Easy Ideas for Kids Group Games

Whether your looking for kids group games as a PE teacher, substitute teacher, or as a camp counselor or youth group leader, here you’ll find access to a huge collection of fun and easy group game ideas that are sure to be a hit with your group!

50+ ideas for group games for kids

Easy Kids Group Games Ideas

Each item in the list of posts below links to a carefully collated lists of games, you just need to click through on the bold, colored link to see each complete list with full instructions for playing each game.

Outdoor Group Games for Kids

This list of kids group games to play outdoors includes lots of active games that get kids moving;

• Check out our collection of fifteen old fashioned outdoor games for kids for fun ideas for groups of kids to play at home, the park, in the school playground or wherever your outdoor group meets.

• Build your collection of outdoor group games ideas with the fun games found in our article of 21 classic yard games.

• There’s nothing quite like a game of tag to get kids moving outdoors (or even in a large, cleared indoor space!) so check out our collection of ten kids tag games. This post includes a free, printable games sheet too.

• Check out our big collection of twenty five ideas for kids relay races. It includes relay race ideas for indoors and outdoors, as well as ideas requiring no equipment, which are super handy for substitute teachers and situations where you have little preparation time.

• Another way to get kids working together in groups outdoors is with a scavenger hunt! Check out this list of seven fun ideas for outdoor scavenger hunts that includes handy printable scavenger hunt sheets to inspire kids of all ages to get hunting!

Indoor Group Games for Kids

• Our super huge list of 45 birthday party games includes plenty of games that are great to play even when it’s not birthday party time. The list includes indoor games to play with balloons, games for tweens, and games that are just plain good fun for a laugh!

• Get the wiggles out with these super fun ideas for music party games – that are NOT just great for parties!

• Working with youth? Check out this fun list of classic games to play with tweens and teens.

Who knew Jenga could be active! Check out our version of Jenga With a Twist (we also have a cool idea for Exploring Emotions Jenga too!)

• For preschool or kindergarten age children, add a set of hula hoops and try out one of these hula hoop games.

• Groups of toddlers and preschoolers simply love parachute play! Try out one of these parachute games to play with groups of little ones.

• Charades has to be one of the greatest indoor group games, after all it’s been played since the 18th century! Charades is the perfect combination of creativity, communication and laughter and we have 250+ printable Charades game cards sorted by theme for you to print and play.

• Bring your group’s noise level down a peg with a Lego challenge! Check out this collection of printable Lego challenge cards and add a big old tub of Lego to play.

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