A collection of simple indoor recreational games

Gesture Game

Team Gesture Quiz Battle!

It’s a game where one person on the team looks at a prompt and acts it out with gestures, while the other members try to guess what it is.

It tests the team’s ability to cooperate—choosing movements that are as clear as possible and carefully observing even the small details.

Setting a time limit to push for quicker answers is also recommended; the rush to convey the idea might lead to some funny, unexpected movements.

If you gradually make the prompts more detailed and difficult, you’ll likely start to see each person’s unique style in which parts they focus on when they move.

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Online sorting game

[Motor Skills] Lineup Sorting Game | Great for Icebreakers!

This is a game where team members line up on a single line drawn on the ground and try to quickly rearrange themselves into a specified order.

The rule is that all movement must be completed on the line, so work together to avoid stepping off while swapping positions.

Where you place your feet and what posture you take are also important, and it’s crucial to move carefully while keeping speed in mind.

Holding hands with people around you or other forms of cooperation may also be important for increasing speed.

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Color Matching Relay

[Funny Relays] Guaranteed to Get Everyone Excited! 5 Recommended Relay Races for Elementary School Kids

If you’re looking for a game where everyone on the team can work together, we recommend Color-Sorting Relay.

First, set up four colors of cones in four rows at random.

If you’re playing with two teams, prepare a set in front of each team.

At the start signal, a player takes two cones and swaps the positions of cones in just one spot.

Keep repeating this, and the first team to get all four rows neatly arranged with the four colors wins.

Since players must instantly adjust to the cones moved by other teammates once the run begins, it’s great for building quick decision-making and teamwork.

You can also increase the number or variety of cone colors to match the players’ ages.

Tic-tac-toe

It’s a game where you place your team’s marks on a grid, aiming to be the first to line up three marks before the opposing team.

Since you switch to the next person after placing a mark, it also tests your ability to read your teammates’ intentions.

You can have at most three marks on the grid; after that, you can only move them, which adds room for tactical mind games.

Even if it’s hard to decide where to place a mark, the game can still heat up because a fast relay can create opportunities.

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Finding commonalities

Icebreakers You Can Use in Training: Three Patterns for “Finding Common Ground”

Common-ground finding is a fun game that helps you talk with people you’re meeting for the first time and feel closer to them.

There are various ways to play: for example, participants form pairs or groups and, within a time limit, look for things they have in common through conversation; or they present common points they’ve written down in advance—those are standard approaches.

Conversations can stall without a prompt, so set simple topics like “How you spend your days off” or “Favorite foods.” It’s also a good idea to set a target number of commonalities to find beforehand.

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Shuttle Carry Relay

[Sports Recreation] Racket Games: Parent-Child Shuttle Carry Relay in Kawaguchi

Here’s a shuttle-carry relay that kids and adults alike can enjoy.

Split into teams, place a badminton shuttlecock on top of a racket, and ready, set, go! Keep the racket level so the shuttle doesn’t fall, loop around a cone, and come back.

Hand the racket and shuttle directly to the next person, and the team that gets everyone across the finish line first wins.

If you drop the shuttle, restart from where it fell—so staying careful yet fast is the key to victory.

The rules are simple and easy to understand, so give it a try!

[Tag] Keep holding hands and try to escape!

One for all, all for one. #recreation #gymnasticsclass #NijiiroSportsAcademy

This is a variation of tag that tests teamwork and cooperation: everyone runs away from the tagger while holding hands.

The runners must keep holding hands as they flee, and the tagger chases them to make them let go.

For safety—since forcing hands apart could cause injuries—it’s recommended to use a foam rod or similar; if it touches a player’s hand, they have to let go.

It’s also a fun challenge because coordinating to run in the same direction without getting caught can be surprisingly difficult, which really livens up the game.

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