Kit Logan 2001 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. An ice breaker created in 2001 for a women’s Christian retreat to meet the needs of 80+ ladies with theme of “Weaving new patterns”. Tip: This best played once everybody has arrived… doesn’t work...
Ice-Breaker
An activity or game that can be used at the start of session where individuals may not know it other so well or to just get to know each other a bit better
Face to Face
Credited to Megan (prtyangel2005) For 11 or more players (odd numbers)One player is chosen to stand in the centre, everybody else partners up and stand in a large circle with their partners next to them so they and their partners are face-to-face. The player in the middle calls out...
Crash
AKA: Musical Crash or Clump Players mingle or dance around a space. Constantly moving until the leader shouts out a number. All players must then try to get into groups of that number. Any group/s that don’t succeed are out. Can be played to music, so that when the...
Who am I?
Prepare a card for each of your guests and write on it the name of a famous man or woman. On arrival, pin a card on the back of each guest who must then ask questions of each other in order to find out their identity. When they succeed,...
What Kind of Animal Are You?
This is an interesting game with links to psychoanalysis and opens the possibility of discussing many different themes and topics with a group. E.g. Parenting Have all participants stand in a circle. Talk about parents in the animal kingdom ie, the lioness and how she ferociously protects her young....
Two Truths and a Lie
Have each person write 2 truths and a lie about themselves. They then all put their papers into a communal box or hat. Members of the group then select papers at random, read them out and have the others guess which was the lie. by
Tell a Story
The leader starts a story that begins with something funny… and then passes it on to the next person who adds on to the story. If desired it could be about people in the group. Continue until the last person finishes. This one is a good way to bring...
String Toss Game
Get a spool of string or yarn. Each person has to answer a question of some sort when they have the string in their possession, but when they throw it to another player they have to hold onto the string/yarn and keep holding it so the ball of string/yarn...
Spinning Pairs
Players pair up and face each other a little apart. Each player then holds their hands up palms touching each other around shoulder height. Partners then have to close their eyes and pull their palms apart (approx. 12 inches), but keeping their palms facing outward at that height. Both...
Shoe Pile
A good way to have new people meet everybody. Everyone takes off one of their shoes and throws it into a big pile. Then each person picks up a different shoe from the pile and finds the person it belongs to. Works well for large groups. by