1800+ Youth Group Games, Team Building Games, & Icebreakers!
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Random Indoor Youth Group Games
Look Game
BookmarkHave all youth stand in a circle. Object of game is to have everyone look down and when the leader says to look up, everyone looks at someone in the eyes. If two people are looking at each other they are out. If someone is out they step out of the circle and the leader says to look down... then look up. You can look at anyone in the circle but you can't look at the same person two...
Pass The Scissors
BookmarkHave everyone sit in a circle. The first person to start the game knows how to play, and the object is to figure out how to correctly pass the scissors from one person to the next. The first person passes the scissors to the person next to him/her, explaining that this is the correct way to pass the scissors. The next person then attempts to pass the scissors correctly, while those...
Story, Story, Die
BookmarkEveryone stands in a circle. One person starts a story. The narrator says, “Stop,” and points to another person. That person immediately continues on with the story. If he repeats the last line that was said by the last person, says “umm,” or repeats himself, he dies and sits down. (If you have a crowd that loves to be goofy, have the last person to add to the story declare what...
Coffee Cup Shuffle Board
BookmarkEvery church has most everything you need for this game, here's the list: 2 long Folding Tables Roll of Masking Tape 6 Paper Coffee Cups 6 Golf Balls To play the game place the tables end to end so you have one long table. At each end use the masking tape to create a Shuffle Board scoring triangle. You can decide how you want to score each section of the triangle. You can also use the...
The Great Turkey Dressing
BookmarkDivide into appropriate number of groups (we used 4 groups of 9 people each). Give each group a paper sack filled with the following: newspaper, 1 pr. pantyhose, 4 sheets tissue paper, 1 roll toilet paper, scissors and tape. Each team has 10 minutes to select and dress one member of their team as a turkey. We did this at our Wednesday Night youth meeting. The kids had a great time and...
Birdie on a Perch
BookmarkThis is a great game that is a lot of fun for players and observers. It can really be played anywhere with almost any number of people (well, more than two) The leader calls out for everyone to get a partner. (this by itself can sometimes be a game...) Then, once everyone has a partner, the leader begins to call out various orders: "Hand to head!" (one partner then must put their hand...
Random Outdoor Youth Group Games
Gross Olympics
BookmarkMake sure the kids wear grungy clothes for this activity!! They will get very messy!! Divide kids into two or more teams. Have the kids come up with a unique name for their team. Teams score points based on coming in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in each event. First place - 1 pt, 2nd - 2 points, 3rd - 3 pts. Lowest score wins. KETCHUP BRIGAGE - supplies: a gallon of ketchup and an empty bucket...
Scissors, Paper, Stone Race
BookmarkThis game is great fun in a beach. Divide into 2 teams(any number, preferably 8-15 in each team). Draw a vertical line from one team and then a horizontal one and then a vertical line that will reach the other team. When game starts, both the first player in each team will run along the lines(they are running along the vertical lines, as if in a race) and then they will turn into the...
Sheep Eyeball Relay
BookmarkHave 2 teams each take off one shoe. Next to each line is an empty bowl. About 30 feet away is a bowl of ice water and 30 grapes. (We told them they were sheep eyeballs, and some of them believed us... but you need to have that type of reputation already established to get away with it.) One by one, each team member runs to the bowl, grabs as many grapes as he can with his toes, and...
Tank
BookmarkThis game is designed to help your students to work with each other. It is best for those groups with 25 or more youth in your group. What you do is have 5-10 youth get together to make a team. This team will then huddle around in a circle facing each other. They pick one person to stand in the middle of the huddle. This person is the "driver" and "gun" person. They will have several...
Spotter – Variation
BookmarkAn adaptation to the game called "Spot Light" or "Spotter." One person with a torch/flashlight tries to spot people who are trying to get to a base in the dark before they are spotted and their name called out. A variation is to have the spotter defend a ‘mobile base’. This is made up of someone who can move around and even call out to try and get tagged by someone. The spotter or...
Circle Tag
BookmarkI thought Circle Tag would be better outside because there's more room. More people means bigger circle. The circle has to be boy-girl-boy-girl. They all hold hands and there's 2 people that aren't in the circle (taggers) they run around the circle and tag 2 other people's hands and run all the way around the circle and run in to the spot where they tagged the other 2 people. If they...