Here are some games with Pumkins that you can use for your youth ministry game time:
Pumpkin Bowling: Use 2 liter pops and the pumpkins as bowling balls. Make sure you have some back up pumpkins because they tend to break after a few go arounds.
Pumpkin Golfing: Simply cut out holes on the pumpkins big enough for a golf ball to be able to enter and then line them up and have a putting contest to see who can get the golf ball into the pumpkin cut out.
Put Out the Candle: …

Want a quick and easy game for your youth group?
Try buying some bags of marshmallows depending on the size of your group and then at some point during the meeting bust them out and begin firing them around.
This summer we have been meeting in different places other then the normal spot, but one of the games that was really fun was when we decided to do a marshmallow fight towards the end of our meeting time.
Here’s Why You Should Try:

Cheap – not much to get some bags of marshmallows. I …

I had Jamie Starrett approach me to let you know about some resources of his called Youth Ministry ToolBox.
What Youth Ministry Toolbox provides is PowerPoint lessons and PowerPoint games for youth ministry for a $40 a year subscription which after checking out the lessons and games inside – I think they would be a good buy for your youth ministry.
Here is a few examples of the PowerPoint games on the inside:

YouTube – How Well Do We Really Know It?
Terminator Salvation
Twilight Trivia
My WiKi Can Beat Up Your WiKi

There are over a …

This youth ministry game we named Eye of the Tiger and you can use a garbage can, chair, or whatever to be the center and here is how it is played:
Circle up and join hands and when you say go you try to pull anyone into the object in the center.
If someone touches the “eye of the tiger” then he or she is out.
If someone slips and let’s go of the other person’s hand both the person that let go and the person they were holding hands with is out.
The …

This can be a fun youth ministry game or event. Coordinate efforts from all the other youth ministries in your town and hold a massive youth ministry Easter egg hunt. For some reason high school and Jr highers still love to chase after Easter eggs and I’ve done it with both large and small groups and it always is a fun thing to watch.
For the event:

One of my jr highers just had to show me a dunk and so I thought this would be the time for this youth ministry idea! So in light of the NCAA basketball that’s going on – have a creative dunk contest for your game time for youth ministry. You may actually be surprised at who wants to do it!
If you have more than one adjustable baketball hoop you can adjust the hoop so that it’s not intimidating for someone that is short and you can also divide it up …

Team building games and activities are great ways to help groups develop cooperation, decision making, leadership and communication skills. Check out the team building games over on Grahame’s blog Insight. They include lots of fun challenges as well as a couple of classic ‘pen and paper’ survival games. Here’s a challenge to get you started.
AFRICAN RIVER CROSSING
Create an imaginary river by marking two river banks with rope or masking tape. Make it wide enough (20-25’) to be a challenge for your group to get from one side to the other. …