Fun Teen Games that Involve Paper

Charades

• To prepare for a classic game of charades, gather a timing device, a score tracker, blank slips of paper and two empty containers. After organizing the teams, determine the categories as well as the gestures that will be appropriate during the game. Give time for the members of each team to meet in secret and write down the phrases from various categories that the other team should guess. Place the slips of paper in the separate containers. Once both teams are ready, toss a coin to determine the starting team. Players take turns acting out the phrases written on the paper picked from the opposing team's basket. Keep track of the time it takes for each team to guess the phrase; the team with the lowest time at the end wins the game.

Mummified

• This is an easy-to-prepare group game that requires just newspapers and tape. Divide the teens into two groups. Choose one member from each group who will be wrapped in the newspaper and tape. After wrapping the teammate like a mummy, the other members should carefully carry him to a designated area and back to the starting point. The fastest group who has the most preserved mummy -- with the wrapping most intact -- is the winner.

Newspaper Dance

• At the onset of this dancing game, give each pair of teens a newspaper. Have the pair open the paper and place it on the floor. When the music starts, the teens start dancing in the area outside the newspaper. When the music stops, both members must fit both feet inside the newspaper to continue to the next round. Any pair that has body parts left outside the newspaper will not continue. Before proceeding to the next round, direct the remaining teens to fold their newspapers in half. Repeat the dancing and folding until there is one remaining pair.

Pictionary

• Pictionary is a classic game in which players use a large sheet of paper to draw a specific word or phrase while their teammates guess. For a game of Pictionary, gather a stopwatch, a large sheet of paper, pens and small slips of paper. Give each group of teens enough time to prepare a list of words or phrases for the other team to guess. Allow the groups to determine which categories they will use for the game. Let the teams play in turns. For every correct answer, give a point. The team with the most points at the end is the winner.