Games for Tweens and Teens

by Angela · Published March 16, 2020 · Updated November 18, 2020

Games for Tweens and Teens

We have put together this great list of games for tweens and teens…….some are very silly and guaranteed to have your tweens and teens laugh and LOVE them!

For games to suit babies and toddlers, visit our post HERE.

8 Games for Tweens and Teens:

Aardvark Relay

To play this game, you will need to divide into teams. Place an empty bowl on one side of the living room, and a bowl full of dried peas (or other) on the other side. Give each team member a straw. The aim of the game is for each team to transport a small pile of dried peas from a bowl on one side of the room to another bowl on the other side, using only their straw. They do this by sucking through the straw so the pea stays fixed to the end of the straw. If they drop the pea they must pick it up again using the straw. The winner is the one that moves all the peas first.

Balloon Smash

You will need two balloons for each person and preferably the balloons should be two different colours. Tie two long strings to the ends of each balloon. Tie two balloons (of the same colour) to each person (one on each leg). The aim of the game is to pop each others balloons by stepping on them. When both your balloons have popped, you’re out and must sit down. The person with the last balloon remaining wins.

Bad Bowling

A twist on regular ten pin bowling – with this indoor kids game you are trying to get the lowest score! The catch is that a gutter ball is worth the same as a strike! Changing the rules like this can really liven up the game and gets the kids strategising together :

Animal Farm

This is a quick, fun activity and great for big families or for when you are hosting kids birthday party. Give each person a post-it note with the name of a farm animal on it (ie. Cow, Pig, Horse, Sheep, etc). To find the rest of their herd, they must make the sound of the animal from their card, and then assemble into groups based on their animal (ie. all the pigs together, all the sheep, etc).

Banana Surgery

Give each person a banana, cutting board and plastic knife. Each person should cut the banana into 4 or 5 equal sized pieces. (don’t tell them what the next steps are at this point).Then hand out banana surgery kits – pins, string, sticky tape, tooth picks, rubber bands etc. The goal is for each group to reassemble the banana.

Bibbidy Bop Bop

Everyone sits on chairs in a circle. Choose someone to stand in the middle. This person then points at someone and says “Bibbidy Bop Bop”. The person they are pointing to must say “Bop” before they finish, otherwise they then become the person in the middle. If the person in the middle says anything other than “Bibbidy Bop Bop” and the person they are pointing to says “Bop”, they are out and become the person in the middle.

Banana Split in the mouth

This game is hilarious and fun for all! Gather all ingredients for banana splits:- ice cream, banana, chocolate syrup, strawberry syrup, crushed pineapples, whip cream, nuts (or in case of allergies, sprinkles) and a cherry. You will need 1 for each person.

Separate into teams of 2 and ask for one volunteer from each team. The VOLUNTEER stands in a chair and the other team member lays in the floor below with their head next to chair.
On go, the person must drop the ingredients into their team members mouth, in order.The first team to get the cherry in their partners mouth wins.

Rules:
Person on ground must lay on ground and cannot help
Person in chair must drop food from ABOVE their waist (in other words, they can’t bend down and just drop it in the partners mouth)
Ingredients must go in order and they must get a least a little of each in their partners mouth ( in the run out of stuff and they haven’t got it in their mouth the person in the chair has to get the stuff off the floor and try again)

After first round, switch places and they get REVENGE!

Assassin

This is a great Classroom game for kids. You need at least 7 or 8 people. I’ts also known as Werewolf or Mafia.There are five roles people play in the game – The killers, a medic, townspeople, and a moderator. For a group of eleven, the ratios should be approximately:

2 Assassins
1 Medic
1 Policeman
6 Townspeople
1 Moderator

Except for the Moderator, the other roles should be allocated secretly. Normally, the Moderator writes them on cards and hand them out, so no one knows what role others are playing. The moderator should be someone who knows the game well (perhaps a leader to start out with). In a nutshell:The two assassin’s objective is to work together to assassinate all the townspeople (including the police & medic). The townspeople’s objective is to vote out both the assassins.

The game starts with the moderator telling everyone to close their eyes. Once all eyes are closed, the moderator asks the Assassins to open their eyes. Given it’s the first turn, each assassin will discover the fellow ‘assassins’. The moderator asks the two Assassins who they wish to kill. They silently agree (by pointing to someone) who to ‘kill’ that turn. Once they have selected someone, the moderator thanks them and asks them to close their eyes. The moderator then asks the Medic to open their eyes. They can then choose someone to ‘save’ (more on what this means later). Once they have selected someone to save, the moderator asks the Medic to close their eyes.

Finally the moderator asks the Policeman to open his/her eyes, and select someone to accuse (of being an assassin). The moderator must honestly (and silently) answer the policeman with a nod or a shake of the head whether the accused is one of the assassins or not. The policeman then closes their eyes. That’s the end of the first round, and the moderator then asks everyone to open their eyes. The moderator announces to the group who was killed during the night. The person who has been killed takes no further part in the game.

It is essential they are not allowed to talk. (Note that if the person the assassins selected to be ‘killed’ was also the one selected by the medic, the moderator only reveals there was a failed assassination attempt (and doesn’t give any further information) so the person remains alive). It is them up to the remaining group members to discuss amongst themselves who they think the assassins are. After a few minutes of discussion, the group must vote (one at a time) who they think is an assassin.

Given the roles have been handed out in secret, the early rounds are often full of speculation, people justifying their innocence, or explaining their suspicions. And as the game progresses, lies, deception and strategy creep in. When all votes have been cast, the person with the most votes is out of the game (and must also not speak again). If there is a tied vote, give the group another minute for further discussion then vote again.

The policemen add a twist to the game – if they have accused someone and learnt they are an assassin, they may choose to disclose this to the group, but doing so has consequences – will the group believe they are the policemen? Often doing so puts a bigger target on their back – the assassins may choose to target that person next round. Or if the group are suspicious they may revolt and vote that person off.

The game continues on this cycle, with everyone closing their eyes, the assassins again selecting someone to kill, the medic selecting someone to save, the policeman someone to accuse, the moderator announcing who was killed, then voting again. If the medic and/or policeman have been voted out, the moderator should continue pretending to ask them to select someone to save (or to accuse) just so the townspeople don’t know who those people are. If one of the two assassins is voted out, the game still continues with one assassin.

As the game progresses, less and less people are in the game, and people (especially the medic and policeman) build up more and more knowledge of who the assassins may be. Thus the discussions get more and more interesting. It’s recommended the medics and policemen keep their identity a secret in the early rounds to avoid being picked off by the assassins. There comes a time however when it may be beneficial to reveal their role to the group, especially if the policeman has an accusation confirmed. Whether they can convince the rest of the group they are genuinely a policeman (and not an assassin posing as a policeman) adds to the mystery!

Adjust the number of policemen / assassins according to the size of the group. For 15 players, have two policemen, for 20, have three assassins, etc.

Let us know if you have a games that we could add to our list of games for tweens and teens.

Games for Tweens and Teens

Games for Tweens and Teens

8 Games for Tweens and Teens:

Aardvark Relay

Balloon Smash

Bad Bowling

Animal Farm

Banana Surgery

Bibbidy Bop Bop

Banana Split in the mouth

Assassin

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