposite ends of the track. Give each team a broom and 6 cotton balls (for younger children a small rubber ball can be used). The object is to heard...
Jedi Knight Challenge
BookmarkYou will need: at least one (if not 2) toy light sabers, that make the sound and everything; an adult leader as the Sith (bad guy); a teen volunteer (to be the Jedi); another teen to use the second radio (the Force); 2 walkie talkies then, one with a ear piece; a blindfold; a soft helmet; and a broom handle for the adult leader (if there is no extra light saber). The teen is to don...
Random Outdoor Youth Group Games
Skittle-Launch
BookmarkI first played Skittle-Launch at youth camp when I was 11. Its a blast to see your kids do this one. What you need: big bag of Skittles, a tape measurer (at least 30 ft long), clear tape, and at least 30 feet of space to work with. Basically you give each of your kids a Skittle, tell them not to eat it, have them stick the Skittle up their nose one at a time, step up to the end of the...
Cup Madness
BookmarkThis can also be done indoors if big enough space. Get 3 chairs. Space them in a straight line, approx 20M from each other. Place 5 plastic cups on the middle chair (could also be tennis balls etc. there are 2 teams, each team has their people numbered. Each team sits near a chair of the line, at each end. (Ie. Team A sits next to the chair at this end of the line, and Team B sits...
Romans & Christians
BookmarkThis is a game loved by all who have ever attended Craig Springs. First you explain to everyone that there are four Roman guards (you ask for volunteers to be them) of these guards one of them is secretly a Christian (you tell this person in private so that no one knows). Everyone else in the group is a Christian, running from the persecution of the Romans. The Roman guard is supposed...
Human Wrestling
BookmarkThere can be any number of boys and girls on a team. The team on offense begins on the 20-yard line. They get 4 downs to score a touchdown. There are no additional 1st downs. The yardage is made as the ball is hiked to the QB who is then picked up and carried by the rest of the team down the field. The entire team must be joined together, either by carrying the QB or holding onto team...
Water Balloon Bullseye
BookmarkI played this game with some campers this summer at it was awesome. Materials: Archery Target Water balloons Random object big enough for the kids to hide behind (I used random furniture I found around camp) Object: If you ever seen American Gladiators you will know about this game. Split the group into two teams. Have two students go at a time. The students’ job is to throw water...
Candy Commandos
BookmarkThis is a twist on a game we used from this site, but adapted for outdoor use. We use a soccer field, and divide into two teams. There are 4 kids (2 pair) that don't belong to a team, but do remain on their side of the field. Two of them are equipped with Nerf guns, and the other 2 are their helpers, retrieving darts, and taking candy from "shot" players. There are only two kinds of...