Compete against other teams in a series of mini-games to see who has the ultimate collection of talent and weird skills! This activity works best as a large or extra large group activity (15+ people), ages 8 and up. Materials required: We recommend that you bring any props desired for activities. For example: Bandanas (or other blindfolding…
Category: Large Group
Large group icebreakers. Is your group between 10-30 people? The following games below should work great. Try them out and see for yourself!
Animal Sounds
Find the other person in the room with the same animal as you by making the noise your assigned animal makes! Animal Sounds is a very simple icebreaker that gets people to act as animals to and find other of the same animals just by listening and making the specific animal sounds! This icebreaker is…
Categories (or Similarities) Game
Each team must find a certain amount of things they all have in common (similarities) before the other teams in this simple competitive icebreaker game. It’s best for ages 8+. It works great for medium sized groups, or even really large groups of 20+ people if you split into smaller sized groups. Materials needed You won’t need…
Paper Airplanes (Name Planes Game)
Paper Airplanes (or Name Planes Game) is a simple but effective get-to-know-you game: find the owner of the paper airplane that you pick up and learn a few things about them! This game works best for larger groups of ten or more people. The activity is ideal for those ages 12 and up and is suitable…
Name Aerobics
Name Aerobics is a simple icebreaker to help group members introduce themselves in a fun and energetic way! You can think of it was a name memorization activity with a touch of aerobics. It’s good for players ages 10+. This activity works best with medium or large sized groups of 6+ people each. Materials required There are no…
Human Bingo (Did You Know?) Game
Human Bingo (also known as the Autograph Game or Did You Know? Bingo) is an icebreaker that helps people learn interesting facts about each other. People walk around the room and mingle until they find people that match the facts listed on a bingo-style sheet. This game is a get-to-know-you style icebreaker. The recommended group size is:…
Electric Current Game
How about a fun game that involves fast reflexes? There are two teams — everyone is holding hands. Can your team squeeze hands and send an “electric current” faster than the other team? This game works great as a camp or youth retreat icebreaker, or as a large group activity (more than 50 people). It…
Human Rock Paper Scissors
Human Rock Paper Scissors is a fun, quick ice-breaker that can be used for a medium-sized group of people. Many are familiar with the classic hand game, rock-paper-scissors, each of which conquers one another depending on the combination. This game is a play on the game, but requires people to get on their feet, move,…
Categories
The Categories Game tests your ability to pull names of people and places, and other words, from your memory while under pressure in this simple quick-thinking game. Great for car journeys, and it can also be played as a drinking game (of course, only if you are of the proper age). 4 to 10 is…
Wink Murder
Wink Murder is a fun party game in a secret “killer” winks at people in the eye in order to get them eliminated. Try to identify who the wink murderer is before he murders everyone! Setup for Wink Murder This game requires no special materials at all, making it a very convenient game to play.…