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Phone a Friend

November 11, 2003

For this game, you need a cell phone (preferably w/a speakerphone) and a sound system.Bring a student up-front. Have them use your cell phone (you have to be able to hear the person on the other line) to make a live call to a friend of their choice. They will identify where they are and what's going on (“I'm...

Butt Charades

November 11, 2003

Cut up slips of paper with words on them and put them into a bag. Break up your audience or group into two teams. Get a volunteer from each team to spell the word he/she took out of the bag by moving their hips (spelling the words with their butts!). (Make sure they do not say a word to...

Big Room Games, Games & Icebreakers

Torpedo

November 11, 2003

This game is a gym version of the pool game "Sharks & Minnows." Using a basketball court or marking your own, you need a large rectangle. Two kids are chosen as the "launchers" while the rest of the group (anywhere from 15 to 50 kids works fine) lines up outside one of the short sides of the rectangle. The...

Big Room Games, Games & Icebreakers

Protect the President

November 11, 2003

For this game, you need a volleyball-sized Nerf ball. Have your students stand in a wide circle with two people in the middle.One person in the middle is the President, the other is the Bodyguard. The people in the circle have the Nerf ball, and throw it at the President. The bodyguard may do anything to block the ball...

Games & Icebreakers, Mixers

Find Someone Who

November 11, 2003

Great for large or small groups. Give out the "Find Someone Who" list to students and have them go from student to student looking for someone who meets the descriptions on their list.Example: Find someone who is wearing blue pants. The student who fits this description signs their name. Students then go off to find someone else that meets...

Games & Icebreakers, Mixers

Shuffle The Deck Mixer

November 11, 2003

Hand everyone a playing card as they come in. During the mixer call out different combinations that they have to form a group with. Example: four of a kind, a flush, two pairs, etc.Option: Once they get in their group, have them answer a pre-planned ice-breaker question. It could be something fun and related or unrelated to the discussion...

Games & Icebreakers, Up-Front Games

Spell My Feet

November 11, 2003

Take five people and have them take off their shoes and socks. Take a marker and write a large letter on the bottom of each of their feet so if they sit facing you and hold their feet in the air, you can read the letters.On the first person put an A and an N (one letter on each...