Flying stick

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Everybody put their pointing finger under the stick in a 40-degree angle, standing an equal number opposite of each other. Now the task is to get the stick from arm height down to the ground by moving the fingers down at the same time without dropping it. If the group easily gets this done, give them the same task but …

Pass the ball

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The participants form a circle or a line. The first person takes the ball and puts it between his or her knees and tries to pass it on to the next one. Helping out by using hands is not allowed! When the ball has been passed to all the participants, the first person now has to pass the ball while …

Cat and mouse

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Choose a cat and a mouse. The rest of the group stands in 3 or 4 rows facing the same direction, arms held out. The cat has to catch the mouse by running in and out of the rows (they cannot go under the arms). The cat can clap whenever it likes to make the standers turn 90°, still in …

Ball of Yarn

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Participants are forming a circle. One person has a ball of yarn in his hands. He throws it to another person and has to say his/her name and something he likes about him/her. This goes on until everyone has had the ball of yarn once. In the end it looks like a spider net and everyone is connected. Pass a …

Counting game

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The whole group has to count to 30 (depends on how many participants attend) without talking to each other. They have to communicate nonverbally. When two people say the same number at the same time the game starts from the beginning again. They are standing in a circle and they are not allowed to count in line. Everyone has to …

Bullseye

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Preparation: Use the tape to create a target on the floor. Make a bullseye that represents a 10, and then 9 other rings. Delivery: When the session starts, explain to the participants that the facilitator will read out several statements, and that the participants will have to choose how much they agree by placing themselves somewhere on the target. The …

Atoms and molecules

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The facilitator of the games says molecules (groups of people) consisting of an x amount of atoms (people) needs to be created. If there are 12 participants and the facilitator says that molecules of the size of four atoms, then the people group in 3 groups with 4 people in them. The facilitator keeps calling out numbers until the desired …

Fruit salad

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1. The group sits on chairs in a circle. There should be one chair for each player in the circle, with the facilitator standing in the middle. 2. Each person is assigned the name of a fruit (e.g. apple, banana, orange, etc.) by the facilitator. There should be 4 or 5 people with each fruit name. 3. When the facilitator …

Electric Shock

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The group is split up in two (or more) teams, and the two teams hold each other’s hands. They should stand in two rows next to each other. 5 meters in front of them is an item (the scarf or other). One person squishes the last person of each team’s hand, and they the next persons hand and so on, …

Catepillar

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Participants are split up in two teams. They stand in a row with their hands on the shoulders on the person in front of them. Now the two teams have to catch the other caterpillars tail, when they catch it the team who caught the other teams tail, will gain a person. The winning team is the team who end …