Simpler, cleaner version of Q-tip & Food Coloring War (Click Here). Divide room in half (with tape if needed). Each person gets a plastic straw and each side a bunch of Q-tips. On "Go" with loud music started, the object is to get as many Q-tips on the other side of the line in the allotted...
Hot Potatoes meets Tag meets WWF. Set up a circle of chairs of no less than 15 people, 2-4 people standing in the middle. Have 3-4 long socks with tennis balls in the end.Those sitting in the circle toss the sockballs to each other (usually very hard throws) and try to keep those in the middle from catching them...
This is a simple game that tests kids' ability to think fast. Divide into teams (could be upper vs. lower classmen, girls vs. guys, etc.). For larger groups, you can have more than two teams. Yell out a word that is commonly found in songs (love, road, river, girl, baby, need . . . ). The teams must sing...
Great for dividing into teams. Instruct your whole group to walk randomly around the room. About every ten seconds or so, call out a number. Everyone in the game must immediately form a group hug, made up of the number of people that you called. This sometimes leaves some people unable to form a group because they don't have...
Just tell the crowd that each individual row is a team (make sure all rows have at least 7 or 8 people in them). Then you tell everyone to organize themselves in their row by . . . (height, birthday, shoe size, age, # of speeding tickets, etc.). The first row to do it gets a point. Keep score...
MAIN POINT: Either peer pressure or leadership and influence.Everyone gets in a big circle. Pick a volunteer to leave the room after you explain the game. Once that volunteer is out of hearing range, choose a simple task that the volunteer is to do when he or she enters the room (walk in and tie a certain kid's shoe...
You need chairs for this game. Have everyone sit in a circle. There should be one less seat than there are people, and the extra person stands in the middle. The person standing approaches someone who is seated and asks him, "Do you love your neighbor?" The seated person can answer two ways. If he says, "No," then the...