Team Building Games

Gum Game

Required: clean garden gloves, packs of gum

Players: small to large groups
Set up teams of 5. Each team will receive one pair of new garden gloves and one pack of gum (5 pieces per pack). On go, the first person in each team is to put on the garden gloves, open the package of gum, [...]

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Gum Art

Required: bubble gum, toothpick and index card

Players: small to large groups
Give each participant a piece of bubble gum to chew, toothpick and index card. Allow them 10 minutes to chew the gum, place gum on index card and then design something on index card using only the toothpick as a tool (No Hands).
The person [...]

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The Rope Game

Two teams compete by taking a rope (thread, yarn, etc.) and feeding it through each other’s clothes.

The first person puts the rope down their shirt and pants and hands it to the other person.

They put the rope up their pants and shirt and hand it on.

The first team to finish wins. Be sure to [...]

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The Life Saver Game

Two teams line up & each person gets a toothpick to put in their mouth.
The first puts a life saver on the toothpick & passes it to the next person’s toothpick without using their hands.
The first team to finish wins.

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The Other Side

Here’s a quick game that demonstrates how mindlessly we go through life, paying scant attention to everyday objects.
The game described below uses a dollar bill. You can play the game with any two-sided object that can be conveniently held in your hands. This object should have approximately equal amounts of information on both sides: [...]

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