We ended up playing different versions of tag, and this group of students who were shy and quiet at first, were suddenly laughing and talking. The games ended up being a major team building exercise. It helped them find things in common and get past the initial awkwardness that can come with meeting new people.
They needed the games to break the ice so they could feel comfortable participating in discussions about the lesson. Now I realize games are vital to building community in youth group. So after doing some research, our team has compiled a list of the top 20 youth group games with you.
I have a feeling many of these games will help you and your students this week! We keep these games updated based on feedback we get from youth leaders like you.
So, you can always check back to look for new games. You take apart a flashlight and hide the parts throughout the play area. One kid is the Grog, which is a monster that can freeze you in place by tagging you.
It was a favorite by far. This is the game of sardines, but explain it with the story of how the early Christians met in the catacombs, but they still increased in number. One person hides in a dark place, and then as people find them, they join in hiding, until one person remains. Dodgeball with a twist. To start, everyone must have a hand on a nerf ball.
Throw the ball up in the air and everyone scatters. Somebody grabs the ball in the air or off the ground. Whoever has the ball can only take two steps. After two steps, the player must throw the ball — dodgeball style — at another player.
If the ball hits a player, that player sits down right where they are. If a player is hit by the ball and catches it, then the throwing player sits down. At any time sitting players can snag the ball if it rolls by, and they can throw it at standing players trying to get them out. The game ends when only one player is standing. The youth group gathers in the evening when the church is dark.
They congregate in one lit room and one person goes to hide a large doll any stuffed animal will work. The Spaghetti And Marshmallow Tower is a classic game that you may well have played yourself.
To make it happen, split your group into as many teams as you have supplies keeping around members in a group. Provide each group with one pack of spaghetti and one pack of large marshmal- lows. Teams are charged to use their supplies to build the tallest freestanding tower they can meaning that holding the tower up for measuring is against the rules.
Give the groups a certain time limit during which they can construct their tower — anywhere from minutes generally works well — and give them a one-minute warning before their time up. The winning team is the one with the tallest freestanding tower, as measured by the game leader.
Break any ties by having the teams move their tower across the room and measuring again, not allowing them to fix any breakages. Note: Some teams will get creative and incorporate the spaghetti box and marshmallow bag into their structure. There is no rule against this. Assign points for odd items that students can find to take a picture with around the Church property or within a designated area. Get creative with your lists. The added bonus of this game is you automatically have some great photos of your students that you can put in the youth group room.
You can even feature some of them as photos of the week. Two teams of two students compete. On each team, one student acts as the mother bird and the other acts as the baby bird. The team with the most worms in their eggshell at the end of 20 seconds wins.
Ties are broken via bird- calling contest. Give them an word and the team has to guess the word they drew. This would be a good ice breaker activity before a lesson if you tie in themes from the lesson into the drawings.
The goal is to get 4 of your team onto the same couch. There must be one less seat than people in the room must have a couch; you can play three on a couch if necessary. Divide into at least two teams and have everyone put their name in hat. But everyone should keep their names a secret. Now the person to the left of the empty seat in the room calls out a name. The person, who drew that name, now moves to the empty seat, and switches names with the person who called out the name.
Now the person to the left of the new empty seat calls a name. You repeat the process. So you have to try to get to the empty the couch and call the right names to get folks on the couch. This takes some thinking but is fun and competitive in a non-athletic way. Each person should write down the names of 10 people — either famous people or people everyone in the group knows.
Go around and collect them in a basket or hat. You should have quite a few names in the basket. Split into 2 or 3 teams each team having around three or four members. Round One. Pick a team to start — one member of that team gets the basket of names, picks out a name, and has to try and describe that person to the other members of his team. This is a beloved game of many youth! This is a great game for how gossip spreads or how we can often misunderstand or mishear things told to us.
One person is the jokester and they try to make each person in the circle laugh. They can tell jokes, make funny faces, and so forth. Set a time limit for each person. The winner is the one who made the most people laugh. They absolutely love this game. The boys get super into it, trying so hard to get that last seat. Equipment needed: Music, you could play some contemporary Christian music like Toby Mac and some chairs.
Split The Difference is a must-know, need-to-have game in your activity arsenal! This game requires no preparation, no materials, can be played anywhere, and is sure to lead to lots of great conversation, laughter and fun.
Rock Paper Scissors Tournament is a fast-paced game that is easy to pull off, and your youth will want to play this one over and over again! Assemble students in a line and have one person be Sherlock. Sherlock leaves the room and the students remaining change one thing about their appearance.
They can pull their hair up or down, put on a jacket or take one off, put a sticker on, and so forth. Sherlock reenters the room and tries to identify as many changes in the appearance as they can. Equipment needed: none, other than random items they can use to change their appearance which they should be able to find in the youth room.
I hope you found some new games to play with your group. Remember youth love to have fun and they love to be silly, whether they let on or not. Are you looking for some great topics for youth sermons? Well, we got your back, check out these ideas for youth sermons. Organized, relevant, and filled with inspiration! If this post helped you, would you please share, in doing you can help us make a more significant impact for the Kingdom of Heaven.
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