You will need:– A parachute (play or otherwise) Simply use the parachute to adapt any circle game. E.g. “Fishes in the sea”, “One sent a letter” etc. Using the chute to maintain the circle form. These sort of games consist of one or more people racing around the circle...
Circle
Train Wreck
Sent in by Elise Hammond “Here is a game that we play a lot. It’s great for inside areas such as a gym” Elise Hammond You will need:1 chair for each person (less one) This looks like a game that combines ‘Musical Chairs‘ with ‘Boatman, Boatman’ Set up one...
Surge
Sent in by Katelyn Polumbo You will need:Chairs or some sort of seats/stools Arrange the seats in a big circle with players facing inwards. Everyone apart from one player sits in a chair so no chairs are remaining. One player (who can be the leader starts the game by...
Partners
Players partner up and stand creating two concentric circles so that one stands on the inner circle facing clockwise while the other one stands in the outer circle facing anti-clockwise. When told, each circle runs in the direction they are facing until the leader calls out ‘partners’. Players then...
Number Circle
Needs a large number of players who spread out into a large circle and each player, in turn, is given a number from 1 to 5. When a number is called those players with that number have to run once around the outside of the circle back to their...
Maypole
Kit Logan 2001 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. An ice breaker created in 2001 for a women’s Christian retreat to meet the needs of 80+ ladies with theme of “Weaving new patterns”. Tip: This best played once everybody has arrived… doesn’t work...
Heffalumps
Quite a nice, easy game for any ages, but possibly more for the younger rather than the older. Players get into pairs and form a circle so that one member of the pair stands in front of the other with both facing the centre of the circle. On the...
Scrum
“This game is still favourite in our mixed teen woodcraft folk group. It’s not as tasteless as it sounds but it does involve contact and rough play.” Andrew Watkins, Banbury Woodcraft Folk. Shared Sky Venturers Group (Ages 13..16) You need at least 9...
Find the Leader
Makes a good party game, especially if you are looking for quieter games to play where you have limited space. Players form a circle either standing up or sitting down, but so that they can all see each other. One player is selected to be the ‘guesser’ and taken...
Face to Face
Credited to Megan (prtyangel2005) For 11 or more players (odd numbers)One player is chosen to stand in the centre, everybody else partners up and stand in a large circle with their partners next to them so they and their partners are face-to-face. The player in the middle calls out...