Ice-Breakers
Geometry
Facilitator read out loud a geometrical form and participants need to create the form
using only their hands, or only their legs, or only their bodies. The exercise can be done
silently or with other limitations.
Fear-facing
Participants write a word on post-its that describes their fear. Participants stick the
post-it to the forehead of their neighbor to the left. The group starts moving randomly
and participants express what they read on different post-its (no words are used).
After the game stops, participants return to the initial circle and try to guess what was
written on the post-it that is on their forehead.
My big Greek family
The group is divided by teams of any number (large groups are more fun). The team
has the task to create a family in 1-2 minutes (distribute unique roles in the family e.g.
mom, dad, pet cat, grandma and etc.) The participants are not allowed to talk. When
the time is up teams need to introduce the family and get to know whether everybody
has a unique role and of course take a family picture.
The oracle
The participants are sitting in a circle with an A4 paper in their hands. They write their
names on the top of the A4 and pass the paper to the left. The facilitator starts reading
out few phrases of a horoscope prediction, the participant write it down. Participants
continue writing the prediction for 30 seconds and pass the paper to the left once again.
The facilitator reads another phrase and participants have to finish the second prediction.
After the circle is made participants read their predictions out loud.
Look how dirty you are
The participants move randomly in the room. The facilitator puts a hand on the shoulder
of a participant and shouts “Look how dirty you are!” The rest of the group has to run
towards that participant and start cleaning by brushing his/hers shoulders, blowing
dirt away and making the hair. The one who is clean now starts being the facilitator.
The magic forest
Two participants are picked to be main characters – a princess and a bandit. The others
are the magic forest. The forest has to keep creating an endless maze of their bodies
so that the bandit cannot catch the princess. If the princess is caught she becomes part
of the forest, the bandit becomes a princess and one of the magic forest trees becomes
a bandit.
I am…
The participants stand in a circle. One starts by saying something about himself e.g.
“I am strong” and showing that he is strong with gestures. The rest repeat the word
and the gesture. Next in the circle says “I am strong” and add something else e.g.
“and I sing in the shower”. The rest again repeat the phrase and the gesture. In the
end we have quite a funny story.