Large Group Games

This game is designed to use both your logic skills and your creative skills! What’s needed: 2 sets of any random objects/supplies, about even for each team A large pile of flags/pennies/beanbags, something that can be easily grabbed for a point First, split into 2 teams, and leave an adult to be the judge. Within each team, split evenly into …

Fair size field or gymnasium/room. LISTEN carefully and honestly respond to the question/statement. Play fair! Start at the line! Any number may play, perhaps 20 to 30 is good. Count off by twos. Ones line up to East, twos line up to West. Lines are about 25 to 30 feet apart, depending on age/size/ability of players. “Coach” places a “bacon” …

One person is “it”. If they tag anyone, that person must begin to “melt down” by lowering themselves to the ground slowly. If they are touched by another player before they reach the ground they are free. If they melt all the way to the ground then they become another “it”. Play continues until only one person is left.

Whoever is kicking the ball should have decent aim so they are not going to kick the ball at the kids by accident. Get all kids to form a circle, and then get them to take two steps backward. Next, they sit down. Once seated, a counsellor goes in the middle, and starts kicking the ball. The goal of the …

Lots of camper s spread out around a boundary area and not too far away apart from one another. One camper starts out with the ball and throws the ball to another camper . If the camper who threw the ball gives bad aim then that camper has to sit down. If the camper who was being thrown the ball …

Boundary lines and any object to hide Red Light, Green Light mixed with Capture the Flag. The kids are divided into two groups. One team is the ninjas, the other team is the guards. Ninjas have a place where captured items go; a rock, Ninja base, etc. Each guard places an item on the ground within the boundary created. They …

Field Lots of tennis balls 2 buckets objects to mark boundaries This game is similar to capture the flag, and is played on an open field. The field is divided in half and an end zone is created on each side. 121 tennis balls (or realistically as many as you need… no one’s counting) are evenly distributed between two teams …

Earth Ball 1. Divide into two groups. 2. One group lies on the ground in a circle face up, heads toward the center, feet in the air (no shoes, please). 3. Other group stand in a circle around the first group. 4. The object is for everyone to keep the ball in the air, group 1 using only their feet, …

Flags to go around the waist and differentiate teams a place to act as jail a setting with many hiding spaces and a lot of field (preferably) an extra item (I.E. a ball, a card, toy car, etc.) to be found for bonus points (optional) Capture the general. Split the group into two or more teams. Each team will (in …

At least 5 teams, cone for each team and 20 or more people Catch the person in front, and don’t get caught from behind Divide group into at least 5 teams with 4 or more players per team. Set up cones in a large circle and assign one cone per team. Each team lines up behind their cone, on the …

Players of any age can play this game, for younger children assistant identifying their animals features may be needed. This game is quick and simple to learn! Especially when played with a large group of people, this game is a ton of fun! (if the group is very large two Park Rangers can exist at once.) To play this game …

Balls of various sizes (enough for most players), beach ball, 4 cones. Have the group separate into four different teams, trying to divide the more active players on to different teams. Have a square set up with cones measuring around 10′-20′ depending on the size of your group. Have the team’s line up on the different sides of the square …

Paint, dixie cups, popsicle stick, sponges, water. To avoid the person who is it, and get all the colors of paint on your arm. Around a designated area are different colors of paint in little cups with a Popsicle stick. The children must run around, find the paint and put a stripe on their arm. The person who is ‘it’ …

This game is played with a large ball, each kid picks a number in the beginning of the game. Then the game is started by one person throwing it up in the air and calls out a number. The child whose number is called, grabs the ball and yells “freeze!”. Then the child with the ball takes three steps toward …

Water, food coloring, cups, buckets, supervision. Teamwork as well as strategy. With two teams having “bases” at opposite sides of camp, they have a “well” of water that has been colored to match their team color. (food coloring red/blue seems to work) The kids then have one cup (but they can hold it in their mouth/shirt/boot) with which to transport …

The objective of Sardines is for a group of seekers to find a single person who is hiding. In short, this fun game is the opposite of Hide-N-Seek… Normally everyone hides and one person goes out to look for them. In this case ONE person hides and everyone looks for that ONE person! The kids are all released to search …

One Gator-Skin Ball ( Gator-skin recommended. ) This game doesn’t really end until the Counselor/Guardian says, ” That’s Game! “ Scatter is an easy game once you get the hang of it. 1) A counselor/guardian yells ” Scatter! ” and throws the ball into the air. 2) If someone get the ball, they can only take 5 steps. At this …

Everyone begins the game as an octopus and stands on one side of the playing field. One person is chosen to be a shark and they will stand in the middle of the playing field. Play begins when the shark calls out, “Octopus, Octopus, swim in my ocean!” All players must run across the playing field trying to get to …

The group starts out on one side of the field or room with one person in the middle of the room. The person in the middle will call out sharks (boys) or minnows (girls). He will then specify how he wants them to cross the room (running, backwards, hop on one foot etc‰Û_). It will then chase in the same …

No extra materials needed. The ages I typically play with are school age, but Junior High/Middle School and even High School-aged will work well. Group size is best with 15 to 20, but can go lower or higher if needed. For the Sheriff to capture all of the criminals and/or make them his deputies. Fire in the forest, with a …

Ship/Shore is similar to Simon Says. There is one person that is IT (a.k.a. Simon). IT stands at the front of the group and calls out commands that the rest of the campers must do. If a camper does the wrong action, or if it is an action that requires them to get into groups and there is a person …

Shoes, labels and markers Give each camper a label and have them write their name on it, then get them to stick it to the bottom of one of their shoes. Than have them remove both their shoes, place each labelled shoe in a pile. Have a leader, counsellor works best, choose a shoe and 3 campers, one of which …

Long piece of rope, four traffic cones, two hula hoops, six long pieces of fabric for flags each about three inches wide by two feet long. Be the first team to get all six flags on your team’s side of the field, or the team with the most flags at the end of the time. This game is a larger …

Tiny pieces of paper with the following smuggled items and point values written on each Set-up tiny pieces of paper with the following smuggled items and point values written on each Number of each Chocolate -50 points 10 Sugar -75 points 8 Animal Pelts -100 points 8 Gunpowder- 150 points 6 Designs for new secret weapon -300 points 3 Map …