50 Best Icebreaker Games for Youth Groups

When you have a youth group setting with many new members, finding a great game to play can be a terrific way to break the ice. Sometimes the beginning stages of a large group setting can bring awkward silence but finding the perfect ice breakers will help your youth ministry bond and become closer.

A good way for any small group with young people to become more comfortable is to use fun icebreaker games. Many individuals will relax and talk more with new people when there are games or fun activities.

To make it easy to decide on the best ice breaker activities, this list of 50 options has various types of activities.

Name Icebreakers

Name memory icebreaker activities can be a fun way to remember everyone in the group by associating faces to their names.

1. Quick Name Line-Up

• Minimum Number of People: At least three or four, but the more, the merrier
• What You’ll Need: Absolutely nothing!
• How to Play: Have the group of people gather, and when the leader declares the start of the game, the youth members will have to line up against a wall alphabetically by their first names as quickly as possible.

This activity gets everyone asking for each other’s names and recognizing faces. Once they arrange everyone according to their first name, the members of the group can sound off with their names in the correct order for everyone to hear.

As an additional activity, once this is complete, repeat the process with the last names.

2. Blanket Name Games

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: A large blanket or sheet you cannot see through
• How to Play: Have the youth leader pick one volunteer at a time to sit behind the blanket. They will count to three then drop the blanket. The first player to correctly guess their name wins a point.

Once you work through the entire group, tally up the points to determine the winner. Then, for an additional spin, have the youth try hard to remember everyone’s last names rather than first names.

3. Time Bomb

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: A tennis ball or other small, soft item like a bean bag
• How to Play: The youth group will all stand in a circle facing each other. One player starts with the ball and yells out a person’s name, and throws the ball to them. Once they catch the ball, they have two seconds to yell out someone else’s name and get rid of the time bomb. If they cannot name a person to throw it to, they are out. The game continues until only one person remains holding the time bomb.

4. Draw It Out

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: Plain paper for each young person, a timer, pens or colored pencils
• How to Play: Give each group member a piece of paper and some colored pencils or a pen. Set a time limit and have everyone draw as many items on their paper as they can about their life without writing their name.

Once the time is up, have everyone fold their paper in half and give it to the youth leader. The leader then mixes up the papers. Then, one at a time, they are open for everyone to read and try to guess who the artist is.

5. Keep the Balloon Up

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: A round balloon
• How to Play: Arrange everyone in a circle facing each other. Blow up a balloon and have the leader toss it into the air in the middle of the circle. With the balloon in the air, the youth leader calls out someone’s name, and they move to bump the balloon in the air to keep it from falling to the floor. When they hit the balloon up, they must call out someone else’s name to follow and then returns to their spot.

The called person then moves to hit the balloon up, repeating the process. Continue until the balloon reaches the floor.

6. Who Am I?

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: A blindfold
• How to Play: Select one person to blindfold while the other youth line up. One at a time, a person will go up to the blindfolded person and speak a short Bible phrase. Next, they must try to guess who is talking. They receive a point if they guess correctly. Work through all the members and tally up points, then the blindfold goes to someone else to repeat the process once more. Continue the game until everyone has a turn with the blindfold. Compare point scores to determine the winner.

Get To Know Each Other Icebreakers

Finding out interesting facts about one another is an excellent way to break the ice and get people engaging in conversation, especially with a simple game.

7. Great Wind Blows

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: Enough chairs for everyone in the group, except one person
• How to Play: Arrange the chairs in a circle with the backs facing inward. Have the youth members walk around the outside of the chair circle while the leader calls out a unique fact. For example, the Great Wind Blows for everyone who loves ice cream. Therefore, everyone who loves ice cream must quickly find a seat.

If someone is without a seat, they are out, or if a youth member does not love ice cream and does not sit down, they are out. After each round, take away one chair, so there is always one less seat available. Then, continue the game until there is only one person left.

8. Four of a Kind

• Minimum Number of People: Eight or more
• What You’ll Need: Nothing!
• How to Play: Split the youth into four separate groups. Have them stand while they chat and learn enough about each other to determine four things everyone in their group has in common. Once they have found four common things that they all share, they must sit down. Once all the groups are sitting, one by one, a leader from the group will stand and tell the room what four characteristics everyone in their group shares.

9. Get To Know You Bingo

• Minimum Number of People: Ten or more people works best
• What You’ll Need: Homemade Bingo cards with squares that contain unique features, like visiting the Grand Canyon, having more than one cousin, or owning a cat, for example, a pen or pencil for each player
• How to Play: Give everyone a Bingo card with an assortment of unique features and a pencil.

They need to go around the room and find someone that matches the characteristics and cross it off by writing the person’s name in the square. The player who gets a full line first yells Bingo and wins the game. Then, they must read out who matches which characteristics to the group. This person is now out, and the game continues until the next player gets a full Bingo line and repeats the process until there is only one player left.

10. Speed Fellowship

• Minimum Number of People: Six or more people
• What You’ll Need: Enough chairs for everyone to sit, a timer
• How to Play: Split the youth into two separate groups. Have one group sit in chairs, and they will not move during the game. The other group will begin in front of the first team but will then rotate down the line, much like a speed dating game.

For five minutes, have both individuals sit across from each other. They will ask as many questions as possible to learn as much as they can about each other. Once the timer goes off, the rotating team stands up and moves down one seat to partner with the next person.

Continue this until each person has had a chance to talk to each partner. If you have an extremely large group, you may have to split up the groups once the first round is complete so everyone on the same teams can repeat this with each other.

11. Candy Introductions

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: A bag of multicolored candies, a large poster board or whiteboard/chalkboard to write on
• How to Play: Write on the poster board or chalkboard by assigning a task to a specific candy color. For example, red candies equal a person’s favorite food, and green candies equal a person’s favorite holiday. Make sure the board is not visible to the players.

Have each player choose five to six pieces of any kind of candy they wish, but they are not to eat it yet. Once everyone has selected their items, reveal the board. Start with one person matching their candy colors to the specific questions they must answer according to their chosen types. Once they go through their candy, they can eat them, and the next person takes a turn.

12. Two Truths and a Lie

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: Nothing at all!
• How to Play: Arrange the youth members in a seated circle facing each other. Work around the circle one by one as each person will say three things about themselves. They will include two true things and one lie. The group must guess which one is the lie before moving on to the next person in the circle. The game ends when everyone gives two truths and a lie.

13. Toaster Game

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: A toaster, a loaf of bread, fixings, such as butter, cinnamon sugar, jam, peanut butter, honey, marmalade, Nutella, or other favorite items, plates, and knives
• How to Play: Have the youth group sit in a large circle with the toaster in the middle of the group. Next, put bread in the toaster. While it is toasting, one person must tell as many personal facts about themselves as possible before the toast pops up.

When their toast pops, they can dress it up for a tasty snack, and the next person takes a turn.

14. Mix & Meet

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: Colored M&Ms or jellybeans, a large bowl, marker, poster board, or whiteboard
• How to Play: Place the mixed-colored candies in a large bowl. Designate different colors to mean separate things. For example, red is family, blue is food, green is animal, and so on. Write this on a poster board but hide it until each team member selects a handful of candy for themselves. Of course, they are not to eat their treats yet.

Go around the room, and one at a time, an individual will take a piece of candy, match it to the legend and save their favorite thing before eating the candy. For example, for a blue jellybean, one may say their favorite food is spaghetti, then eats it and move on to the next jellybean. Work through the entire group until everyone has eaten their treats and shared information about themselves.

15. A Deserted Island

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: No supplies at all
• How to Play: Divide the youth members into multiple small groups to pretend they are on a deserted island. Each group must talk among themselves and find out what one precious item each person would bring with them if they were on a desert island. The items should be important or special to the person.

Ice breaker activity ideas like this are a great way for larger groups to learn more about one another by the things they choose not to live without.

16. Fabulous Flags

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: Paper, colored pencils or markers
• How to Play: Have everyone take a piece of paper and decorate it with as many items as they choose that help to depict their personality, likes, and lifestyle. Once everyone’s project is complete, each person will stand up and talk about what they included on their flag. This way, each person will get to know each other better through their fabulous flags.

Fun Game Icebreakers

17. Ping Pong Ball Bible Messages

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: Many ping pong balls, permanent marker, buckets for water or jello
• How to Play: Write single letters or one complete word on each ping pong ball that will spell out a Bible verse. Using individual letters will make it more difficult, while words are easier for younger groups. Then, fill each team’s bucket with water, jello, pudding, or another fun substance and mix the ping pong balls in that spells out a verse.

With the group in teams, begin the game with each group taking the ping pong balls out and trying to unscramble the Bible message. The first team that does it correctly wins the game.

18. Name the Food

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: A large cardboard box with two holes cut in it large enough for arms, paper plates, odd or weird food items, blindfold, small table, and chair
• How to Play: Place a box on its side on a table with the armholes cut into the bottom. Have one person sit on the side of the box with a blindfold on, so they cannot see what is inside and stick their hands and arms through. The rest of the group sits facing them, and they can see the person’s hands and the inside of the box.

Have someone place a paper plate inside the box with a weird or odd food item on it. The youth sitting must try to guess what the food is by handling it. Use foods like oatmeal, cat food, cut-up fruit, and anything else that could be challenging to imagine. Have enough food items for everyone to try and guess at least once.

19. What Am I?

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: Paper or index cards, pen, pencil, or marker, tape or pins
• How to Play: Have someone write down random items or famous people on each small piece of paper or index card before the game starts. Then, line up the youth members with their backs facing them and this person will tape or pin these cards to the back of everyone’s shirts.

Depending on the group size, allow everyone enough time to go around and ask yes or no questions to try and guess what item or person is on their back. Once they guess correctly, they are out of the game.

20. Sock War

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: Everyone should wear a clean pair of socks or bring socks with them
• How to Play: Have the youth get on all fours on the floor with their shoes off. Then, everyone must crawl around and try to take off someone else’s sock while keeping their pair on. When they lose both socks, they are out of the game. The last person with one or both socks on is the winner.

21. Story Chain

• Minimum Number of People: Eight or more
• What You’ll Need: Post-It notes and pens
• How to Play: Divide the youth members into two or more smaller groups, depending on how many people you have. The game works best when you have four to six players on a team. Give each team a stack of Post-It notes and pens so they can begin constructing their story chain.

Each player will write a few words on their note, and it must connect to someone else’s note in the group by using similar features, making a story. The team that can create the longest story chain of assorted notes wins the game.

22. Song Scramble

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: Many index cards, pen or marker
• How to Play: Write two or three words on an index card that make up a popular Christian song or hymn. Try to have enough cards to create several different songs. Then, mix up the cards and toss them in a pile on the floor.

Have the youth members scramble to pick a card and begin finding people with matching cards to create the song. The first impromptu group that completes their hymn or song wins the game.

23. Hot Potato

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: An unbreakable item, such as a potato, bean bag, or small ball, a device to play music
• How to Play: Arrange everyone in the group to sit in a circle. If you have a large group, you can split them into teams to make it easier.

Start the music, and while the music plays, toss the hot potato from player to player around the circle as quickly as possible. Once the music stops playing, the person holding the item must say a fun, quirky, or unique fact about themselves. Then begin the music again until everyone has had a chance to have a turn.

24. Cheeto Head

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: One shower cap for each team, shaving cream, one bag of Cheetos for each group, and one chair for each team
• How to Play: Divide the youth into two or more teams, depending on the size of your group. Decide on one volunteer to wear the shower cap and cover it in shaving cream. Then, have them sit in the chair and start the timer.

Each team will have to take two giant steps away from their volunteer and begin throwing Cheetos on their head. The team which the most Cheetos stuck to the shower cap wins the game.

25. Guess the Bible Character

• Minimum Number of People: Three or more
• What You’ll Need: Small pieces of paper or index cards, pen or pencil, timer, one small bowl for each team
• How to Play: Have someone write down famous Bible characters on pieces of paper or index cards ahead of time. Then, split the group into teams, making enough sets for each team and placing them in each bowl.

Assign one designated person from each team as the chosen one. Start the timer for five minutes and have them choose a name from the bowl. Then, they need to act it out or give hints for the team members to guess the person. Once the team guesses correctly, the individual chooses another name from the bowl. The team that gets through the most names in five minutes wins the game.

26. Take the Treasure

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: A chair, a rolled-up newspaper or cardboard wrapping paper tube, a treasure such as a set of keys or a book, a blindfold
• How to Play: Have one person volunteer to sit in the chair. They are to wear a blindfold but protect the treasure that sits under their chair. They will listen carefully for any other players who try to sneak up one at a time and try to take their treasure.

The volunteer can swat at the other players, and if they manage to hit a thief, the thief is out of the game. If a thief successfully takes the treasure, they switch places, so the thief becomes the protector of the treasure, and the other player can now try to steal. The game ends when everyone has had a turn as the protector.

27. Sit Down If

• Minimum Number of People: Five or more
• What You’ll Need: A list of characteristics or traits, such as owning a dog, having blue eyes, and other fun features or characteristics
• How to Play: Start the game with everyone in the group standing in the room. Then, have the youth leader begin reading from the list of characteristics from the top.

They will call out, “Sit Down If you…” For example, they might say, “Sit Down If you have eaten an apple today,” and begin working through the many items. The last person standing is the person who wins the game.

28. Compliment Me

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: Envelopes, pens, blank pieces of paper
• How to Play: Label each envelope with a person’s name on it and put it out in the open on a table. Have a pile of empty pieces of paper at each envelope station. Give everyone a pen and instruct them to move through each envelope, write one secret compliment for the person on the envelope, and put it inside.

If you have a large group, one compliment is sufficient, and members can move through the envelopes twice if you have a smaller group. Once everyone has filled their papers, the leader gives each envelope to the person whose name is on it. If they are comfortable reading the compliments aloud, they can for the group or take it home to enjoy later.

29. Play-Doh Bible Sculpture Contest

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: Multiple containers of Play-Doh, slips of paper with different Bible scenes written on them, a small bowl, a timer
• How to Play: Divide the youth group into teams of two to four people. Each team must choose one slip of paper with a Bible scene on it to create with their Play-Doh. Then, start the timer for five to ten minutes and see which team can make the best Play-Doh Bible Sculpture when the timer runs out.

30. Frown King / Frown Queen

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: No supplies are necessary
• How to Play: Get the youth to pick a partner and stand back-to-back. At the start of the game, they turn to face each other and make frowning faces until one person smiles or laughs. Then that person sits down. The remaining youth standing will choose a new partner and complete another round making frowning faces. This continues on until only one person is left standing and is the Frown King or Frown Queen.

31. The Psychiatrist

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: No supplies necessary
• How to Play: Select one person from the group to be the psychiatrist. They will leave the room or go away from the group, so they are out of earshot of the others. Then, have the remaining youth members come up with a fake problem that they all suffer from, like a toothache, infected toenail, or something they can act out. Once the problem is determined, have the psychiatrist come back into the room.

They must ask yes or no questions of the youth members and observe any actions to try and guess what problem everyone has. Once they guess the issue, someone else can be the psychiatrist and discover a new issue.

32. Christian Charades

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: Pieces of paper or index cards with Bible characters, Christian events, or other religious words and items, a bowl, a timer
• How to Play: Split the youth into two separate groups. Place all the index cards or slips of paper with the items on them in the bowl. Have one person from each team select a card to act out what is on it.

If their team cannot guess within two minutes, the other team can steal a point by guessing it correctly. The team with the most points after finishing all the slips of paper wins.

33. Seven Word Biographies

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: No supplies at all
• How to Play: Have all the youth members sit in a circle facing each other. Give everyone about five minutes to think of seven words that will sum up their entire life story. For example, born, school, basketball, church, camp, driver’s license. Start with one person and go around the circle as everyone reveals their seven words that describe their entire life up to that point.

34. Word Linking

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: No supplies at all
• How to Play: Seat the youth members in a circle facing each other. Start with the youth leader as they say one word. The person on their left must then choose a term associated with that word to keep the linking going. For example, if the leader says bird, the next person can say fly, but the third person can say trap.

See how creative and fun your word linking can be as you go through the circle.

35. Bible Flippers

• Minimum Number of People: Eight or more
• What You’ll Need: Two Bibles
• How to Play: Split the youth group into two teams with one Bible each. Designate an announcer, usually the youth leader, to stand in front of both groups. Two people, one from each group, will start by approaching the front with the leader. The leader gives them each a Bible and then will speak out a Bible verse for them to locate as fast as they can. The youth will begin when the leader says, Draw Your Sword!

The first person to locate the Bible verse and read it aloud for everyone wins a point for their team. Then, both team members return to their group, and the next people in line approach the leader for their assignment. The team holding the most points after ten Bible verses wins, or once everyone in the group has had a chance to play.

36. Duct Tape Game

• Minimum Number of People: Eight or more
• What You’ll Need: A stool or chair, a flat surface such as a wall, a lot of duct tape, a timer
• How to Play: Split the youth into teams with four people or more. Choose one person from each group, preferably the smallest or lightest person, to stand on the stool or chair against the wall. Start the timer for five or ten minutes, and the other group members must duct tape this person to the wall before the timer goes off. Once time runs out, the team removes the chair from under the person and sees if their team member stays up with only duct tape. The team whose player stays up wins the game.

37. Mummify Me

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: A lot of toilet paper
• How to Play: Pair off the youth members, or with large groups, you can make teams. Have them designate one person to mummify. The other team members will use toilet paper to wrap them like a mummy. Once they are complete, the mummy must go to the other side of the room and back as quickly as they can without tearing the toilet paper off. This movement can be by walking, jumping, or some other way. The first mummy to get back to their home base wins.

38. Destination Imagination

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: No supplies necessary
• How to Play: One person stands up in front of the group and acts out clues to a location. It can be their favorite holiday destination, a famous city, or places from the Bible. Once someone in the group guesses the destination, they move up in front to think of a place to act out and continue the game.

Try to encourage everyone to guess so that the same people are not guessing all the time. The game will end when everyone has a turn at the front, acting out clues.

39. Clothespin Teeth

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: Enough clothespins for everyone to have one
• How to Play: The game will begin with everyone having one clothespin attached to their shirt. The youth group members sit in a circle facing each other. The leader begins with a fruit or vegetable by declaring “Apple Loves Banana” without showing their teeth while he/she is speaking.

The next person in the circle must follow with “Banana Loves ___” and pick a fruit or vegetable. They must also speak without showing any teeth. If they slip up, the person who sees teeth can yell, “Teeth!” and grab the speaker’s clothespin for themselves.

When a youth member has no clothespins, they are out. Continue this activity until there is only one individual with clothespins left.

40. Quick Change

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: You do not need supplies but can add hats, scarves, or other simple items and a timer to keep track
• How to Play: Have two people stand up in front of the group. Have them look over each other for 30 seconds to try and remember every detail, then turn them around so they are back-to-back. Each person will need to change three things about their appearance quickly.

They can put on a hat, take off their shoes, tuck in their shirt, or do other subtle things. After 30 seconds, have them face one another again and see if they can pick out the quick changes the other person made. For each correct answer, they receive a point. Work through the group until everyone can play and add up the final scores to declare a winner.

41. Stuck On You

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: Nothing at all
• How to Play: Have the youth members pick a partner and sit together on the floor. The object of the game is for the youth pairs to try and stand up together without using their hands. Get the pairs to link their arms together and try standing. If they are successful, they need to find another team to join and see how easy it is to connect arms with four people and stand up at once. Continue the game until everyone is included and trying to stand with linked arms.

42. Paper Crazy

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: Many copies of the same newspaper for the youth leader and each of the teams
• How to Play: Divide everyone into small teams and give them a newspaper. Every group should have the same one. The youth leader will look through their copy and choose something each group will need to find, rip out, and bring to the front first. For example, a picture of a car or a specific word in a headline. The team that brings up the requested item first wins a point. The game is over when nothing is left of the newspaper or the leader has reached 10 or 20 items. Add the total points to declare the winner.

Outdoor Icebreakers

43. Trailblazers

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: A long rope or string, blindfolds
• How to Play: Before the game begins, have everyone stay inside and prepare to be blindfolded. Tie the end of a rope or string to a stable item outside, like a tree trunk or flagpole. Then weave it through many different obstacles, such as around trees, through bushes, and over a seesaw. End the game at a separate location that is safe from obstacles.

Once the course is complete, have the first person start by being the first blindfolded trailblazer. They must work their way through the course by holding onto the rope without peeking. Each person follows behind and encourages them to communicate as they work through tricky obstacles to help others not trip or hurt themselves. Ensure there are youth leaders without blindfolds there to assist, so no one falls and gets hurt.

44. Human Knot

• Minimum Number of People: Six or more
• What You’ll Need: Nothing at all!
• How to Play: Have everyone stand together and hold hands. Each person should be holding a different person’s hand, so they connect to two different people. Their arms should go over, under, and intertwine through each other.

Once everyone is joined, they must try to untangle themselves without letting go of anyone.

45. Q-Tip Darts

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: Q-tips, food coloring or paint, poster boards or cardboard, markers
• How to Play: Fold the poster board or cardboard into a standing tent-like structure. Draw a target on each side with a bullseye and outer rings. Divide the group into smaller teams, so there are only two to four players on a team.

Each team will use Q-Tips dipped in food coloring or paint matching a specific color and attempt to throw them at their assigned target, trying to get a bullseye. The team that receives a bullseye first wins the game. You can repeat this game by shuffling the groups to different targets and using their same colors since each team should have a different color for their Q-Tips, so determining each shot is easy to distinguish.

46. Shave Balloon Jesus

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: Balloons, shaving cream, disposable razors, a marker, some towels, or baby wipes for cleanup after
• How to Play: Draw a face on each balloon with a marker, then add shaving cream to look like a beard on the balloon Jesus. Next, split the youth into teams and have each team try to shave Jesus without popping the balloon. The team who can shave his face clean without breaking their balloon wins the game.

47. The Human Chair

• Minimum Number of People: Six or more
• What You’ll Need: No supplies at all
• How to Play: Have the youth members stand in a circle and turn to face the person on their left. Next, get them to place their hands on the shoulders of the person in front of them. Then, slowly, everyone should try to sit down like they are in a chair on the person’s lap behind them. This game takes cooperation and will surely bring lots of laughs with each failed attempt.

48. Iced Tees

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: Old t-shirts or other items of clothing that is ok to get torn by accident, buckets of water to freeze, gloves
• How to Play: Before playing, wet an old t-shirt and fold it into a bucket of water, then freeze the entire thing solid. Then, divide the youth into teams. They should work together to try and get the t-shirt out of the block of ice. The first person to put it on for their group wins the game.

49. Church Scavenger Hunt

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: A complete list of items for teams to search for, including things like a Bible, a cross, and other simple items in and around the church or location. Pencils for each team to check things off their list.
• How to Play: Split the youth group into separate teams or pair off and give each one a detailed scavenger item list and a pencil. The team that completes their list first by finding all the things is the winner.

50. Penguin Scramble

• Minimum Number of People: Four or more
• What You’ll Need: Plain pieces of white paper or cardstock, a device to play music
• How to Play: Each youth pretends they are a penguin. Spread the pieces of white paper around generously with lots of space between them. These will act as blocks of ice for the penguins. Start playing music, and during this, group members must waddle around like a penguin. When the music stops, each penguin must try to hop on a block of ice as quickly as possible. There should always be one less block than people playing. The penguin without a block is out. Continue this until there is only one penguin left.

Conclusion

Finding youth group icebreakers to help build a sense of community is critical, especially in large groups of people. Often, classic ice breaker games that create a common ground between youth members will help strengthen relationships on a personal level. So, choose some of the best icebreakers from this list and start getting to know one another.