This group-building activity is an inspiring way to begin a new year and enlist the creativity of the individual players. Begin by giving each teenager an index card and pencil, and then invite each one to writ...

If you need a humorous indoor activity, try playing Photo Op. Invite the teenagers to bring an assortment of baby photos and/or early childhood photos (or digital photos to be displayed on a computer) to th...

Here's a fun indoor game for those cold afternoons, and this one can be set up with minimal supplies. You'll need five or six children's sand buckets and a sleeve of ping-pong balls or super balls (all ...

This activity will require chicken wire and various colored packages of tissue paper (with emphasis on green). First, form several wreaths (16" diameter works best) out of the chicken wire, taping the cut ends ...

This is a fun and competitive game played with small candy canes and large LifeSavers. Divide the teenagers into teams of four people, and provide each team with a box filled with small candy canes and LifeSave...

This creative indoor game only needs a canvas sack or bag and a few household items. Secretly place an item in the bag, pass the bag around the circle, and allow each person to feel the bag only (for size, weig...

If you have a collection of plastic water bottles and/or 2-liter plastic jugs for recycling, use them for this fun game. Divide the plastic bottles between two teams, and see which team can make the highest sta...

Teach your students the classic game of marbles (draw a circle with sidewalk chalk, and then try to knock the opposing player's marbles out of the circle to claim them). However, for this game, y...

This is a fun, interactive game that requires no props, supplies or set-up. It works very well for larger groups and is equally adaptable to indoor or outdoor.Divide the youth group into two teams, each team ha...

James Bennett, a leading academic in television and digital culture at Royal Holloway, University of London, claims young people stand to learn a lot from celebrities such as Angelina Jolie and Madonna bec...