Zip Zap Zoop

1. Start by having all the teens sit in a circle.

2. One of the teens points to someone next to him or her and says, “Zip!”
3. The teens point and repeat, “Zip!” around the circle in one direction.
4. At any time, a teen can say, “Zap!” “Zap!” changes direction, with the
teens pointing and saying, “Zip!” around the circle in the opposite direction.
5. At any point, a person told, “Zip!” may choose to say, “Zoop!”
6. If they do so, they point at someone anywhere in the circle who can
then restart the “Zip” in any whichever direction they choose.

Balloon War

1. Divide your group of teens into teams.

2. Give each of the teams a packet of balloons all one color.
3. Make sure each packet contains the same number of balloons.
4. Teams have 10 minutes to blow up as many balloons as possible.
5. Each team chooses one or more Poppers who get a set amount of time
to destroy balloons that belong to other teams.
6. The team that has maximum balloons remaining wins.

Do Not Laugh!
Teens are notorious for doing the opposite of what they are told. This funny
icebreaker game builds on this premise.

1. The teens stand in a line and each one places a hand on the back of the
person in front of him.
2. The last person in the line says, “Ha, Ha, He, He!”
3. Each person says this in turn for the whole line and the goal is for
everyone to repeat the phrase without smiling or laughing – a highly unlikely
outcome!

Those who smile or laugh are out and the last teen remaining wins. You can
also set up this funny icebreaker as a team game with a timer set and the
team with the most members remaining at the end of a set time wins
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Flag of Me
A fun but “quiet” ice-breaking activity for a group of older children, this takes
some time, but is a great way to settle down a large group. Finished flags
make a fabulous display for a classroom or meeting place, and provide a fun
“party favor” for kids to take home.

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Give each child a piece of white paper and crayons, markers, or colored
pencils. Tell them to design a flag that tells something about them. It is a good
idea to suggest the following possibilities if children are slow to start:

 What their interests are

 Where they come from
 What they believe in
 Favorite colors, animals, or sports
 Their families or pets
 Places they have visited or want to visit

After the children take 15-20 minutes to create their flags, ask them to stand
up, one by one, hold up their flags, and explain the design to the other
children.

Funny icebreakers work well at any time or in any place. They set the stage
for a memorable experience participants remember far beyond the event,
meeting, or activity for which they are used.

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Whip that smile off your face

How to play
Children will sit in a circle and one person will start the game, this person will
smile there biggest, ugliest, funniest smile while trying to make the other children
laugh. The children must be silent while doing this and can only smile.

The object of the game is it get everyone in the circle to laugh at your smile,
when the children laugh at the person making the funny smile, they get a point,
then the child wipes the smile off their face and passes it to the next person. This
is a fun way to be silly but also confident with the people around you.

How To Play Shoe Talk

Often at the start of a youth camp or youth group year there are many people who don't
know each other. Even the leaders often don't know many of kids. What's needed is a
good ice breaker game which doesn't put too much pressure on everyone.

I played this group game at a camp recently and it was a fantastic icebreaker idea.

1. Split the group into 2 halves.

2. Get each half of the group to line up against opposite sides of the room or hall.

3. Get each person to take of 1 shoe and make a pile of their team's shoes.

4. Get each person from one team to come a select a random shoe from the other
team's pile and then find the person that shoe belongs to.

5. Once they have found their match, have a question ready so each person in the pair
can ask each other a get to know each other a little bit better. Make sure you don't leave
this time too long, but don't make it too short either, give both people a chance to
answer.

6. Get the other team to do the same process with the first team's pile of shoes.
How To Play Secret Identity
Have everyone secretly write down the name of a person on a small piece of paper or a
"post-it" note. It has to be a person that everyone in the room would know about - a
famous historical figure, an actor or sports celebrity, a politician, etc. Then have them
tape the name on the back of the person on their left.

Everyone goes around and asks people yes or no questions about who is on their back.
They can only ask each person one question. The person who can do it in the least
number of questions wins.

How To Play Blow Wind Blow

For this icebreaker game you'll need to set up your chairs in a circle facing inwards.
Make sure there is one less chair than there are players.

Select one player to start off in the middle. They must begin by calling out "Blow wind
blow". The rest of the group must respond "blow what?" Then the middle player can say
some kind of conditional statement like "everyone with red hair" or "everyone not
wearing shoes". All the players that fit into that category must get up and switch chairs
with another player. This allows a chance for the middle player to steal a chair also.
Once everyone has finished switching as quickly as possible, there will be one player
left stuck in the middle. Then the process repeats!

If playing with a larger group it can become difficult for everyone to hear what the
person in the middle is saying, so it might be wise to have a cordless microphone or a
megaphone to use. Alternatively you could have someone else with a microphone
outside of the circle calling the shots out.

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