Ice breakers (or get to know you games) are an important part of running sessions for groups - they help people relax, let their guard down and be themselves. Incorporate these into your planning especially if your group contains new people.
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Chinese Pictionary | This game is a cross between Chinese Whispers and Pictionary. Divide your group up into teams of 4. Ask the... more>>> | |
Extreme Wallyball | This game involves a medium to large size room, a beach ball and 2-3 long tables and 8-12 folding chairs. To set up, place the tables... more>>> | |
Signs | Start by sitting everyone in a circle facing inwards. Each person should choose their own unique 'sign' which is a movement or motion... more>>> | |
Frisbee Golf | As the name suggests, this game is just like golf, but with frisbees for balls and baskets for holes. Get hold of as many baskets... more>>> | |
Do you really know me? | Everyone needs a pen and paper. Have everyone sit in a circle and place a bowl in the center. To start, everyone writes down one thing that... more>>> | |
Winning | This game is a great way to teach kids the importance of working as a team and cooperating. The goal is for each team to finish... more>>> | |
Animal Farm | This is a quick, fun activity to divide your group into smaller groups. Give each person a card or post-it note with the name... more>>> | |
Human Rock Paper Scissors | If you don't know the game "Rock Paper Scissors", it involves two players selecting then simultaneously revealing their choice of Paper, Rock... more>>> | |
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Lap Sit | This game can be run with medium to large sized groups and is a good one to teach the concept of trust. Make a big circle and... more>>> | |
Blanket Volleyball | An interesting and fun variation to the more traditional style of volleyball... more>>> | |
Trading Beans | This game is a good five minute game to encourage people to mingle. It requires several packets of jelly beans (depending on the size... more>>> | |
Watch your words | For this game you need a few tubes of toothpaste Ask youth to take all the toothpaste out of the tube as quick as possible into a... more>>> | |
My Secret Identity | Give each person a post-it note and ask them to write on it the name of someone well known to everyone in the group. It could be a celebrity,... more>>> | |
I've got mail | This game requires everyone to sit on seats in a circle. A leader then makes a statement such as: "I've got mail for everyone... more>>> | |
Play Ball | (Idea from dinner time mister wolf) One kid stands up the front with his back to the group. The rest of the group start... more>>> | |
Gargle a tune | Bring three or four people up the front. Show each person (discreetly) the name of a well known song. One at a time, they then... more>>> | |
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Banana Surgery | Split your group up into smaller... more>>> | |
Cracker Ping Pong | ... more>>> | |
Three Things Theatre | Ask for three volunteers to stand at the front of the group and prepare to do an improvisational skit. Ask a couple of members of... more>>> | |
Birdie on a Perch | Ask everyone to find a partner so everyone is paired up in groups of two. Have them decide who is the birdie and who is the perch. All... more>>> |
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