Get to know each other
My secret
Participants are sitting in a circle with their eyes closed. One of the players opens his
eyes and tells his secret or an unusual fact about himself. Only those who have a
similar secret or a similar fact open their eyes. The game finishes when a full circle of
secrets is made.
Guess my name
Each participant needs to explain his name without using words. Participants are not
allowed to write or draw. This game is for a team who absolutely don’t know each
other and is great in an intercultural environment.
Information is priceless
The game is played a full day. There is a new currency in the camp e.g. hugs, sit-ups,
push-ups, songs andetc. To get to know something about a person another person has
to negotiate a price and pay with the currency. After that the participant writes down
the information and also how much currency he spent. At the end of the day participants
sit in a circle and share the information, announce how much currency they spent and
received.
The name song
Participants gather in a circle. Each creates a rhythm for his name. One participant
starts singing his name, the person next to the first participant joins in with adding his
name to the song so that the song sounds good. All participants should join the song
with their names.
Portraits
The group is broken down into couples. Two participants sit back to back with an A4
and a pencil each. Taking turns participants tell about themselves and draw a portrait
of their pair. Af ter the drawings are finished participants discuss with each other and
then present their partner to the group.
Fact-o-mania
Participants move randomly in a group and tell random facts about themselves. If the
facts are similar e.g. “my favorite color is red”, “mine too” then players lean backwards,
if the facts did not connect then participants lean forward. The game continues until
most of the group is either fully bent forward or fully lean backwards.
Bust-a-move
Everybody stands in a circle. First participant comes out and says about something
that he is good in e.g. „I can do a split“. All the rest repeat the phrase “Then bust a
move!” The participant shows his skill and the rest has to try and repeat it. The “mover”
picks a participant who did best to bust a new move.