Materials: None
Aims: Group development, trust, warm-up
Procedure: The whole group links hands into a human chain. First person leads chain through itself, over and under arms, between legs, etc. Extra care must be taken not to break the chain, to move slowly and to be gentle. Tangle ends when group is too tightly packed to [...]
Team Building Games
Tangle
Sitting Circle
Materials: Circle of over 25 people
Aims: Trust, fun
Procedure:
Group stands in a close circle, in queue form, with right shoulders towards the center of the circle. The circle closes so that everyone is touching the person in front and behind them. Each participant holds the waist of the person in front. Everyone bends their knees until they feel [...]
Body Lift
Aims: Trust, concentration, group development
Procedure: Group chooses each member in turn and elevates them to a horizontal position above the heads of the group. The person is held there for a specific period, and then lowered carefully to the floor. The elevated person must relax and close eyes. It is often a good idea [...]
Bomb Shelter
Materials: None
Aims: Role-playing, group decision-making, group interaction
Procedure: Divide in groups of 8 – 10. Each group member adopts a specific role, usually an occupation (for example: a doctor, an athlete, a teacher, movie-star, mother, housewife, etc; these can be written out and picked from a hat).
Tell groups they are in an air-raid shelter after [...]
Scavenger Hunt
Required: just a pencil and paper
Players: small to large groups
Great game for adult groups, great icebreaker!
Make a list of things for teams to look for through their wallets, purses, and possibly what’s on their bodies. Divide into teams by tables, pairs, individuals or what seems best. Here is a list of ideas of what [...]