ZOOM YOUTH GROUP GAMES
We put together a list of the best youth group games you can do on Zoom (or whatever platform you use).
So, here goes:
1. 15 ZOOM GAMES BY CIY
Go here to download the 15 free games published by Christy in Youth CIY.
And if you’ve never heard of CIY, lean more about them here.
I’ve been a big fan of them years 🙂
2. HOME SCAVENGER HUNT
As you probably already know, Home Scavenger Hunts are really popular right now.
There are many variations of how to do it. Here are two:
Option #1
- Give students a list of items around the house to get, and assign each item a certain number points.
- Students have 15 minutes to grab those items.
- Whoever has the most points wins.
You can come up with your own list of items, or use this one below:
A big shout out to Megan Johnson, who shared that list with our Facebook group community!
Option #2
- Same basic idea as option #1, with a slight difference.
- You name one item at a time, allow students 1 minute (or whatever time you want) to find that item in their house, and return to their computer with it.
- First player to do so, gets a point.
- Student with the most points at the end wins.
3. PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT
Combine as many items as possible into 1 picture and text it to the leader.
First to respond with the most points wins!
Feel free to modify the items on the list:
4. KAHOOT
Go here to learn more about Kahoot.
You basically use it to create a trivia game with students. You come up with the questions.
Here’s the basic idea:
- Come up with a list of trivia questions. You can even use questions (or complete Kahoot’s) submitted by other users on their website (or app).
- Host a live game with questions you post on Zoom or share a game with remote players.
- Game on! Everyone joins the Kahoot with a PIN provided by the host and answer questions on your device.
There is a free version, which will do for most of you. And of course, you can upgrade to a paid account for more features.
Go here to get all the details about Kahoot.
5. 8 More Zoom Youth Group Games
GO HERE to check out 8 more really great Zoom games, such as: Box of Lies, Mafia, True Facts, Rock Paper Scissors, Partners in Pen, Reverse Charades, and more.
Nick Diliberto, Ministry to Youth
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44 Replies to “ZOOM YOUTH GROUP GAMES”
Tina LaDue
Thank you so much for this! As technology is not really my strong suit, I really appreciate how much you have given to help us as kids/preteen ministers stay connected with our kids during this shelter in place time!
God bless you,
Tina
Chris
Jackbox party pack games can be a lot of fun. Most have a family mode option. Games I would recommend:
Drawful 2 (free on steam right now)
Quiplash 1, 2, or Xl
Fibbage 1, 2, or 3
Others, depending on your groups interests or sensibilities
Play the games ahead of time or watch gameplay on YouTube to see if it is a good fit for your group
You can host the game and share screen through zoom. There probably will be a reduction in frame rate or delay.
Todd
We played “Who Am I?…Quarantine Edition” last week. I texted my students the following questions, they sent their answers back to me privately, and then I read them during our Zoom meeting and they tried to guess who was who:
1. What time did you get out of bed this morning?
2. When was the last time you brushed/combed your hair?
3. What’s your favorite late night snack?
4. What’s the last thing you watched/streamed on TV?
5. How many times have you washed your hands today?
6. Would you rather go without toilet paper or cell/wifi service in a pandemic?
Leslea Lehoucq
Thanks for this posting and thanks, Todd, for sharing your “Who Am I?” version. I’m looking forward to checking in with my kids this week!
Kelly Garfield
Great idea. Thanks for sharing.
Latisha Johnson
Absolutely love the scavenger hunt idea! Was trying to think of activities to do virtually and this helps alot❤️
Robbyn Slavin
Last week we did a Zoom Bible scavenger hunt. I gave the students the book, chapter and verse. They had to find it, read it and then find the item mentioned in the verse. It was fun!
Jen Lee
When you say item mentioned Robbyn, what did you mean?
Nick Diliberto
Jen, can you please clarify what you mean?
Daiana
For example, they have to find Genesis 18:6
Abraham quickly went to his tent and said to Sarah, “Hurry! Get a large sack of flour and make some bread.”
So the first one to find flour and bread is the winner.
Brittney
Hello, can you share some of the scriptures you used please
Heather
This is one of the greatest games I’ve heard of! Thank you for sharing!
Ettamae Jones
Thank you, thank you for sharing these fantastic virtual games. The first time we held a zoom youth encounter we had about five young people. This Friday, we had fifteen. The hit was the Bible Scavenger Hunt.
I pray that God will continue to bless all of us who have committed to helping young people stay connected to His Word!!
Belushina Jean paul
‘like oil to my feet…’ then you go find the oil
‘Cast your bread upon the waters’ go find water or bread
Lisha Thomas
Hi, I am reading your idea of the game . I am in love with it. Can we become friends on FB?
Kristy Preston
Hi Lisha, We have a Ministry to Youth Facebook page!
Alex Garcia
That sounds like fun! Can you share your verses with me? Id love to do that one with my youth group.
Alex Garcia
That sounds like fun. Can you share your verses with me?
Cathy Saporito
Would you share the Bible verses you used?
Danielle Jorgensen
Would you share your list of scripture? I love this idea!
Rebecca
Thank you for this idea! I have some scripture passages that work well for this! Did you use groups or individual? Did you have them find the scripture on their own, then determine the item they would find? Did you go one scripture at a time or post the whole list and see who could get through it the fastest…? I’m trying to figure out the best way to do this one on Zoom. The time I played it before was for a teen retreat on Zoom and we did it in small groups – the group to finish first won. But my personal youth group is much smaller, I think individuals will work best but not sure if I should go one item at a time or see who can finish the list first… LOL a lot of questions sorry!
Val
Ohhhh I wish you could post that one!
Karen
Hi
Could you send me the Bible verses you used?
Thank you
Sara Maughan
Can you please share? This is a great idea!
Aimie Walker
Robbyn, would you be willing to share the verses you used for this game. It sounds amazing!!! Thank you!!! (aimie.walker@elliott.kyschools.us)
Jennifer Bedoka
Can I get a copy of your versus
Kate Forkel
Hi Jennifer.
The PDF for these games includes all of the verses that are referenced. 🙂
– Kate Forkel, Ministry to Youth
liz Stimer
Hi Kate,
I can’t seem to find the pdf with the Bible verses. Any suggestions? Thank you!
Liz
Kate Forkel
Hi Liz.
Near the top of the post, there is a “DOWNLOAD PDF OF ZOOM GAMES” Button. It will ask for your email address and then send it to you. 🙂
– Kate Forkel, Ministry to Youth
Lori Robertson
Is it possible to get the verses you used?
Andy
We tried a version of Family Feud over Zoom last night and it worked pretty well!
We played guys vs girls and had two team captains and a judge (we used leaders for these roles). Before the game, we made sure kids were familiar with the chat function and the Raise Hand function, and explained the rules.
Any student who wants to represent the team in a 1 vs 1 faceoff against the other team, send a private message to your team leader letting them know. Or leaders can just pick kids to do this.
For the 1 vs 1, as they are listening to the question, the first one to click the Raise Hand gets to answer first. Then the other gets to answer. Whoever correctly chooses the answer with higher point value wins the opportunity for their team to answer the rest of the question. Example question (more below): “In a survey of 100 people with the top 6 answers on the board, Tell me something many people do just once a week.”
At that point the students team can private message their team leader with other possible answers. The leader can pick most popular responses or first responses to say one at a time. With each response, if it’s in the list “‘Cleaning the house’ is the number 4 answer for 6 points!” or “(some kind of noise for wrong answer) No, I’m sorry that’s not on the list. That’s one strike.”
The team that won the faceoff continues to guess through their leader until they have gotten all of them or gotten three wrong answers. If they get three wrong answers, the other team has a chance to steal the points by guessing one of the remaining answers on the board.
Only leaders will have microphones turned on (and only when needed). Everyone else should have them turned off to avoid a bunch of background/echo. We did 3 rounds, which worked well especially because each team won a round and there was a tie breaker. We did not do any speed rounds at the end.
There are many sites with lists of questions, but here’s where we got Ours: https://hobbylark.com/party-games/list-of-family-feud-questions
And here are the three questions we used last night.
Tell me something many people do just once a week.
Church 35
Groceries / Shopping 24
Laundry 12
Clean House 6
Sleep In 6
Eat Out 4
Name something you’d hate to find swimming around in your bathtub.
Rat / Mouse 37
Snake 22
Cockroach 21
Spider 7
Lizard 3
Dog 3
Name a famous wizard.
Harry Potter 37
Merlin 26
Gandalf 11
Dr. Strange 9
The Wizard of Oz 8
Voldemort 3
Sabbath Kefas Mavula
we played scavenger hunt last week and it was super amazing and my youths loved it…
Kristy Preston
Awesome! We are so happy to hear that you all are having fun with these games!
Carlos Altamirano
This sounds fun! Any chance you can share the verses used? Thank you!
Lauri
We have done Disney trivia with our youth through zoom, as well as: sing the next part of the song (we made a video clip with songs), what’s different (have one person in the “waiting room” and everyone else changes one thing then the person comes back and has to figure out what changed; finish the quote from famous movies or shows.
I can send my documents is any one is interested in these activities.
Kate Forkel
Great idea! Thanks for sharing.
Rebecca
I would love to see your games! Thank you! Rebecca@hrccr.com
Kim
Yes please send it to me at gospelgirls2000@yahoo.com
Brittney
can you send me please
siobhan
Thanks for the generosity, leadership and community. I’m disappointed there are only 4 ideas to be honest. Sorry to be negative but signing up for a free download had me feeling there would be more . I’m 6 weeks into weekly Zoom Youth Group so was hoping for something we hadn’t already done or seemed less obvious. I believe feedback is a gift so that’s why I’m sharing in the spirit of building up not knocking down.
Nick Diliberto
Yes, feedback is a gift and we appreciate the constructive criticism. And I understand where you’re coming from. You might find ideas posted in our Facebook group more helpful. You can check it out here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/youthgroupgames/
Brittany
I would like it please rushberrick@gmail.com
Janice Chalmers
A couple of weeks ago my youth group did the 5 finger prayer. The drew a picture of their hand and put the meaning of the prayer for each finger.
Janice Chalmers
We did this a few weeks ago and I absolutely loved it!!!