Need some youth group circle games to keep in your back pocket? These are by far my favorite, because they’re easy to play with teens at a moment’s notice.
Many youth group circle games require little to no supplies or setup. You can play these games with groups ranging from 10 to 50 students. And if you have 100 kids, you can split them into two games and still make it work. Best of all, everyone has a great time!
7 Awesome Youth Group Circle Games
1. Fruit Basket
Make a large circle with chairs. Have enough chairs for each student except the one standing in the middle. Assign each student the name of one of three or four fruits (apple, banana, strawberry, orange).
When the student in the middle yells out one fruit, those students must get up and find a new seat. The person in the middle will sit in one of their seats, and a new person will be left in the middle. The person in the middle can either call out a fruit, call out multiple fruits, or call out “Fruit Basket.” Then everyone must get up and find a new seat.
2. Honey, If You Love Me
Make a circle with chairs. Have students sit down except for one student in the middle. That student tries to get someone who’s seated to smile by walking up and saying, “Honey, if you love me, will you please give me a smile?” With a straight face, the seated student must reply, “Honey, I love you, but I just can’t smile.”
If they don’t smile, the student in the middle must pick someone else until they get someone to smile. When someone smiles, that person goes to the middle, asking for smiles. The student in the middle can do whatever funny thing they want to get someone to smile besides touching them. Have fun, and keep a straight face!
3. Never Have I Ever
Make a circle with chairs. Have students sit down, except for one student in the middle. That student says something they have never done, and seated students get up if they have done it. For example, “Never have I ever broken a bone,” and anyone who has broken a bone must get up and find a new seat, while the person who was in the middle sits down. Make sure the “never have I ever” statement is true, as in they’ve really never done it.
4. Death Ball
Make a circle of chairs for each player, minus one. Students sit in chairs except for one player in the middle. He/she is It. One student in the circle holds the ball and throws it to another player in the circle.
The goal of the player in the middle? Either tag the person who has the ball or catch the ball when it’s thrown to another player. If either of those attempts is successful, then the player in the middle switches with the player in the circle. When starting a round, players cannot throw the ball to the person directly next to them.
If the ball doesn’t touch a player in the circle when it’s thrown to them, they can’t get up and get the ball. The only person chasing the ball should be the person in the circle who touched it last and the person in the center.
