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. …

This is an easy and fun game to kick off your fall youth ministry. All you need is a roll of toilet paper for every two students.
How it works: Have everyone partner up and then give each team a roll of toilet paper. Once everyone has gotten one. Give them 5 minutes to come up with the most creative outfit that they can do. Have some of your youth volunteers be the judges to see who wins the contest.
Below are a couple pictures to give you some ideas:

This is a fun game that can be done throughout the school year or the summer time, or maybe it will never end.
Overview: The continuing game works by picking a challenging activity to do. The activity must be very hard to do (like a half court shot) and if a student can complete the activity they win the prize (whatever you want it to be). If nobody wins, which should be happening or your activity is too easy, then the next week there is a new activity with the prize …

          Hi !! Youth leader shouting out from PA. So great of you to share ideas with everyone. My favorite idea that my youth beg for each year is our Amazing race. It takes a bit of prep work but it is so much fun. The idea of the race is to find information from clues or to bring back an item from your Race list.
I started out planning by going around our community searching for history sites and preparing questions for the youth to find the answers to. Some …