Browsing Category:Games & Icebreakers

hair-donts
This is a quick and fun game you can play if you want to draw some attention to your awesome adult leaders. Unfortunately for them, they’re on the receiving end of a bad hairstyle! Here’s what you do.Make sure you have 4 towels; 4 chairs; 4 containers hair gel/wax, and 4 brushes or combs. It’s pretty simple; the 4...
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duck-thrust
If you have a swimming pool and lots of teens together, throw in a couple of rubber ducks, and you can play Duck Thrust. Here’s how it works.Put 3-4 players at one end of the pool and give them one rubber duck apiece. When you say go, they must use their nose to push the duck to the other...
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chicken
This is a swimming pool classic.In Chicken, you need at least 4 players, but it can be as many as you want as long as it’s an even number. Have all the players pair up, with one sitting on the shoulders of the other. (Duh! Make sure that girls are ONLY sitting on the shoulders of other girls!!)When the...
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ice-breaker
This is the quintessential ice breaker!Store up empty milk jugs (1 gallon size works best). You will need one jug for every team you plan on having compete in the game. 2-4 teams work great…but only allow 2 people to be on each team!The day before the game is to be played, clean out the milk jugs and fill...
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doggy-doo-and-kitty-doo
This game works best with at least 10 students, but the more the merrier. Break students into two equal teams for this gross relay game. At the opposite end of the room place two kitty litter boxes (one for each team) on the ground, maybe with a tarp under to keep the area clean. Fill the kitty litter boxes...
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paper-airplane-toss
Basically, this game is played like a water-balloon or egg toss, only you use paper airplanes instead. So you'll need plain paper or construction paper for this game. Here’s how you do it.Have every person find a partner, and give each pair a few pieces of paper. Give them 5 minutes to fold their own paper airplane, and you...
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text-message-relay
This fun game makes use of kids’ cell phones and their innate ability to send quick text messages to their friends. It’s sort of a mix between tag and a scavenger hunt. Here’s how you do it.First, split your whole group into two teams of 4-6 kids each. Make sure that every kid on the teams has a cell...
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