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Balloon Foosball
Balloon Foosball
Seated teams try and hit a balloon over the opposing team into the goal
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Balloon Relay Race
Balloon Relay Race
A relay race where a balloon must stay wedged between two participants.
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Balloon Stick
Balloon Stick
A person wrapped in tape (sticky side out) has balloons stuck to them.
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Balloon Tag
Balloon Tag
A game of tag where players tie balloons around their ankles and try to stomp others' balloons.
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Beach Tennis
Beach Tennis
Tennis on a volleyball court.
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Birdie on a Perch
Birdie on a Perch
An elimination game in which partners need to find each other quickly.
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Blob Tag
Blob Tag
Players tagged by the blog of people must join the blob.
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Cheeto Toss
Cheeto Toss
One person has shaving cream spread on face. Team throws cheetos to stick.
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Circle Soccer
Circle Soccer
A circle game where players try to throw a soccer ball between legs.
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Dizzy Stick
Dizzy Stick
Players race to a location and back after becoming very dizzy.
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Doggy Doggy Where Is Your Bone
Doggy Doggy Where Is Your Bone
A guessing game to find the bone.
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Earth Ball Square
Earth Ball Square
Players stand in a square and try to get earth balls over other teams lines
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Egg Drop
Egg Drop
Teams build shields to keep their eggs from breaking when they are dropped.
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Extreme Rock Paper Scissors
Extreme Rock Paper Scissors
Rock Paper Scissors with two big teams and an element of tag thrown in.
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Find the Leader
Find the Leader
Players subtly follow cues of leader while one player must identify leader
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Flip the Cup
Flip the Cup
Two teams compete against each other - one to flip a cup down, the other up
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Four Corners
Four Corners
An elimination game where players guess which corner won't be eliminated.
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Grog
Grog
Scavenger hunt mixed with freeze tag
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Gun Name Game
Gun Name Game
Players learn each others' names by "shooting" other players.
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In the Park
In the Park
Involves acting and trying to get facilitator to guess what the action is.
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Link Tag
Link Tag
Players stand in pairs and become "it" if the current "it" joins their pair
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MM Wars
MM Wars
A creative and tasty variation of capture the flag.
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Mike and Ike Toss
Mike and Ike Toss
Catching Mike and Ike's in your mouth thrown by partner
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Musical Paper Plates
Musical Paper Plates
Musical Chairs with paper plates instead of chairs
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Nibble-T-Bibble
Nibble-T-Bibble
A variation of "Simon Says"
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Object Toss Name Game
Object Toss Name Game
Compete against the clock in tossing an object and saying players' names.
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Paper Maze
Paper Maze
Players try to guess the route by stepping on a square in the maze.
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Paper Plates
Paper Plates
A good end-of-the-week game to encourage members of the group.
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Pictionary Relay
Pictionary Relay
Multiple teams play pictionary in a relay style. First team done wins.
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Pool Noodle Name Game
Pool Noodle Name Game
Player in middle of circle hits (pool noodle) person who's name is called.
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Push Wars
Push Wars
Player tries to push another player but can only make contact with hands.
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Quarters Up
Quarters Up
Facilitator flips a coin, eliminating players picking the incorrect option
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Reverse Scavenger Hunt
Reverse Scavenger Hunt
Item called out, team must get item (ex 3 watches) to facilitator for point
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River Bank
River Bank
An elimination game in which players need to quickly respond to commands.
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Rock Paper Scissors Baseball
Rock Paper Scissors Baseball
Players make it around the bases by winning at rock paper scissors
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Shapes
Shapes
Taped shapes on the ground students need to gather in when music stops
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Shuffle your Buns
Shuffle your Buns
Players race around a circle of chairs
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Simon Says
Simon Says
Good for little kids
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Star Wars
Star Wars
A one-on-one challenge involving hands turn into lightsabers.
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Sumo Ball
Sumo Ball
Sumo Wrestling with two large exercise balls
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Talk or Get Squirted
Talk or Get Squirted
Student talks about given topic. If um, uh, or pause is said, gets squirted
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The Backpack Name Game
The Backpack Name Game
Learn names by associating names with objects.
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The Clap Game
The Clap Game
Players clap at the correct time to win
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Toe Tag
Toe Tag
Two players try to tag their opponents toes using their feet.
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Trainwreck
Trainwreck
Players sit in rows. When row is called, players must race to get a seat.
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Turn Over a New Leaf
Turn Over a New Leaf
All stand on blanket, players must flip blanket without touching floor
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Wink Em
Wink Em
Quick actions in response to a wink
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Zip Bong
Zip Bong
An elimination game involving funny noises and not showing one's teeth.
Compiled & designed specifically for you by
Jon VerLee