Here are some ideas to bring up icebreakers
| Balloon Activities | Games you can play with balloons to get a group having fun and working together. Includes the hilarious "Fire in the Hole" (balloon on tummy, running at another person, bursting the balloon). |
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Throw balls to others in a sequence, using each person's name. Works every time. Can be extended to "Warp Speed" (to see how fast the group can throw balls through a set order to each group member). |
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| Categories | Fun, interactive get-to-known activity. Ask a group to organise themselves into smaller groups, based on categories such as favourite colour. |
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Fast-moving 5 min. group activity to get people together and focused. In a circle, right finger on next person's left palm. Try to grab a finger before yours gets grabbed. |
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In a circle, people put their arms in and hold someone else's hand, then try to unravel the knot without letting go of hands. Involves getting physically close to others, stretching, laughing and problem solving. |
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| 2 Truths & a Lie | People write down two truths about themselves and a lie. Then introduce the three "facts" to the rest of the group who tries to guess which one is a lie. |
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Group members write personal fears anonymously on pieces of paper which are collected. Then each person randomly selects and reads someone else's fear to the group and explains how the person might feel. Fosters interpersonal empathy. |
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Active, fun group activity to explore and celebrate the rich diversity of people's past experiences. Works well with large groups. |
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A group tries to create a unified story from a set of sequential pictures. The pictures are randomly ordered and handed out. Each person has a picture but cannot show it to others. Requires patience, communication, and trying to understand from another's point of view in order to recreate the story's sequence. |
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Participants are blindfolded and assigned an animal. The challenge is to use animal noises in order to meet up with other animals of same species. Releases energy. Loud, fun, chaotic, then gradually order and unity emerge. |
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A fun, moving-around activity that breaks the ice, loosens people up, gets people alert and engaged. Good for a group just beginning to get to know one another. |
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In a circle, people look at ground, then on "heads up" look into someone else's eyes. If 2 people are looking at each other, they scream and are both out. Continue to see who is last - hilarious. [www.firststepstraining.com] |
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In pairs, one is the chaser. With a big group, this allows for lots of hiding behind others - fun and active. [www.firststepstraining.com] |
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Cheeky Cheeky, Dress the Mummy, Gum Art, Gum Game, Ha Hah, Ice Cube Hunt, King Boe Boe's Ring, Messy Twist, Moo Game, Puzzle Piece Search, Rumor, Scavenger Hunt, String Toos, Un-cola Pop Off, What's in Your Bag?, Who am I? |
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Alright-OK, Positive Recognitions, We'd Like To Welcome, Get a Grip, Creative Handshake [www.firststepstraining.com] |
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Covers many games with basic descriptions |
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Games to build group and encourage participation in circle time [.pdf] |
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Name, high energy, low energy games, and more. [www.ResidentAssistant.com] |
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Five quick and easy to do warm up games with no props |
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Extensive, well-organized, easy to navigate |
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Interesting, different set of icebreaker resources. |
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Icebreakers 2000: Get-to-know-you activities for the first day of school |
19 activities for teachers to use to help with getting to know one another on the first day of school. |
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Activities for school settings. [pop-ups] |
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Corporate leadership training. |