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LINEUP GAME
Get in groups of five to ten people each. First group that gets itself into order according to the category you name, wins. For example first letter of middle name, shoe size, height, birth date, etc. Just be sure to pick subjects that people can line up easily.

COUNTING GAME
Have everyone in your group pair up and face each other. Each person holds up zero to ten fingers behind their back. On the count of three, have them pull their hands from behind their backs. The first person to yell out the correct sum of all the fingers wins. Do best two of three. Then the winners play each other until you have a champion.

VARIATION: THE MATH GAME
Competitors hold just one hand behind their back, revealing the number of fingers at the signal. Whoever yells out the sum of the fingers wins the first round. For Round 2, multiply the fingers. Round 3 is the difference between the two numbers. Rotate through as many rounds as you want, but for the championship round (between the two survivors) have them square the total of the two sets of fingers. For example, Person A shows three fingers, Person B shows four, so the winning answer is 3+4 = 7 * 7=49

APE, MAN, GIRL GAME
This is a variation of the rock, scissors, paper game. Have people pair off. Then, when the signal is given each person strikes a pose like an ape, man, or girl. Be sure to demonstrate what each looks like ahead of time. The ape beats the girl, man beats the ape, the girl gets the man. Eliminate the losers and pair the winners until you get a champion.

SINGING CONTEST
Divide the crowd into 3 or 4 groups. Give a topic or theme (such as songs mentioning a color or a girl's name). Then have each group, in order around the room, loudly sing the appropriate line from the song. No repeats are allowed. Last group left with a song is the winner.

INSTANT ID
Divide into two teams. Have two people hold a large, thick blanket up like a curtain. Have a person from each team stand facing each other with the blanket between, then quickly drop the blanket. First one to correctly say the other person's name earns a point for his team. This game often produces hilarious results.

BALLOON GAME
Tie a balloon on a string (at least two feet long) to each person’s ankle. The objective of the game is to be the last person with an unpopped balloon around one’s ankle. Note: this game takes some prep work. Balloons must be blown up and string cut in advance. It is a fun game, though. Don’t try this in someone’s living room if you want to be invited back!

MYSTERY PERSON
Prep one person before the meeting. Give that person a number and have him remember the number. Then do the mingle game and have the mystery person remember which person he or she met on the number you gave them. Then announce it to the group who the mystery person was and the person they met on the number you gave them.

SQUIRT GAME
Everyone sits in a circle. Designate one person as the "squirter" for 1st round and put a spray bottle of water in his hand. This student names a topic, such as "Rides at Disney," and secretly thinks of one item in that category. Squirter goes around the inside of the circle, pointing the spray bottle right in the face of each person, who must quickly name an item fitting the topic. Squirter lets them have it if they don’t name one right away, OR duplicate something already said, OR name the item chosen by the squirter. The person who got squirted becomes the new topic selecter and bottle holder. I like this game because you can make it fit any group of students you are working with: Runners (topic: running shoes), football players (topic: NFL teams), and so on.

I'VE NEVER
This game works kind of like musical chairs. Start with a person standing in the middle, and everyone else seated in a circle with no extra chairs. The middle person makes an "I’ve never" statement; for instance, "I've never been to the beach." Everyone who also has never been to the beach needs to jump up and get to a new chair. Whoever gets stuck without a seat takes over the middle spot and makes the next "I’ve never" statement.

SHOE PILE
This activity provides a good way to have students meet new people.Have everyone take off one of their shoes and throw it into a big pile. Then everyone needs to go pick up a shoe from the pile and proceed to find the person who belongs to that shoe. This works well for a large group.

WHO AM I?
Write out names of famous people on name tags. As people enter the room, place one on each person's back without them knowing who it is. They then go around and ask people to look at their name tag and then ask them yes or no questions to figure out who they are.

COMMUNICATING CHALLENGE
Give everyone a number. They have to arrange themselves in numerical order by communicating with each other without speaking or holding up fingers. They make up their own sub-language or sign-language and it often is pretty amusing. Round two. Have people arrange themselves in order of birth or in calendar months.

M&M GAME
Pass around a bag of M&M's and have each person take as many as they want. For each color of the M&M's have a question that they have to answer. For instance, red can be, "Describe your first crush." You can play this with Skittles or other colored candies.

HUMAN FOOSBALL
If the audience is situated in rows, either on chairs or on the floor, every other row turns around and faces the opposite direction. Use a balloon to bat around like a volleyball. A point is scored when a team gets the balloon past all of the opposing team and hits the wall (indoors) or beyond a boundary (outdoors).

PERSON SCAVENGER HUNT BINGO
Make a bingo board of things a person may have done or has in their possession. Give each person a copy and have them ask people if they qualify for any of the squares. If so then they have that person sign their name on the square. (i.e. One square can be, "Find a person with 5 brothers & sisters", another can be, "Find someone who forgot to brush their teeth this morning"). Give them a time limit. The winner is the first person who gets 5 in a row or the most names.

CLUMP GAME
Call out numbers and have the kids get into groups of that number. Variation: Find people who have a certain thing in common, such as same shoe size.

STRING TOSS GAME
Get a spool of string or yarn. Have each person answer a question of some sort when they have the string in their possession. They then hold on to the string and throw the ball/spool to another so they can answer the question. You eventually create a web of some sort. In the end, describe how the web is analogous to the group in that we all play a part in creating the web, and that if one person was gone it would look different. Likewise, it is important that we all take part to make the group what it is, unique and special.

2 TRUTHS AND A LIE
Have each person write 2 truths and a lie about themselves. They then share it with the group and have others guess which is the lie.

SCAVENGER HUNT
MC addresses the audience from the stage. Have audience break into 3 - 4 groups. The MC calls out different items or activities for the groups to produce. The first group to come up to the front with the item gets a point (the entire group does not have to go). Group with the most points wins.