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- 231Up FrontA few contestants on stage, everyone else cheering.
- 303All PlayEverybody in the room plays at once.
- 162TeamsSplit the room and battle it out.
- 116Screen GamesPlay along with ready-made slides on the screen.
- 111Relays & RacesLines, laps and a finish line.
- 7IcebreakersGet people talking, sharing and laughing.
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- Up Front · All Play · Teams · Screen
What's Behind Me?
Contestants should stand with their backs to the screen so that they cannot see the slides.Fan favorite 
Up Front · All Play · Screen5 Second Rule
Go back and forth giving each contestant one slide at a time and five seconds to name five things related to the topic that…Fan favorite- All Play · Teams
The Quiet Team
For each round of this game, you will give teams a prompt and ask them to line up in order without making any noise.Fan favorite 
Up Front · Teams · ScreenThe Face Game
For each round, tell each team to choose a different contestant to go onstage. The two contestants will stand back-to-back.Fan favorite
All Play · ScreenBad Bible Translator
You can have each person compete individually or divide your group into teams for this game.Fan favorite
All Play · Screen · IcebreakerWhich is Worse?
Tell everyone to stand up and explain to them that when given two options, they will go to the side of the room they think…Fan favorite
All PlayMusical Chairs of Doom
When the music starts to play, have students walk around the circle until the music stops when they'll all try to sit in an…Fan favorite
Up Front · All Play · TeamsShape the Tortilla
Tell each contestant their shape, and then when you say, "go," they can start shaping the tortilla.Fan favorite
All Play · TeamsThe 25
Have each team circle up with the adult leader in the middle.Fan favorite
All Play · ScreenTop 10
When you show each slide, have teams write down as many ideas as they can related to that category in thirty seconds.Fan favorite
Up Front · All Play · ScreenWhere in the World of Disney
Show the first slide and when a team knows what movie the image is from, they can run forward and try to give the game host…Fan favorite
All PlayPew Pew
Have the game leader stand in the middle of the circle.Fan favorite
Up Front · All Play · ScreenReverse Charades: Disney Movie Edition
Have each team send up one person to be the guesser.
Up Front · All Play · Teams · ScreenWhere In The Bible
Show your first slide and let teams race through their Bibles to find a verse with that Bible character in it.
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- Up Front · All Play · Teams · Screen
What's Behind Me?
Contestants should stand with their backs to the screen so that they cannot see the slides. - Up Front · Teams · Screen
The Face Game
For each round, tell each team to choose a different contestant to go onstage. The two contestants will stand back-to-back. - All Play · Screen
Bad Bible Translator
You can have each person compete individually or divide your group into teams for this game. 
All Play · Screen · IcebreakerWhich is Worse?
Tell everyone to stand up and explain to them that when given two options, they will go to the side of the room they think…- Up Front · All Play · Screen
5 Second Rule
Go back and forth giving each contestant one slide at a time and five seconds to name five things related to the topic that… 
All Play · TeamsThe Quiet Team
For each round of this game, you will give teams a prompt and ask them to line up in order without making any noise.- Up Front · All Play · Teams
Shape the Tortilla
Tell each contestant their shape, and then when you say, "go," they can start shaping the tortilla. - All Play
Musical Chairs of Doom
When the music starts to play, have students walk around the circle until the music stops when they'll all try to sit in an… - All Play · Screen
Top 10
When you show each slide, have teams write down as many ideas as they can related to that category in thirty seconds. - Up Front · All Play · Screen
Reverse Charades: Disney Movie Edition
Have each team send up one person to be the guesser. - All Play · Teams
The 25
Have each team circle up with the adult leader in the middle. - Up Front · All Play · Screen
Where in the World of Disney
Show the first slide and when a team knows what movie the image is from, they can run forward and try to give the game host… 
ScreenBrandless Brands
You can have each person compete individually or divide your group into teams for this game.- All Play
Pew Pew
Have the game leader stand in the middle of the circle.
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Nothing to set up, nothing to buy
- Up Front · All Play · Teams · Screen
What's Behind Me?
Contestants should stand with their backs to the screen so that they cannot see the slides. - All Play · Teams
The Quiet Team
For each round of this game, you will give teams a prompt and ask them to line up in order without making any noise. - All Play · Screen · Icebreaker
Which is Worse?
Tell everyone to stand up and explain to them that when given two options, they will go to the side of the room they think… 
All Play · TeamsThe 25
Have each team circle up with the adult leader in the middle.
All PlayPew Pew
Have the game leader stand in the middle of the circle.
All PlayRock, Paper, Snakes
Each pair will play a simple game of Rock, Paper, Scissors.
All Play · RelayTag Something
If a participant is last to tag an object or they tag the wrong thing, they are out.
All PlayTick Tock
Instruct each player to use their lips to cover their teeth and practice saying words without exposing their teeth.
All Play · TeamsSomething's Different About You
If you have forty or more students, you might think about doubling this game and making four teams with two playing each…
Up Front · All PlayClappers
The adult leader's instructions should sound something like this...
All Play · TeamsKnot It Out
Each team will form a circle. Each person will raise their right hand and grab the right hand of someone across from them.
All PlayCaptain's Orders
Have the captain stand up front with a microphone. The captain will give orders that all players must follow.
All PlayCompetitive Snake
The players in the snake will follow the first person in the line, with their hands on the shoulders of the person in front…
Up Front · All PlayThe Human Alarm Clock
Have an adult leader stand at the front of the room.
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Christmas party ready
Holiday games for December
Screen1 vs 1000 - Christmas Edition
As you show each slide, have players make their selection before revealing the slide with the answer.
Up Front · ScreenPoorly Explained Movies: Christmas Edition
You can have each person compete individually or divide your group into teams for this game.
Up Front · ScreenThesaurus Karaoke: Christmas Edition
Show your contestants the round one slide and read it aloud to them. Give participants time to guess the song.
Up Front · All Play · ScreenReverse Charades: Christmas Edition
Have each team send up one person to be the guesser.
Up Front · ScreenChristmas Trivia
Decide which contestant will guess first. Show the first question, and have the first contestant make their guess.
All Play · Teams · ScreenHmm & Hmm: Christmas Edition
Tell each group to select one person to guess the answer on behalf of their team and have this person's stand with their…
ScreenShort Stories: Christmas Edition
You can have each person compete individually or divide your group into teams for this game.
Up Front · All Play · ScreenName That Tune: Christmas Edition
Each team will chose two representatives each round.
Up Front · Teams · RelayConjoined Christmas
Have each team, with the help of an adult leader, put on their connected Christmas sweaters with their arms passing through…
ScreenMonotuned: Christmas Edition
You can have each person compete individually or divide your group into teams for this game.
All Play · TeamsGiants, Wizards, and Elves
Like Rock, Paper, Scissors, there are three options Giants, Wizards, and Elves.
All Play · Teams · RelayChristmas Tree Ruckus
You can play with either two contestants or two teams of multiple players on each team. Set a timer for one minute.
All Play · ScreenGIF that Movie: Christmas Edition
You can have each person compete individually or divide your group into teams for this game.
All Play · TeamsIndoor Snowball Fight
Tell students their goal is to throw as many snow balls as they can onto the other team's side without crossing over the…
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Messy, sticky, unforgettable
Up FrontAlka Seltzer Shootout
Tie one Alka Seltzer tablet to each contestant's forehead above their goggles. Give each contestant a full water blaster.
Up FrontFruit Surgeons
The goal of the game is for contestants to use their supplies to put their pieces of fruit back together.
Up FrontRitz Blitz
Tell students to partner up with a teammate.
Up FrontPeel and Eat Banana
When you say, "Go," tell each contestant to peel their banana using only their feet.
Up Front · Teams · RelayThe Potty Runneth Over
Teams will start at the end of the playing area with the bowl of water and toilet paper.
Up FrontBaby Food Roulette
Have up to eight people volunteer to play this game and let them know if there is a prize they will be competing to win.
All PlayNot In My House
When the game begins, each team will grab handfuls of their paper and toss it into an opposing team's area.
All PlayEgg Fencing
Give everyone an egg and a single-leg pantyhose.
RelayNose Dive
Have the players start by their plates of cotton balls and Vaseline.
Up Front · TeamsIt's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Bologna
One player on each team will throw one slice of bologna across the gap, while the other player from that team attempts to…
Up FrontWater War
Have one player stand on each side of the table and when the game begins, have them each draw one card from the deck and…
Up FrontMatch The Blender
This person will be filling the blender with ingredients and will also be determining which answer is correct by giving…
Up FrontThe Happy Meal Remix
Lay out all of the items from inside the Happy Meal, explaining to your contestants they will need to share this meal…
Up FrontMusical Munching
Have players volunteer to play this game, you'll want one player for each chair you have set up.
Screen games
Ready-made slides on the big screen
Up Front · All Play · Teams · ScreenWhat's Behind Me?
Contestants should stand with their backs to the screen so that they cannot see the slides.
Up Front · All Play · Screen5 Second Rule
Go back and forth giving each contestant one slide at a time and five seconds to name five things related to the topic that…
Up Front · Teams · ScreenThe Face Game
For each round, tell each team to choose a different contestant to go onstage. The two contestants will stand back-to-back.
All Play · ScreenBad Bible Translator
You can have each person compete individually or divide your group into teams for this game.- All Play · Screen · Icebreaker
Which is Worse?
Tell everyone to stand up and explain to them that when given two options, they will go to the side of the room they think… - All Play · Screen
Top 10
When you show each slide, have teams write down as many ideas as they can related to that category in thirty seconds. - Up Front · All Play · Screen
Where in the World of Disney
Show the first slide and when a team knows what movie the image is from, they can run forward and try to give the game host… - Up Front · All Play · Screen
Reverse Charades: Disney Movie Edition
Have each team send up one person to be the guesser. - Up Front · All Play · Teams · Screen
Where In The Bible
Show your first slide and let teams race through their Bibles to find a verse with that Bible character in it. - Screen
Brandless Brands
You can have each person compete individually or divide your group into teams for this game. 
ScreenThe Word According to Gen Z
You can have each person compete individually or divide your group into teams for this game.
All Play · Screen1 vs. 1000
As you show each slide, have players make their selection before revealing the slide with the answer.
All Play · ScreenStand Out
You can have each person compete individually or divide your group into teams for this game.
ScreenEmoji Bible Parables
You can have each person compete individually or divide your group into teams for this game.
Great with preschoolers
Simple rules for little ones
- All Play · Teams
The Quiet Team
For each round of this game, you will give teams a prompt and ask them to line up in order without making any noise. 
Up Front · TeamsBalloon Tower
Give them each an equal number of balloons and a roll of masking tape.
All Play4-Way Traffic Jam: Last One Standing
This person will be blindfolded. Everyone else will stand at the center of the room.
All Play · Teams · RelayAndy's Coming
Have your adult leader stand at the other end of the room with their back turned to the two teams.
Up FrontTP Dash
Use the yarn to attach the roll to the lower back of your contestants by putting the yarn through the middle of the toilet…
Up Front · All Play · Screen · IcebreakerOnly 1: Fall Edition
Have the rest of the group stand up.
All PlayLeft, Right, Up, Up, Down
Hand one player their team’s ball. For each round, you will call out a code for teams to follow in passing the ball.- All Play
Rock, Paper, Snakes
Each pair will play a simple game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. 
All Play · TeamsBucket Ball
Each team must designate a player to hold their bucket.
All PlayThe Floor Is Lava
Once everyone is standing on a sheet of paper, spin your wheel and call out whichever color it lands on.- All Play · Relay
Tag Something
If a participant is last to tag an object or they tag the wrong thing, they are out. 
All Play · TeamsLife-Size War
Each round the first two players will step forward and show their card.
All Play · Teams · RelayAir Traffic Controllers
Have all players partner up in teams of two. Make sure each player has one sheet of paper.
All Play · TeamsStay on the Boat
Every five to ten seconds, have a leader pull on the ends of the ropes to make the circle smaller.
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Up Front · All Play · Teams · ScreenWhat's Behind Me?
Contestants should stand with their backs to the screen so that they cannot see the slides.Fan favorite
Up Front · All Play · Screen5 Second Rule
Go back and forth giving each contestant one slide at a time and five seconds to name five things related to the topic that…Fan favorite
All Play · TeamsThe Quiet Team
For each round of this game, you will give teams a prompt and ask them to line up in order without making any noise.Fan favorite
Up Front · Teams · ScreenThe Face Game
For each round, tell each team to choose a different contestant to go onstage. The two contestants will stand back-to-back.Fan favorite
All Play · ScreenBad Bible Translator
You can have each person compete individually or divide your group into teams for this game.Fan favorite
All Play · Screen · IcebreakerWhich is Worse?
Tell everyone to stand up and explain to them that when given two options, they will go to the side of the room they think…Fan favorite
All PlayMusical Chairs of Doom
When the music starts to play, have students walk around the circle until the music stops when they'll all try to sit in an…Fan favorite
Up Front · All Play · TeamsShape the Tortilla
Tell each contestant their shape, and then when you say, "go," they can start shaping the tortilla.Fan favorite
All Play · TeamsThe 25
Have each team circle up with the adult leader in the middle.Fan favorite
All Play · ScreenTop 10
When you show each slide, have teams write down as many ideas as they can related to that category in thirty seconds.Fan favorite
Up Front · All Play · ScreenWhere in the World of Disney
Show the first slide and when a team knows what movie the image is from, they can run forward and try to give the game host…Fan favorite
All PlayPew Pew
Have the game leader stand in the middle of the circle.Fan favorite
Up Front · All Play · ScreenReverse Charades: Disney Movie Edition
Have each team send up one person to be the guesser.
Up Front · All Play · Teams · ScreenWhere In The Bible
Show your first slide and let teams race through their Bibles to find a verse with that Bible character in it.
ScreenBrandless Brands
You can have each person compete individually or divide your group into teams for this game.
All PlayChairball
On "go," have an adult leader throw the ball into the playing area while players try to get to the ball first.
Up Front · All Play · TeamsCompetitive High-Fiving
Have every player partner up and give each pair of players a ping pong ball.
All PlayEmoji Bible Stories
You can have each person compete individually or divide your group into teams for this game.
RelayBirdie On A Perch
The game will be played in pairs. Have every student choose a partner.
Up Front · TeamsBalloon Tower
Give them each an equal number of balloons and a roll of masking tape.
All PlayFour Empires
The object of the game is to gather all the cones and bring them back to your team’s quadrant.
ScreenThe Word According to Gen Z
You can have each person compete individually or divide your group into teams for this game.
All Play4-Way Traffic Jam: Last One Standing
This person will be blindfolded. Everyone else will stand at the center of the room.
All PlayChase Your Target
Tell everyone to write their name on a piece of paper and turn it in.
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Questions & icebreakers
341 questions to get the room talking.
Would You Rather, Dad Jokes, Agree or Disagree, Deep Thoughts and more. Shuffle one onto the big screen while everyone finds a seat.
Would You Rather
Would you rather fly a hot air balloon or an airplane?
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