Teen Icebreaker Games

Getting a group of teens talking can be one of the most difficult aspects of a youth group meeting. Many teens are socially awkward and do not naturally feel comfortable conversing with strangers. You can use icebreaker games to lighten the mood and help teens to learn a little bit about the other people in the room. These games are engineered to be light on complication and heavy on fun and socialization.

  1. Candy Questions

    • Write six questions on a piece of paper that deal with personal information; assign each question a color. For instance, red could be "Name your favorite band and why," while green can be "What is your favorite movie?" Hand out small, colored candies to your teens and instruct them to eat them, leaving only one color. Teens must then answer the question that corresponds to their color.

    Two Truths

    • This is a very simple game to play and works well with both teens and adults. Each teenager must say two things that are true about himself and one thing that is not. The other teens have to guess which of the three statements is false. This game works best when teens use the strangest truths from their lives mixed with the most realistic lies they can imagine.

    Who Am I?

    • Draft a few notecards with the names of famous celebrities. One notecard should be taped to each teen's back. Teens must then try to figure out who they are by talking to other teens in the group. One particular way to perform this activity is to use the names of famous couples or pairs and put your teens into groups of two. Remember to use celebrity names your teens recognize or else the game won't work.

    Lineup

    • Ask your teens to line up based on certain criteria. For instance, make them line up by height, then by age, then by shoe size. You can add a bit of difficulty to this game by not allowing the teens to talk to one another while lining up. This forces them to get creative and use body language to figure out who should go where. Either way, it is an excellent method for helping teens get to know one another.

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