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"Icebreaker" Activities
Great ways to get a group excited and ready before a meeting or other event.
- "I've Done Something You Haven't Done!!"- Have each person introduce themselves and then state something they have done that they think no one else in the room has done. If someone else has also done it, the student must state something else until he/she finds something that no one else has done.
- Digging game - The members sit in a circle of chairs and there is one person standing who does not have a chair. The person in the middle asks a question, like "Who has brown hair?" and everyone who does has to get up and switch seats. The person in the middle has to go and find a seat, which in turn will leave somebody else in the middle without a chair to ask a question. The catch is that the people changing seats (this applies to each individual round) cannot move to the seat on either side of them, or if they get up and can't find a seat, they cannot return to the seat where they just sat. This is a great way to "dig" up some information, on people you don't know.
- Balloon Game - Have everyone put one piece of information about themselves in a balloon, then blow up the balloon and throw the balloon in the middle of the circle of participants. Then one by one, pop the balloons and guess to whom that piece of information belongs.
- T-Shirt Game- Ask people to bring (not wear) their favorite t-shirt. Go around the group and ask each person to explain how the t-shirt resembles/ explains their personality.
- Amazing Adjectives- Tell everyone to pick an adjective that really describes them; one catch, though—the adjective must begin with the same letter as their first name (for example, Creative Carly or Virile Vince). After everyone has their adjective, ask if anyone can go around the circle saying everyone’s name and adjective.
- Group Bingo- Make a bingo board where each of the squares contains a simple fact, and give one to each member of your group. (Facts should be things like: “I have a cat,” “I have never traveled out of the country,” "I am a Redskins fan," etc. ) Then, instruct them to find someone in the group that matches that description. They may not use the same people for more than one fact, but they may write themselves in for one. The first person to find a person for every fact is the winner.
- Two Truths and a Lie- Divide into smaller groups. Go around the circle and have each person tell three things about themselves. Two of these things should be true, one should be a lie. Have the rest of the group try to figure out which one is the lie.
- Birthday Lineup- Everyone should be blindfolded. Have them line themselves up in order of their birthdays. (Another variation is to prohibit them from talking instead of blindfolding them.)
- Barnyard- Write the names of animals on cards. Make two of each card unless you have an odd number, in which case make a third card of one animal. Then, have members of the group draw from the pile, keeping their animal a secret. Then, blindfold everyone and tell them to start making the noise of their animal. The two or three people making the same noise should try to find each other. Once the people find each other, they may stop making their noise. (To put a twist on the game, put one card that says “donkey” into the pile.)
- Clusters- Have everyone mingle around the room. Play upbeat music, and when you stop it (or it stops) call out a number. People in the room should then get into groups of that number. This will leave some people out because they don’t have enough people to make a group. They are “out,” and the rest of the group keeps playing until there are only one or two people left.
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