Games below should all work on Zoom

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Never Have I Ever

• Take turns telling the group one thing they have never done.  Then find out who in the group has done it and let them share their experience.

Charades

• Objective: Random person chooses to act out something of there choice. Rest of the people try to guess what the player is acting out.

Two Truths and a Lie

• Ask each player to think of three statements about themselves.  Two must be true statements and one must be false.  
• Players take turns telling two truths and one lie, in any order, to the group.
• The group votes on which of the 3 statements they think is a lie, and at the end of each round, the person reveals which one was the lie.

#1 BOX OF LIES

The Zoom modification is that each person who comes to your Zoom meeting would bring the “weirdest” thing they can find in their house and keep it out of sight of their camera. Then, each person will take a turn describing their object (either lying or telling the truth – they decide). Everyone else holds up either a “thumbs up” for telling the truth or a “thumbs down” for lying. Then the person who was it shows their object, and you can keep points on how many people were right or wrong about the person lying or telling the truth.

#3 TRUE FACTS

This is simple simple! Everyone privately messages the host a secret fact about themselves, and then the host shares them one by one. Everyone then has to vote who they think it belongs to. See if your students can fool the others! This is great to learn about your group, but also for your kids to feel connected to each other.

#4 ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS

Of course this is super simple, and you can vary it in a million ways. Also, “Gorilla, Man, Gun” is a great alternative to rock, paper, scissors. (“Gorilla beats the Man, Man beats the Gun, Gun beats Gorilla, if you tie, you die. 1, 2, 3, GO!”) You could have students find a piece of paper, a rock, and some scissors to make this a little more interactive. Usually, Rock, Paper, Scissors is an intro game to something bigger, so keep that in mind. How would you make this game better?

#5 PARTNERS IN PEN

Have everyone grab a piece of paper, and also some random object from their house. (Nothing too familiar, but something that is mildly obscure.) Then, each person takes a turn describing their hidden item while everyone else tries to draw it from their description they give. The person who is closest wins, and gets to describe their hidden item next.

#6 REVERSE CHARADES

One person is “it” while everyone else acts out a word. You can get the word to the large group by privately messaging everyone individually, OR by writing it down and showing it on your screen while the person who is “it” closes their eyes. Then, once they have guessed, you move to the next person. The way to make this competitive would be to time how long it takes each person individually to guess OR, put people onto teams. If team A’s representative doesn’t guess within a minute, then the turn switches to team B. If team A does guess before a minute is up, then their team gets to go again.
 

#8 HOME SCAVENGER HUNT

This is currently the most common way to engage your students on Zoom, while getting them up and moving. Pick a random list of things, and then whenever they arrive at Zoom, ask them to go and get each item (one at a time) and see who gets back with it first. Easy peasy.

Find me something
Tell students to find “something blue/ smooth/ starting with the letter c”.Students run around trying to find an object and bring it back.

20 questions
One player chooses an animal or object and everyone else takes turns to ask a question so that they can guess what they are.
“Yes” and “no” answers only.

I Went To The Shop
Someone starts with “I went to the shop and I bought…a packet of crisps”.
Next person starts from the start and adds their own – “I went to the shop and I bought…a packet of crisps…and a bunch of bananas”.
Carry on for as long as you can without getting confused!

ABC
Choose a topic like “household items” and take turns to say one in alphabetical order. So, “armchair”, “biscuit tin”, “coat rack”…

Do you know me?
Like the game Mr and Mrs on TV. Ask student a question like “what’s your favorite food?” Other students to write their guess/answer down on paper and reveal at the same time.
Do they match?

Quote game
Say a quote from a movie for the other team to guess who said it.

Drawing Challenge
Agree on something to draw and give it a go at the same time. This can be as serious or as silly as they like.

Silly faces
Who can pull the silliest face? Keep going until someone laughs 

The Story Game
Make up a story one word at a time. Each person chooses one word quickly so you keep a bit of a rhythm.
Once-upon-a-time-there-lived-a-snail-who….
See what you come up with!

What am I?
One person to think of an animal and the other person to ask questions until they guess correctly.
You must only answer “yes” or “no”.

Yes No Game
Try to get someone else to say “yes” or “no”. If they do then you win!

Games below that might not work on Zoom

40 icebreakers for small groups- click here

LIVE HS/MS games on church website- click here